Adequate levels of Vitamin D are essential for our immune systems to function the way it is designed to. Unfortunately, there are no significant dietary sources of Vitamin D -- most of our intake comes from exposure to sunlight. To optimize your Vitamin D levels, you'll need to take a Vitamin D3 supplement daily. This is the most important step you can take to prevent the flu!
To find out how much Vitamin D you'll need, get your 25 hydroxy Vitamin D level checked by your doctor. If that's not an option, you can self-test your level with ZRT labs. For optimal health, you'll want your level to be between 50 and 70ng/ml. It may require several months of taking 5,000 - 10,000 IU of Vit D3 daily (especially during winter) under a doctor's supervision to achieve this -- but it will be well worth the effort.
Monitor your 25 hydroxy Vitamin D status every three months until you are in the desired 50 and 70ng/ml range, then cut back to a maintenance dose of at least 2,000 IU a day.
Adequate levels of Vitamin D are essential for our immune systems to function the way it is designed to. Unfortunately, there are no significant dietary sources of Vitamin D -- most of our intake comes from exposure to sunlight. To optimize your Vitamin D levels, you'll need to take a Vitamin D3 supplement daily. This is the most important step you can take to prevent the flu!
To find out how much Vitamin D you'll need, get your 25 hydroxy Vitamin D level checked by your doctor. If that's not an option, you can self-test your level with ZRT labs. For optimal health, you'll want your level to be between 50 and 70ng/ml. It may require several months of taking 5,000 - 10,000 IU of Vit D3 daily (especially during winter) under a doctor's supervision to achieve this -- but it will be well worth the effort.
Monitor your 25 hydroxy Vitamin D status every three months until you are in the desired 50 and 70ng/ml range, then cut back to a maintenance dose of at least 2,000 IU a day.
I tell my patients to prevent germs from entering their bodies with two important practices: 1) wash hands frequently with soap and warm water, and 2) keep your hands away from your face.
Of course, it’s impossible to completely avoid coming in contact with all germs. This is why it's important to build a healthy immune system, so it can fight off any germs it may encounter. An ideal way to strengthen your immune system is through the use of nutritional supplements. One such supplement is an immunity formula called Body Guard, by Vitalmax Vitamins, which is a favorite of mine- http://www.vitalmaxvitamins.com/ourproducts/bodyguard/
For more information, check out one of my articles on flu prevention: http://www.healthyanswers.com/general-health/2009/11/guard-against-colds-and-flu-with-a-strong-immune-system/
a.)This is spam
b.)Scrolling down your link, below your picture, it says, "These products are not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat, or cure any disease." What are they intended for? And why are you wearing a nurse's stethoscope?
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19740540
The other problem with the flu shot is that it has never been tested in a randomized controlled trial. There are significant confounders int he studies that have been done, like selection bias. People that get the flu shot tend to do other things to prevent sickness, so they appear healthier. This bias is strong enough to account for most of the supposed effect of the flu vaccine, and maybe all of it (i.e. to the point where the vaccine effect is not statistically significant).
I think he is on to something.
And a pill is not a natural source of anything, good or bad.
Mindset, vitamins, aerobic exercise never hurt.
Barat zich mit vemen du vilst; un tu miten aigenem saichel!
-Yiddish quote.
Ideas for Boosting Your Immune System & Staying Healthy
http://www.skinnyscoop.com/list/Erin/ideas-for-boosting-your-immune-system-staying-healthy
most of my friends want to still go to doctors and pay too much for antibiotics, i don't much care. with proper food i have gotten people over all kinds of colds and flus in less than 48 hrs. two other quick tips -- homemade onion soup -- hold the cheesey top -- onions are full of sulfer, so much they can kill dogs and cats, we are blessed with better insides., and alka seltzer -- its a co2 bomb. most things won't survive.
If you really must avoid the 'flu, for yourself or the sake of those around you, either never go out in public or else get the 'flu shot.
Please note that Linus Pauling was not an immunologist or virologist, so his Nobel Prize is quite irrelevant in this precise case.
It's sad you buy into the "doctors make people sick to get rich" conspiracy nonsense. Doctors treat illnesses not symptoms (that's a lie put about by magic water salesmen). For people in whose financial interest it is not to have healthy people, my doctors seem abnormally keen to keep and my family out of their surgeries for as long as possible.
I have my flu vaccination annually, take the prescription meds which keep me alive (they don't cost much), and refuse to line the pockets of the alt-med and supplements vendors.
"vitamin C is ineffective as a prophylactic against the common cold."
From the Linus Pauling Institute:
http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/vitamins/vitaminC/
The usual caveats about only taking supplements under medical supervision were repeated: you can overdose on fat-soluble vitamins like D