Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Option 3 (Preventing the Flu Thru Vitamin D)

So... Option 3.  If you can avoid both the flu AND the vaccine, you won't get it, you won't pass it on to anybody, AND you won't expose your kids and yourself to toxins and possibly have to neglect your own responsibilities due to a flu-like-non-flu that feels like the flu even if you aren't contagious (or another strain of the flu).  Naturally (haha punny), wash your hands and don't make out with people who are sick. :)  STAY HOME if you get the flu!  Have your kids wash their hands and learn to sneeze into their elbows instead of their hands.  Cut back on sugar, which absolutely KILLS your immune system.  Eat lots of immune system boosters, like garlic!  And, my favorite: have you thought about Vitamin D? Here are some excerpts from the linked article by Dr. J.J. Cannell:

  Read this article by Dr. Miller, cardiovascular surgeon at University of Washington in Seattle, in which he describes its flu-preventative effect, as well as its overall benefits. A snippet:

Explanations for why flu epidemics occur in the winter when it is cold – people being indoors in close contact, drier air dehydrating mucus and preventing the body from expelling virus particles, the virus lingering longer on exposed surfaces, like doorknobs, with colder temperatures – do not explain why flu epidemics occur in the tropics.

Go on, read the article!! :) Here's a list of natural vitamin D sources (fish, egg yolk, liver, dairy products).  The most potent seems to be unfiltered fermented cod liver oil, which my daughter loves, but I find I recommend the capsules or the gummies. Vitamin D is naturally present in the milk of grass-fed, pastured cows, and thus in pastured butter and cheese.  However it is destroyed by pasteurization, which is why it is artificially added back in. Vitamin D is also present in pastured lard.

 I really like how Dr. Miller concludes:


mandy said...

wow i think i maybe going and getting some vitamin D suppliments for miss hailey and my self this weekend! thank you christina for this info! :)

Jacqui O. said...

Oh Christina, I love you. These two posts are great--well researched, thoughtful, and so relevant to the times ('tis the season to vaccinate, refuse to vaccinate, and not understand the reasons behind either decision!). Way to support facts with data and give your readers informed options!