[arthurus]

Vitamin D-3 supplements. I, my wife and three kids, and numerous neighbors have been taking those for years. My immediate family for 9 years.None of us gets the shots. None of us has got flu or colds since we started on the D-3, none at all.Wife is a primary school teacher. She used to bring home bugs three or four times every year even with the annual flu shots. I would get it once or twice from her. Now I take 10,000 mcg of the stuff daily and am flu free. Others in the group take 5k or even 20k. It is a sunshine thing which is why it is associated with the winter months. This past summer I did without because for the first time in 10 years I don't work at night so I get sunshine on my body. When it gets cold and you wear more clothes and the sun is at a weaker angle you don't get your vitamin D and you get flu and colds and bird flu and whatever is going around.

The stuff is CHEAP at WalMart and even cheaper on line. It is a depression cure, too. One daughter and two other women I know were manic depressive, one actually diagnosed as "bi-polar." None of the three take their medications any more and they have not the mood swings any more.

[GailA]

Must be why I don’t get the flu. The last shot 4 years ago made me so sick I lost 10 lbs and ended up in the ER for a IV for dehydration. Not had one since. Especially as I’m 67 and they want to force the Super Flu shot on me. I’m considered high risk on top of age, as I have a leaky heart valve, not bad enough to fix yet. And I’m not allergic to eggs. The last 4 left big welt on my arm that hurt for days.

[huldah1776]

Thank you for the intel!

[wally_bert]

I’ve been taking extra D3 for the past week and I have noticed an overall improvement in my mental well being. Still a long way to go in my case but D3 beats the pills.

My appetite has dropped a bit too overall.