It's that time of the year when we are told that we need to get our flu vaccines. The banners outside drugstores hail, "Get Your Flu Shots Today!!" We are also told that a bad flu season is ahead of us again. However, studies show that the flu vaccine program is not very effective. We are also subjected to fear tactics to force us into getting flu shots. For instance, the CDC regularly says that 30,000- 50,000 people die each year from the flu! Wow! That's alot of people. Unfortunately, these statistics are skewed, using combined deaths from other causes. According to the U.S. National Vital Statistics System, yearly flu deaths in 2010 were 500. That's 500, not 5,000. In some years it was only 200-300. As a comparison, over 1,800 people died from hernia surgery and over 800 women died from childbirth. In 2013, over 3,600 people died from asthma and almost 3,000 died from peptic ulcers.
The best vaccine program that I recommend is evidenced based, common sense, and incredibly safe: optimize your vitamin D intake. That means have your blood levels checked (you can do it yourself: www.grassrootshealth.net).
Even though the laboratory range is 20-100 ng/L, no one should be below a level of 50 ng/L. The OPTIMAL range (not just normal) is 50-80. Magnesium must be taken with vitamin D, as should vitamin K2.
The body will normally absorb the sun's UVB rays and convert cholesterol in the skin to vitamin D. In just 20 minutes the body can produce 10,000-25,000 IU's of vitamin D, more than what is in 200 glasses of milk! Recent studies show that the minimum dose should be 5-8000 IU per day! Not the measly 800 IU that we are told is the RDA.
By the way, in 2014, a Canadian study published in the journal Nutrient, determined that the Institute of Medicine seriously miscalculated the RDA for vitamin D by a decimal place!! That's being off by a factor of 10! The RDA was calculated at that time to be 800 IU. It should have been 8,000!
So, get your D levels checked. If it's low, contact a Vitamin D literate practitioner and get your level optimal!!
The best vaccine program that I recommend is evidenced based, common sense, and incredibly safe: optimize your vitamin D intake. That means have your blood levels checked (you can do it yourself: www.grassrootshealth.net).
Even though the laboratory range is 20-100 ng/L, no one should be below a level of 50 ng/L. The OPTIMAL range (not just normal) is 50-80. Magnesium must be taken with vitamin D, as should vitamin K2.
The body will normally absorb the sun's UVB rays and convert cholesterol in the skin to vitamin D. In just 20 minutes the body can produce 10,000-25,000 IU's of vitamin D, more than what is in 200 glasses of milk! Recent studies show that the minimum dose should be 5-8000 IU per day! Not the measly 800 IU that we are told is the RDA.
By the way, in 2014, a Canadian study published in the journal Nutrient, determined that the Institute of Medicine seriously miscalculated the RDA for vitamin D by a decimal place!! That's being off by a factor of 10! The RDA was calculated at that time to be 800 IU. It should have been 8,000!
So, get your D levels checked. If it's low, contact a Vitamin D literate practitioner and get your level optimal!!
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