Take Vitamin D to Prevent Flu
Everywhere I go I see signs telling me to get my flu shot. This makes me cringe because I know these vaccines are not effective and they can also wreak havoc with the health of both children and adults. Public health officials have been hyping flu vaccine effectiveness for a long time, even though they know they don’t work very well.
The British Medical Journal published an independent analysis of flu vaccine studies that concluded there is little scientific proof that flu vaccines are effective, and little evidence exists on the safety of these vaccines. Too few clinical trials have been conducted to prove vaccine safety and current evidence indicates that use of flu vaccine has only a modest or no effect on preventing influenza in the children and the elderly.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7574/912
Here’s how they spin flu vaccine statistics to show the vaccine is more effective than it really is:
http://www.nelsonstar.com/opinion/letters/133914023.html
The goal of public health is to induce people to get the flu shot whether it’s effective or not. They say “it’s not perfect but it’s the best we have.”
Well it’s NOT the best we have. And it comes with adverse effects that can be very detrimental to health. Some flu vaccines contain significant amounts of mercury. And one flu vaccine has now been banned for children under 5 in Australia, Europe and the United States due to the increased rate of convulsions in children.
What do we have that’s safer and more effective? Vitamin D has been shown to prevent flu and other infectious diseases.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of school children shows vitamin D prevents the flu. They also found that asthmatic children on placebo had six times more asthma attacks than did children on vitamin D.
The study was published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition:
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/abstract/ajcn.2009.29094v1
Read more about the evidence that vitamin D reduces the risk of influenza and pneumonia:
Vitamin D and Influenza
Vitamin D Triggers and Activates the Immune System
In addition, scientists have discovered that Vitamin D is crucial to activating the immune response. Without sufficient levels of vitamin D, the killer cells of the immune system – T cells – are not able to fight off serious infections.
We Need a Change in Public Health Policy
There’s no real health care reform until public health policy changes to recommend what works instead of what brings in more profits for the pharmaceutical industry.
If our government is serious about public health, they should reconsider the strategy of recommending an expensive pharmaceutical-based, questionable mode of prevention that has associated health risks when a natural, inexpensive, no-risk preventive has been proven effective.
In the meantime, we parents can implement our own health care reform and provide our babies and children with optimal vitamin D levels, extended breastfeeding, good whole foods nutrition, a positive emotional and non-toxic environment, as well as other natural immune enhancers to keep our kids safe and healthy.
Interview with Dr. Cannell about vitamin D deficiency in babies and children:
http://www.healthychild.com/immune-system-support/vitamin-d-deficiency-in-pregnancy-babies-children/
Vitamin D Levels and Supplementation:
http://www.healthychild.com/supplements-for-children/vitamin-d-levels/
Pregnancy and Vitamin D Deficiency:
http://www.healthychild.com/pregnancy/pregnancy-and-gestational-vitamin-d-deficiency/
Info on toxicity of Sunscreens
http://www.healthychild.com/sunscreen/sunburn-prevention-are-sunscreens-safe/
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