Greg Zulak,
award-winning writer of training articles, is an authority on all
matters relating to bodybuilding and muscle growth. In recent years
his expertise has reached worldwide acceptance. Among the most
interesting and safest ways to tan are the so-called tanning pills
and tanning lotions.
Canthaxanthin was
promoted as a safe tanning pill in Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw’s
Life Extension. The FDA, however, has outlawed tanning pills.
This doesn't mean that Canthaxanthin isn't still available, because
it is. Canthaxanthin is now being sold through the mail and at some
health food stores as an "anti-oxidant," the way beta-carotene,
selenium and vitamin E are promoted as anti-oxidants. Canthaxanthin
comes from the same carotenoid family as beta-carotene. The only
side effect of Canthaxanthin is the turning of the fat layer of the
body, which is just below the skin, a bronze color. Since the skin
is translucent, you appear to have--tadaaa--a tan!
The best stuff I have
used is the Canthaxanthin sold by RPM Total Vitality of Yorba
Linda, California. In the past many Canthaxanthins sold as tanning
pills were of the yellow / orange-base type, which made the skin
look a very unnatural orangey-yellow color. This Canthaxanthin is
red-brown based and makes the skin look a much more natural
reddish-brown color, which over time turns to a very natural-looking
bronze. This Canthaxanthin is of the highest quality, and is the
purest and darkest Canthaxanthin available. It contains no
chemicals. It is all natural and is sold by RPM not as a tanning
pill but as a "natural carotenoid food color" and an anti-oxidant.
The FDA does not allow any Canthaxanthin to be sold as a tanning
pill. RPM says that, if you take this product, one of the side
effects will the coloring of the skin to a reddish-brown color.
I have recently gone
through a few bottles of their Canthaxanthin and I can tell you this
stuff works great. It really does give a natural-looking color.
Everyone at the gym keeps asking me where I've been to get such a
great tan. When I tell them it was from Canthaxanthin, they can't
believe it.
"It looks so
natural," they've all said.
Where can you
get this stuff? Call 1-800-234-3092 or write RPM Total Vitality,
Life Extension Specialist, 18032 Lemon Drive, Suite C, Yorba Linda,
CA 92886. You start taking four a day until you achieve the color
you want, and then back off to two capsules a day as a maintenance
dosage. I suggest three bottles to begin with to get a good color
going. When combined with sun tanning or tanning bed, this
Canthaxanthin can give you a fantastic natural-looking tan. Take it
from a light-skinned guy who always burns and rarely tans. --
Sept 1994 Muscle Mag, p.251
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