Nutrition and diet is more important to health than drugs and radiation.
I take 4,000 IU of vitamin D daily.
I’ve also read (probably here on free republic) that Vitamin D is a recommended protocol for PREVENTING the flu.
And yes, that includes H1N1.
Lemme see if I can find a linkerooni.
Great reminder. Take your Vitamin D, Ladies. You need it to help absorb either the calcium supplement you take, or the calcium you’re getting from the dairy in your diet.
Also - this winter, when the sun is weak and we’re starved for light, try to get outside on sunny days and stand with your face and the backs of your hands (no mittens!) toward the sun for a full 20 minutes. You will feel an immediate energy boost as you absorb that FREE Vitamin D. I promise! :)
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http://www.virologyj.com/content/5/1/29 (highly scientific)
http://npicenter.com/anm/templates/newsATemp.aspx?articleid=25166&zoneid=258 (easier to read for us laypeople)
After three years of dinking around with “regular” doctors for treatment of a problem caused by a doctor in the first place. I am now seeing an osteopath with some unconventional treatments.
He is heavy into vitamins and supplements and gave me what I thought was a lot of vitamin D, considering that I spend as much time outside as possible.
But as going “off the grid” of course means out of pocket, so I figured to do it his way and see.
Then I start reading that D is also being touted as a flu preventative and while I did get the flu when everyone around me did, I can say that I was only really miserable for two days and didn’t have the coughing/congestion that others did.
Cause, effect? Only one incident, no claims made.
Not everyone manufactures Vitamin D easily. Even with supplements and/or sunlight, you should be getting tested at your doctor’s office - particularly if you have unexplained pain, similar to fibromyalgia.
What I think is that we don't get enough sun, we stay inside most of the year, and then come outside only during the summer when it's hottest and get burned immediately. If we spent more time outside year-round we would gradually build up a tan during the spring to help protect us from the summers harsh rays.
For more information on Vitamin D, go to the Vitamin D Council; for its important benefits against heart disease, see the Heart Scan blog.
http://www.vitamindcouncil.org/
http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/
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The Vitamin D thing is really starting to hit the mainstream.
I took one of our kids for her annual appointment last week. Her doctor said that she wanted the kids to take an increased dose of Vitamin D every day through the winter/flu season, and to take a booster at the slightest sign of illness.
Then, today, I was at Wal*Mart, in the pharmacy department, and happened to notice that all of the slots which hold Vitamin D bottles were completely empty.
It’s important if you are low on D to take D3 (cholecalciferol), “which is the same vitamin D your body makes when exposed to sunshine”. Quote from Dr. Joseph Mercola.
More here:
I recently found out I was off the charts low on vitamin D and am now taking 2000-4000 IU daily. Been feeling a lot better since I started taking it.