Can This Vitamin Cut Your Risk Of The Flu By 42%
The best part is - you do not even have to take this vitamin to get benefits! Find out how.....
There is no doubt about it, getting the common cold is no fun. But, coming down with the flu can be a real nightmare! No one wants to miss work or school and have to deal with a fever, chills, headaches, body ahes and just plain misery for a week or so (or even longer if you do not take care of yourself).
Here's something very important most people do not understand: It is much easier to PREVENT the flu (or any sickness or disease than it is to treat it.
You've heard the quote:
" An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
But, for most people,it's nothing more than lip service. It's just human nature. When youare sic and you feel terrible, you say you are never going o let "this" happen again. You are going to eat right, exercise, etc. But, as soon as you feel like you're bak to your old self, you start acting lik your "old self." Don't feel bad...just about everyone does it that way... except for the people who almost never get sick.
Let's face it, ALWAYS eating right, getting proper rest, reducing stress and so on in today's society is nearly impossible. That's why you sho8ld always make the effort to do your best and to find small, but powerful, things that can help you in a big way.
For a while, some medical experts have ranted and raved about Vitamin D and its positive effesct on health... and more and more research is bing published that makes it look like they're right.
For example, Dr. Joseph Mercola writes, "According to the findings from a 2010 study that didn't get ny widespread attention, vitamin D is a highly efficetive way to avoid influenza." In fact, children taking low doses of Vitamin D3 were shown to be 42 percent less likely to come down with the flu. " The randomized, double blind, placebocontrolled study included 430 children aged 6-15,who were followed between December 2008 and March 2009.
"Half were given 1,200 IU's of vitamin D3 daily, while the other half receivd a placebo. " Influenza strains were determined through lab testing of nose and throat swabs. " Eighteen of the children taking vitamin D contracted influenza Type A, compared t 31 children in the placebo group. " Type B influenza rates were unaffected by vitamin D use, however, the illness resulting from TypeB influenza strains is typically milder than Type A.
" Considering the fact that influenza was reduced by 42 pecent at a dose of just 1,200 IU's a day, it's possible that even better results might be obtained with higher dosaes-depending on just how deficient you are to begin with, of course, becasue it's not really the dosage that matters; it's the amount of vitamin D in your blood."
One huge thing to understand here is that the study isn't just referring to "Vitamin D." it's referring to Vitamin D(3)... and it is always recommended you consult with a qualified physician who is an expert on nutrition and up on current research. A lot has recently changed about what researches and scientist know about nutrition, not to mention what was taught in school 10 or20 years ago!. But, here's something else that is important and often vry misunderstood: The best possibel source of Vitamin D does not come in the form of a dietary supplement. The best source is the SUN.
Wait, isn't sun exposure bad? Doesn't it cause skin cancer? The first thing to understand is "sun exposure" is not bad. Too much sun exposure is bad. Water is not bad for you but drinking too much water can kill you. Simply because drinking too much is bad for you does not mean you should not drink any.
The same is true for the sun. Everone is different but everyone needs to proper amount of sun to maximize their helath potential. You should get regular amounts of sunlight but NEVER enough to burn you.
Since kin types vary, as does the sun's strenght in different geopgraphic locations, there is no "formula" to follow. Once again, seeking advice from a physician well educated on this subject is a must. Getting no sun is not good, but you don't want to get too much, either.
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