I was talking to my mom today about h1n1, and she mentioned a newsletter she'd received (she subscribes to all kinds of health nut newsletters) that was recommending extra vitamin D to help prevent it. The newsletter cited a very interesting case study from a facility in Wisconsin: http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/mobile/Nutrition/Vitamins/vitamin_d_protects_against_h1n1_-_new_evidence_160920090655.html
I did confirm that Dr. Glick does in fact work at the Wisconsin Center, and I checked pubmed for info on vitamin D too - meta-analysis of studies on vitamin D since 1948 showed no negative side effects (although research on its positive effects was inconclusive). I figure it's not going to hurt and may help, so I'm on board. If you think this sounds like a good idea, pass it on! (but wait until after tomorrow so there isn't a run on vitamin D before I get mine ;))
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Way back before we were even thinking about kids for real, we were making fun of people who give their kids wierd names, or misspelled names. We joked that we would call our first son Phred, our second Fwed, and our third Schweffel (after a hockey player whose name we found amusing). Phred has arrived and turned into Antony, and Fwed became Timothy. Only time will tell if Schweffel will come to pass.
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Our nutritionist is totally on board with the Vitamin D thing. She wanted us to all do supplements, and said that if people took it all summer that they can reduce their chance of winter illness by some astronomical amount (I think she quoted over 90%).
As another data point, my internist had me start taking 1000 IU of Vitamin D per day a couple of years ago. Interestingly, it does not appear to be enough, as I just had some bloodwork that shows my Vit. D level at 27 (minimum they want to see is 30).
We have both kids on a liquid calcium/magnesium citrate + Vit. D supplement.
Moral of the story: get thee to some Vitamin D, stat! (And of course feel free to check with your doctor to validate.)
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