Vitamin D, The Flu, and Your Health

Vitamin D, The Flu, and Your Health

As a comment to last week's Professional Services bulletin on the Flu Vaccine, Jeff Sterling, OD in the Greenville, Arlington Blvd. location put me on to the importance of Vitamin D supplementation as an additional intervention.

Seems that many of us do not get the proper amount of Vitamin D and supplementation is recommended for most, especially in the winter months. There is far too much information for me to relate to everyone but Jeff included some good reference material for those of you would would like to explore this issue yourselves.

The Use of Vitamin D in Clinical Practice
The Vitamin D Council

Finally, Jeff's statement on what all of this means to him:

"You're not going to find anything that says if you take this much Vit D, you won't get the flu. But I think (and I am not alone) that it is a good idea. Lots of anecdotal evidence on the web."

Thanks, Jeff!