Vitamin D Fights Cold & Flu?
Reported February 25, 2009
(Ivanhoe Newswire)– A dose of vitamin D every day could be the trick to fight the common cold and cases of the flu.
In a new national report, researchers from several hospitals examined the association between the vitamin and respiratory infections. They learned people with the lowest blood vitamin D levels reported having significantly more recent colds or incidents of the flu.
Individuals with common lung diseases, such as asthma and emphysema, may be particularly susceptible to respiratory infections from vitamin D deficiency, Adit Ginde, MD, MPH, UC Denver Division of Emergency Medicine and lead author of the study was quoted as saying.
Ginde added the studys results need to be confirmed in clinical trials before vitamin D can be recommended to prevent colds and flu.
SOURCE: Archives of Internal Medicine, February 2009