Natural News: While the pharmaceutical industry is bent on pushing pills and
inoculations as the “only” way to prevent cold and flu each season, it
turns out the secret to keeping illness at bay has been in front of (or
rather, above) us all along. Vitamin D, colloquially known as the
“sunshine vitamin,” has just been proven to help fight respiratory
infections, cold and flu. For people who are vitamin D-deficient, taking
a supplement can help reduce the risk of infection by up to 50 percent.
With all the propaganda surrounding the flu shot, it’s hard to make a
true comparison — but it’s fair to say that in deficient individuals,
vitamin D supplementation would likely offer a lot more bang for the
buck. Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to a host of health issues
and increases the risk of many diseases, ranging from the common cold to
diabetes and cancer....read more>>>...