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Sunshine & Cancer Prevention
In 1999, Going Natural published an article reviewing some little known research about the benefits of sun exposure. The article suggested that the advice and supporting research that told us to hide from the sun was very one-sided. It concluded that the sun had many health-giving benefits and that the advice being given a decade ago was probably an overreaction. In the ensuing years, we have been deluged by research studies on the benefits of vitamin D, also known as the sunshine vitamin. The evidence that staying out of the sun was bad advice is now overwhelming. In an April ...
Bare Oaks in N Magazine
Bare Oaks is featured in the Summer 2008 issue of N Magazinepublished by the Naturist Society. Read the complete article here: http://www.BareOaks.ca/files/N-magazine-274.pdf Anyone interested in subscribing to N Magazine can pickup a subscription form in the store/office at Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park. You can also purchase a copy of this issue from the Skinny Dipper Shop ...
Volunteer day - Sunday
Sunday June 8th is volunteer day at Bare Oaks. Come and give us a few hours of your time to make the park a better place and we'll buy you lunch. We have a variety of different jobs so there's something for everyone. If you are volunteering, please come by the office and we'll point you in the right direction ...
Bare Oaks in the Toronto Star
STATE OF UNDRESS Why nude is the new black Perhaps we're finally learning to love our own imperfect, aging flesh in all its glorious reality DAVID GRAHAM FASHION EDITOR Toronto Star, Saturday, May 31, 2008 Living Section Could a culture obsessed with Abercrombie gods and Victoria's Secret bombshells learn to love their own merely mortal physiques? If black represents a colour that's famous for helping men and women cover their real and imagined figure flaws, it can be assumed our current willingness to embrace all manner of nudity may be a symbol that we are becoming more at ease with ...
Article in Going Natural
The following article was printed in the Spring 2008 issue of Going Natural magazine: Is Naturism more than recreation? In recent years, naturism has been widely described as nude recreation. The Naturist Society's motto is "Body acceptance is the idea, nude recreation is the way." The R in AANR stands for recreation. The big pan-American event of the year is Nude Recreation Week in July. Even the International Naturist Federation tells first-time visitors that "nude recreation is a great way to unwind and get back to basics." Of the associations well-known in Canada, only the FCN and FQN don't relegate ...