Given that:
- (A)H5N1 'bird flu' appears to kill by stimulating
an overwhelming immune system response
- vitamin D3 appears to have strong anti-viral
properties, [1] and has been shown
to reduce immune activity, [2]
and
- good levels of vitamin D3 appear to increase
flu jabs’ ability to promote immunity to flu
[3]
whilst
- inadequate levels of vitamin D have been linked
to a multitude of chronic illnesses [4]
Dr. John Cannell of the Vitamin D Council maintains that ensuring
frequent exposure to direct sunlight and high-dose supplementing
with vitamin D3 (particularly in the winter) could both help to
prevent and treat a ‘human (A)H5N1’ infection. He
recommends an adult maintenance dose of 2,000iu a day but daily
doses of 50,000iu should a ‘human (A)H5N1’ pandemic
occur. He states that these doses are perfectly safe and that
single doses of up to 300,000iu have been routinely used in Europe
since the 1930s for children with rickets (so-called ‘stoss
therapy’).
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References
[1] Rehman,PK. Journal of Tropical Pediatric.
1994;40(1):58
Hayes,CE. Cellular and Molecular Biology 2003;49(2):277-300
[2] Helming,L et al. Blood. 2005 Aug 23; [Epub ahead of print]
[3] Antonen,JA et al. Nephron 2000;86(1):56-61
[4] Peterlik,M and Cross,HS. Eur. Jnl. of Clinical Investigation
2005;35(5):290-304