Dr. Michael Holick Boston University
School of Medicine
715 Albany Street
M-1013
Boston, MA 02118
617.638.4545
mfholick@bu.edu
THE UV ADVANTAGE
A new book by Dr. Michael Holick attacks
the conventional wisdom that sun exposure can have detrimental and sometimes
fatal consequences.
His book, entitled, The UV Advantage, offers a different approach to sun
exposure and suggests that regular moderate exposure to UV light is the key to
healthy living.
Dr. Holick, Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics at Boston
University Medical Center, argues that a lack of UV radiation leads to the
body’s depletion of Vitamin D. This depletion can lead to diseases such as
osteoporosis, hypertension, diabetes and cancer of the colon, prostate and
breast.
To read the opening chapter of Dr. Holick’s book click here (with hyperlink –
text to come)
