Someone posted this link on another flu thread and they were talking about taking Vit D for the flu - looks interesting. Here’s the link & the last paragraph. BTW, if you’re taking Vit D, you should also be taking K2.
Vitamin D for influenza
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4463890/
A colleague of mine and I have introduced vitamin D at doses that have achieved greater than 100 nmol/L in most of our patients for the past number of years, and we now see very few patients in our clinics with the flu or influenzalike illness. In those patients who do have influenza, we have treated them with the vitamin D hammer, as coined by my colleague. This is a 1-time 50 000 IU dose of vitamin D3 or 10 000 IU 3 times daily for 2 to 3 days. The results are dramatic, with complete resolution of symptoms in 48 to 72 hours. One-time doses of vitamin D at this level have been used safely and have never been shown to be toxic.8 We urgently need a study of this intervention. The cost of vitamin D is about a penny for 1000 IU, so this treatment costs less than a dollar.
Seriously, I chew it up and swallow it. Usually washed down with a glass of wine or beer. You get used to the burning sensation and I actually like the taste.
I almost never get a cold and I've never had one while taking garlic each day. I know they have garlic pills but I can't vouch for those.
Zinc supplements work for me. Immunity boosters work. Umcka works.
I suggest taking all 3 proactively, long before your body is at war with a virus such as the flu.
Hand sanitizer used regularly, as well.