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New Study Finds Vitamin D Prevents Influenza and Asthma in Children
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition just published an interesting study concerning Vitamin D. This was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind study, placebo controlled trial of school children showing vitamin D3 prevents influenza. A secondary finding was that asthmatic children on placebo had six times more asthma attacks that did children on vitamin D3.
Synopsis:
Vitamin D3 is a vital nutrient for immune system function, cardiovascular, and brain development and activity.
Vitamin D3 is produced naturally in humans by direct exposure of the skin to sunlight. In winter and even other seasons, we do not expose our skin to adequate time periods of sun light.
It takes approximately 20 minutes per day of full body exposure to direct sunlight in order for your body to produce adequate levels of Vitamin D3.
Most adults and children need to supplement daily with Vitamin D3, especially in the winter.
According to the results of the study, vitamin D3 supplementation in school children may decrease the incidence of children developing signs and symptoms of the flu and may also decrease the rate of asthma attacks in asthmatic children.
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