Posted on 02/27/2020 6:29:44 AM PST by blam
In April 2005, a virulent strain of influenza hit a maximum-security forensic psychiatric hospital for men that’s midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles. John J. Cannell, a psychiatrist there, observed with increasing curiosity as one infected ward after another was quarantined to limit the outbreak. Although 10 percent of the facility’s 1,200 patients ultimately developed the flu’s fever and debilitating muscle aches, none did in the ward that he supervised.
WINTER WOES. Cold-weather wear and the sun’s angle in the winter sky limit how much ultraviolet light reaches the skin. This can add up to a deficiency in production of vitamin D, which might explain why respiratory infections are common and severe in winter.
“First, the ward below mine was quarantined, then the wards on my right, left, and across the hall,” Cannell recalls. However, although the 32 men on his ward at Atascadero (Calif.) State Hospital had mingled with patients from infected wards before their quarantine, none developed the illness.
Cannell’s ward was the only heavily exposed ward left unaffected. Was it by mere chance, Cannell wondered, that his patients dodged the sickness?
A few months later, Cannell ran across a possible answer in the scientific literature. In the July 2005 FASEB Journal, Adrian F. Gombart of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and his colleagues reported that vitamin D boosts production in white blood cells of one of the antimicrobial compounds that defends the body against germs.
Immediately, Cannell says, the proverbial lightbulb went on in his head: Maybe the high doses of vitamin D that he had been prescribing to virtually all the men on his ward
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Human - got lost in a snow storm in the mountains ... didn’t find him for a year. Still not over it.
Human - got lost in a snow storm in the mountains ... didn’t find him for a year. Still not over it.
Sorry!
Where did this happen?
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Although I read that there is so little sun in NE during the winter months (Dec-Feb), due to the angle (and season I suppose) that one gets little sun benefits. Sun goes down about 4PM (DST) in mid Dec. in MA.
Re SAD. The link below is excellent re what can cause SAD and how to handle it.
https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/shining-a-light-on-winter-depression
There’s a weight-based Vit D calculator on GrassrootsHealth.net
I’ve found this to be necessary - when I first started to raise my level, the dose ended up being much higher than the initial 2000 units a day. More like ~7500. Along with the Vit K2 that’s been mentioned.
Thank you! I’ll check it out now. I’m afraid going into the doc right now is not an option: we’re in the middle of a good flu season and, historically, if we get anywhere near a waiting room, we’ll end up with whatever new thing is going around. :/
Thank you again!
You can do a fingerstick blood spot test at home for Vit D, altho it’s a bit pricy. I’ve done it once.
Thanks. Bump for reference Vitamin C D sepsis virus
My neuro sid no to vitamin k. She supports all my other supplements except k. I had a stroke many years ago and she is afraid of another clot.
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Don’t forget mushrooms:https://ommushrooms.com/collections/immune-support
Thanks for posting this, blam!
P4L
Here is
Just about all you ever need to know is below:
http://orthomolecular.org/resources/omns/v16n27.shtml
Years of archived information:
http://www.doctoryourself.com/
Dr. Andrew Saul’s MeWe page. Tons of info keep scrolling down:
(MeWe is like Facebook without the tracking and censorship)
https://mewe.com/group/5e45f92959b808281d05c94e
There are lots of informative videos posted on the above, Just keep scrolling.
Dr. Mercola interview with Andrew Saul - what to do.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/ICDKYAmpAczl/?fbclid=IwAR3M1EPCqbiB0sw6A-2-0quyvXsGTeYAQPQ4uXDwA8f
Cloudiest major US cities, where over half the days a year cloud covers more than three-quarters of the sky
Seattle, Washington 226
Portland, Oregon 222
Buffalo, New York 208
Pittsburgh, PA 203
Cleveland, Ohio 202
Rochester, New York 200
Columbus, Ohio 190
Cincinnati, Ohio 186
Detroit, Michigan 185
Someone/something from above, spoke to you and guided you.
The sun, fresh air and being able to enjoy them is one of God’s greatest gifts to us.
Fresh air/Oxygen, Vitamin D and dopamine help us to enjoy the day and improves our self being for that day.
The price is the best bargain of the day.
Thank you. I’m going to up my D3 another 1000
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