Archive - Nov 17, 2009

Susan E. Brown, the director of the Center for Better Bones in East Syracuse wants to explain how vitamin D can help us protect ourselves against the flu (seasonal or H1N1.) "There’s been so much information this fall about flu, particularly swine flu, that it’s hard to make sense of it all. But one piece of information that I...

Susan E. Brown, the director of the Center for Better Bones in East Syracuse wants to explain how vitamin D can help us protect ourselves against the flu (seasonal or H1N1.) "There’s been so much information this fall about flu, particularly swine flu, that it’s hard to make sense of it all. But one piece of information that I...

Susan E. Brown, the director of the Center for Better Bones in East Syracuse wants to explain how vitamin D can help us protect ourselves against the flu (seasonal or H1N1.)

Jupiter Images UnlimitedResearch shows vitamin D can help protect us from flu infection.
"There’s been so much information this fall about flu, particularly swine flu, that it’s hard to make sense of it all. But one piece of information that I think gets missed in all the discussion is the importance of vitamin D in preventing influenza infections and boosting immunity. Research is accumulating about the relationship between flu susceptibility and vitamin D levels, and it’s showing just how important it is to keep vitamin D levels in the 50-80 ng/mL range," she says.