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| 19 October 2010
UK Edition |
 Dear Reader,
Maybe it's the fact that, as I type this letter, I'm feeling pretty miserable. The culprit? A surprise pre- winter cold that's left me sniffling, sneezing, and an absolute pain to be around.
So needless to say, I have cold and flu season on my mind today... It's time to brace ourselves for another round of "Get the flu shot before we all die!" messages from Big Pharma.
And it's time to look at the alternatives. I'll leave it to an old Nutrition & Healing favourite — so popular in the news this past year for a host of studies showing it may help prevent diabetes, certain cancers, even depression — to kick off our cold and flu prevention plan.
I'm talking about — if you haven't guessed already — vitamin D.
We all know our bodies make vitamin D when we're out in the sun. Rates of vitamin D insufficiency rise during the winter, when the days are shorter and darker and we're all spending a lot more time indoors. Because of this, researchers have wondered for a while now whether vitamin D insufficiency might play a role in winter's reputation as "cold and flu season."
Past research has shown that people with lower vitamin D levels in their blood end up with more respiratory infections and that vitamin D may play an "important role" in our immune systems' defences against such infections.
A new study from the University of Tampere in Finland found that men who took 400IU of vitamin D per day were more likely to have no days missed from work due to respiratory illness than men who didn't take the supplement. Overall, 51 per cent of the men taking vitamin D remained healthy through the six months of the study, compared with 36 per cent of men who didn't take it.
Another study, this one out of Japan, found that children given 1,200 IU of vitamin D each day were less likely to come down with the flu.
So, how much should you take? The upper limit, set by US health officials, is 2,000 IU per day. They only recommend getting 200 IU per day if you're under 50 years old, and 400 to 600 IU if you're older.
The Vitamin D Council, however, begs to differ. They recommend taking 5,000 IU per day for two to three months, then having blood levels tested and working toward maintaining blood levels between 50 and 80ng/mL year-round. They also suggest using a sun bed during the winter, and getting plenty of sun in the warmer months.
There is some debate as to how much vitamin D is too much. So, as always, it's best to consult a doctor skilled in natural medicine for guidance on finding your body's optimum D level.
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Multiple approaches to fighting rheumatoid arthritis
Q: I've been trying to research treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, but am just getting overwhelmed. Can you help steer me in the right direction?
Dr. Jonathan V. Wright: I've observed improvement in every case of rheumatoid arthritis with elimination and desensitization of food allergy. Milk and dairy are usually major allergens in people with this form of arthritis and have even been the subject of mainstream medical research into RA (which showed that eliminating milk and dairy worked to alleviate symptoms). But even though dairy is usually a primary culprit, there are always multiple allergens aggravating rheumatoid arthritis.
Find and work with a doctor skilled and knowledgeable in food allergy as well as nutritional medicine.
But while food allergy elimination and desensitization improve rheumatoid arthritis, sometimes dramatically and always noticeably, it doesn't cure the problem.
Over the years, multiple studies have also reported a high incidence of stomach malfunction (specifically, low levels of hydrochloric acid and pepsin) in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis. These reports also revealed that just replacing the "missing" hydrochloric acid and pepsin — without making any other changes — can significantly improve many cases of rheumatoid arthritis.
So with this in mind, I always ask individuals suffering from rheumatoid arthritis to have a gastric analysis done. In the majority of instances, the test discloses low stomach function (low acid).
If this is the case for you, consider supplementing with either betaine hydrochloride-pepsin or glutamic-acid hydrochloride-pepsin before meals.
I usually recommend starting out by taking one capsule (5, 7 1/2, or 10 grains). After two or three days, if there are no problems, use two capsules in the early part of the meal; then, several days later, increase the amount to three capsules. The dose is gradually increased in this way until it equals 40 to 70 grains per meal.
You'll probably need to work with a doctor on this aspect of rheumatoid arthritis, too. On rare occasions treatment with hydrochloric acid can be dangerous, so it should only be used when testing indicates a need. Though problems occur rarely, they can be bad ones.
Hydrochloric acid should never be used at the same time as aspirin, Butazolidin, Inodicin, Motrin, or any other anti- inflammatory medication. These medications themselves can cause stomach bleeding and ulcers, so using hydrochloric acid with them increases the risk.
And last but not least, many research studies have shown that the anti-inflammatory omega-3 fatty acids contained in fish oil significantly reduce the inflammation and pain of rheumatoid arthritis. Generally, I recommend taking 1 tablespoonful of cod liver oil with 400IU of vitamin E (as mixed tocopherols) twice daily.
Bear in mind we are not addressing anyone's personal situation and you should rely on this for informational purposes only. Please consult with your own physician before acting on any recommendations contained herein.
Wishing you the best of health,
Andrew Miller
UK Editor
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Sources:
"Some evidence vitamin D might fight colds," Reuters (reuters.com)
Vitamin D Council (vitamindcouncil.org)
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