News from Ireland that we can all learn from: Vitamin D Might Lessen Your Flu Risk
Seasonal influenza has been linked with a deficiency of solar radiation, which triggers production of vitamin D. Simply put, the sun does not shine enough in Ireland.
Now that the swine flu vaccine is finally in the country, at-risk groups are being urged to get inoculated. But while the Irish government has invested millions of euro in orders for the vaccine from pharmaceutical companies, it is interesting to note that one country is taking a different approach.
The Canadian government, and more specifically the provinces of Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and Nova Scotia, have suspended the 'normal' seasonal flu shots for anyone under 65 in response to a recent study there.
Full Article In 1981 R Edgar Hope Simpson, who became famous in the late 1960s after he discovered the cause of shingles, proposed that a principal cause of seasonal influenza is linked with the deficiency of solar radiation which triggers the production of vitamin D in the skin.
Vitamin D deficiency is common in the winter as we receive it in large amounts from the sun and in smaller quantities from oily fish like mackerel, herring, sardines and foods like eggs and fortified milk.
Vitamin D is crucial in boosting the immune system and defending itself against invading organisms.
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News from Ireland that we can all learn from: Vitamin D Might Lessen Your Flu Risk
Seasonal influenza has been linked with a deficiency of solar radiation, which triggers production of vitamin D. Simply put, the sun does not shine enough in Ireland.
Now that the swine flu vaccine is finally in the country, at-risk groups are being urged to get inoculated. But while the Irish government has invested millions of euro in orders for the vaccine from pharmaceutical companies, it is interesting to note that one country is taking a different approach.
Full Article
In 1981 R Edgar Hope Simpson, who became famous in the late 1960s after he discovered the cause of shingles, proposed that a principal cause of seasonal influenza is linked with the deficiency of solar radiation which triggers the production of vitamin D in the skin.
Vitamin D deficiency is common in the winter as we receive it in large amounts from the sun and in smaller quantities from oily fish like mackerel, herring, sardines and foods like eggs and fortified milk.
Vitamin D is crucial in boosting the immune system and defending itself against invading organisms.
Full Article
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