The thing is, flu shots are only really effective/designed, for the strain of flu that went around the year before...
There has been speculation on it for many years that it at best doesn't do a whole lot, and at worst it can be harmful.
I haven't had a flu shot in probably... 6 years, and I have been fine.. I've had the flu maybe about 2 times in that time.. It isn't a rule that you have to get the flu..
If you eat healthy, and keep up on the vitamins that you need, then 9 times out of 10 then you might be fine.
Hi,
I read in some article that It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against influenza virus infection. In the meantime, you are still at risk for getting the flu. That�s why it�s good to get vaccinated early before the flu season really gets under way.
Flu vaccine is required every year because flu viruses are Rapidly changing.
Flu vaccine is required every year because flu viruses are Rapidly changing.
And that�s the problem. The flu vaccine you might take today was developed for last years flu and what they �think� might be this year�s flu strain. In other words it is virtually worthless. Plus the vaccines come loaded with preservatives, such as mercury, aluminum, etc. These extra ingredients are something you definitely do not need or want. And with all of this �protection� from the flu there has not been any real reduction in flu cases over the years.
Sure, the flu is evolving every year, but as I posted earlier, it's only last year's strand that is accounted for, not the new strains..
I don't know, it's possible I guess that the old strains are still floating around, but I would think that after a year (with proper cleaning of air ducts etc) that the old strains wouldn't be an issue anymore.
Of course, how many people clean their air ducts properly.. (and offices probably don't etc)
Hi,
I read in some article that It takes about two weeks after vaccination for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against influenza virus infection. In the meantime, you are still at risk for getting the flu. That’s why it’s good to get vaccinated early before the flu season really gets under way.
Flu vaccine is required every year because flu viruses are Rapidly changing.
Vitamin D is what one of my Doctors recommends to do early flu season, and it's far more effective than getting inoculated with a virus I was most certainly already exposed to last year.
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Another influenza season is beginning in the northern temperate zone, and our government's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will strongly urge Americans to get a flu shot. Health officials will say that every winter 5—20 percent of the population catches the flu, 200,000 people are hospitalized, and 36,000 people will die from it. The CDC's 15-member Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations each year on who should be vaccinated. Ten years ago, for the 1999—2000 season, the committee recommended that people over age 65 and children with medical conditions have a flu shot. Seventy-four million people were vaccinated. Next season (2000—01) the committee lowered the age for universal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old, adding 41 million people to the list. For the 2002—03 season, the ACIP added healthy children 6 months to 23 months old, and for 2004—05, children up to 5 years old. For the 2008—09 season the committee has advised that healthy children 6 months to 18 years old have a flu shot each year. Its recommendations for influenza vaccination now covers 256 million Americans — 84 percent of the U.S. population. Only healthy people ages 19—49 not involved in some aspect of health care remain exempt. Pharmaceutical companies have made 146 million influenza vaccines for the U.S. market this flu season.
Almost all the ACIP members who make these recommendations have financial ties to the vaccine industry. The CDC therefore must grant each member a conflict-of-interest waiver.
Besides, the flu shot won't help protect me from chronic neural diseases, MS for instance, like vitamin D will. On the contrary the flu shot is more likely to cause neural disease.
__________________ I'd rather meander for the prevention than race for the cure.
Vitamin D is what one of my Doctors recommends to do early flu season, and it's far more effective than getting inoculated with a virus I was most certainly already exposed to last year.
Besides, the flu shot won't help protect me from chronic neural diseases, MS for instance, like vitamin D will. On the contrary the flu shot is more likely to cause neural disease.
Yep, soak up the sunshine and drink some milk. Vitamin D is easy to get a higher dose of
On another note, Vitamin D is one supplement that for some reason seems to be in short supply... You can always find B, B12, K, E, A, C etc.. But vitamin D is almost always tough to find on the shelves... I wonder why....
Yep, soak up the sunshine and drink some milk. Vitamin D is easy to get a higher dose of
On another note, Vitamin D is one supplement that for some reason seems to be in short supply... You can always find B, B12, K, E, A, C etc.. But vitamin D is almost always tough to find on the shelves... I wonder why....
Costco has it, but I've started ordering the higher potency stuff on line for ease and convenience.
And vitamin D is a steroid hormone. That's why it is so much more powerful than any co-enzyme.
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Vitamin D is also unique in another way. It is the only vitamin that is a hormone, a type of steroid hormone known as a secosteroid, with three carbon rings.
Steroid hormones such as cortisone, estrogen, and testosterone have four carbon rings. Ultraviolet B radiation in sunlight breaks open one of the rings in a steroid alcohol present in the skin, 7-dehydrocholesterol, to form vitamin D (cholecalciferol). The liver changes this molecule into its circulating form, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (calcidiol, 25[OH]D), the "vitamin D" blood tests measure. Cells throughout the body absorb 25-hydroxyvitamin D and change it into 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol), the active form of vitamin D that attaches directly to receptors on the DNA of genes in the cell�s nucleus.
Gonna go stock up now actually. Although, I always wondered about those "Bulk" supplements and how great they were, what the shelf life was once opened. I mean 500 tablets is going to last our family about a year. Since the baby isn't taking supplements yet, just me and the wife so that's 2 tablets daily, 60 tablets a month so about 9 months supply.
My question is by the time you are getting to the bottom of the bottle, if the supplement you are taking is even affective anymore as it's been exposed for so long. I suppose you could keep it in the fridge (what we do with our vitamin E) but same question still lingers...
Well... There you have it... As I mentioned before, no better defense and to get prepared for the flu season is to stock up on Vitamin C and D, and make sure to eat properly so your defenses don't get lowered. Aside from that, get plenty of rest, drink plenty of liquids, and try to avoid confined spaces with a lot of people....
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