“Low Vitamin D Levels Linked to Colds”
“Study Shows Vitamin D May Have a Role to Play in Preventing Colds and Flu”
I am not a doctor, or any kind of health professional. So this is all opinion with news and some research mixed in.
Those headlines above are from WebMD about colds and flu. Just like everyone else, the Swine Flu is at the top of the news. As I was sifting thru all the articles and posts and news stories, I noticed a few about Vitamin D.
Searching and reading and summing up: The medical community is now studying the effects of Vitamin D to prevent cold/flu and possibly cure you quicker when you do get either.
I can support this and agree totally.
Every year my kids and I drive to Florida over winter break. We leave sick as dogs. Colds. Flu. Antibiotics. By the time we get there 2 days later, all the symptoms are gone. It has always seemed extremely odd to me. I never imagined that Vitamin D, via the SUN, would cure us. But that is what the experts are starting to think.
I’m not saying that it IS the cure, but maybe it does help. It is quite coincidental now that it’s been pointed out to me.
And it could be just that the cold/flu had run its course and we would have gotten better anyway. But I don’t know. It seems like around this time of year, in this corner of the world, you are sick for a LONG time. It just drags…but 2 days of driving…out of Germacago and we’re better!
This isn’t medicine that can be used at any time. Leaving town for a few days or weeks is not really viable for most of us.
But the other part of the news is that the Vitamin D in milk is said to be also helpful for preventing cold/flu.
I can believe this too because my son gets sick every Spring…really bad with respiratory problems and everything. Usually we cut out dairy right away so he doesn’t get too stuffed up. This year though, both kids have been eating cereal with milk almost every single day for breakfast, plus, extra glasses of milk. Even after they both got sick with sore throats and coughs they didn’t stop eating the cereal or drinking the milk. The cold/flu did not seem as bad and it never progressed past that.
Again, coincidental; they might have just got better on their own anyway. But from now on: Milk and Sunshine. That’s all we need.
Obviously the Swine Flu is much more serious, and I don’t mean to sound light. I hope that we avoid any kind of epidemic, but any extra info on preventing an initial illness will help keep you strong to fight off the big one if it comes. So if you can, get out into some sun and try milk or Vitamin D rich foods, like salmon, tuna and eggs.
Having a Cold versus having the Flu, get confused for each other all the time. So why take a chance on getting either? Precaution is key.
Here’s the basics just one more time:
* Wash your hands often with soap and water.
*Hand sanitizer.
*Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
*Wipe down surfaces you think might have come into contact with someone sick.
* Cover your mouth when you cough.
* Avoid any sick people, if possible.
*If you, yourself are sick, stay away from the rest of us. Stay home (if you can) until you feel better so you don’t infect anyone else.
*If you have to be out, show care in coughing, sneezing and dripping. Use tissues and dispose of them properly. Try not to spread more than you absolutely have to.
*Wear a face mask.
Have a great day. Stay safe.
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For at least an hour! Starving and running…it’s a bad movie line, and yet I did it. Listening to my long playlist for when I have to be occupied for some time. Which made me think…time. Today can be all about time. Long, unending, stretches of time, running in place, staring at the back of some guys head while he’s talking on the phone and riding the exercycle machine. Time? Pointless endeavors? (Word of the Day #1!) Good ideas for a new list. Then I remembered it’s spring! Just turned this morning—lots of songs about spring right? Time and pointlessness can wait 2 more days. Spring forward and enjoy the “Balmy Days Ahead” list:
1. I Can See Clearly Now / Jimmy Cliff
2. Blue Sky / The Allman Brothers Band
3. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / B J Thomas
4. Good Morning Starshine / Beverly D’Angelo (Hair Soundtrack)
5. Flower / Moby
6. Fresh Feeling / Eels
7. Rain King / Counting Crows
8. Flowers / Cross Canadian Ragweed
9. You Are My Sunshine / Stine J
10. Brown Eyed Girl / Everclear
11. Feels Like Rain / Buddy Guy
12. The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) / Various Cast Artists (Hair Soundtrack)
13. Beautiful Night / Burden Brothers
14. No Surrender / Bruce Springsteen
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1. I Can See Clearly Now / Jimmy Cliff
2. Blue Sky / The Allman Brothers Band
3. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head / B J Thomas
4. Good Morning Starshine / Beverly D’Angelo (Hair Soundtrack)
5. Flower / Moby
6. Fresh Feeling / Eels
7. Rain King / Counting Crows
8. Flowers / Cross Canadian Ragweed
9. You Are My Sunshine / Stine J
10. Brown Eyed Girl / Everclear
11. Feels Like Rain / Buddy Guy
12. The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) / Various Cast Artists (Hair Soundtrack)
13. Beautiful Night / Burden Brothers
14. No Surrender / Bruce Springsteen
15. Pocketful Of Sunshine / Natasha Bedingfield
16. Walking On Sunshine / Katrina & The Waves
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just shy of pretty 