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Prevent Swine Flu naturally:
Vitamin D, sunlight and 58 million at-risk kids

by Diana

Read time: 3.5 minutes. It’s the Swine Flu issue that nobody is discussing — but important to 58 million at-risk American kids.  “Is vaccination safe or not?” is NOT the question.   I care too much about your kids to not share the truth.  Tens of million of kids are at increased risk of catching H1N1 and other nasties due to vitamin deficiency.  Is your child one of them?  Kids cannot fight flu bugs when deficient in vitamins — and most are NOT getting essentials like Vitamin D.   Even milk drinkers are NOT able to ward off viruses — don’t be fooled.  Read on to find out what you can do to protect your family from the H1N1 virus — naturally and without braking the bank.

Not getting enough Vitamin D is making your child — right now — more vulnerable to Swine Flu.  Period.  No, fortified milk won’t fix that problem.  At the moment, Swine flu has killed 36 kids in the U.S. but the flu season hasn’t started yet.   58 million American children can immediately, safely address Swine Flu prevention (and better health in general!) yet all the news media can talk about is the safety of an obviously un-safe vaccine.  I’m dedicated to your family’s health and am publishing two stories for you this week out of my concern.

The natural, proven, cost-effective solution
(you don’t hear about)

Most of what you hear about Vitamin D, the sun (yes, the sun) and milk is not true.  Here’s what is: Vitamin D creates over 200 antimicrobial peptides in your body — that’s a fancy word for “natural antibiotics.”   Think about that for a minute.  Over 200 fighters in your body.  When your vitamin D level falls so does your natural ability to fight colds, influenza and other respiratory infections — including the H1N1 virus.  Simple.  So, gimme some Vitamin D right?!

But many pediatricians are quick to present you with the new (dangerous, barely tested on humans!) Swine Flu shot.

Hey, wait a minute.  What about the alternative, guaranteed safe answer?

Let’s start with the one we’ve always known about.  You know — vitamins.  D in particular.  No, doctors aren’t evil or bad people nor are care givers who follow their advice.  ALWAYS follow your doctor’s advice but realize docs are people too.  Get opinions (in the case of Vitamin D, talk to a dermatologist!), get educated yourself.  We’re all trying to keep kids healthy.  But many docs are overlooking natural remedies — and I’ll return to this loaded statement later this week.

Give me a D!

I wish it was as simple as saying, “go get some Vitamin D”.  Don’t let anyone tell you it’s as easy as a pill or chewable doo-dad.  Mis-information about ABSORPTION of vitamins into our bodies is everywhere.  I’ll get to that in a moment.

Big ah-HA:

You can’t get enough Vitamin D from eating or drinking stuff.

Did you know?  We actually produce it ourselves — mainly through a process starting with sun exposure.  Yes, sunlight.

Your to-do list

Here’s what you can do today to prevent Swine Flu infection:

1. Expose yourself to the sun for about 30-50 minutes per day on average — revealing as much of the skin as possible.
2. Add olive leaf extract into your foods.
3. Add fresh, organic food into your child’s meals — creatively emphasize dark green leafy vegetables.

NOTE:  Even though Vitamin D can’t be obtained from food, fresh dark green leafy veggies DO strengthen your child’s immune system.  Olive leaf extract is one of the five best anti-viral remedies that occur naturally and it’s easy to access.

NOTE: When in the sun, do not use sun block! Most do more harm than good and block needed UVB rays that are are essential for the body to create Vitamin D.  Stay tuned for more on this subject.

GUIDELINES ON SUN EXPOSURE:
The US government recommends adults get 200 IU (the unit of measure scientists use) of Vitamin D minimum per day.  But in 20-30 minutes of summer (intense) sun exposure, your skin produces approximately 10,000 IU’s  of vitamin D.  That’s 50 times more than the daily recommendation in one sitting.  Easy!

In other words, if you want LOTS of Vitamin D (to fight off Swine Flu) you need 20-50 minutes of sun every few days depending on the time of year.

I’m worried about over-exposure to the sun

Ok.  Good point.  How can you maximize Vitamin D for kids?  Children should take in about 1,000 IU per day,  for every 25 pounds of body weight.   So a child of 30 pounds needs about 1100 or so — or about 3-5 days of sunlight exposure per week.

As you might guess, African and Hispanic people need more sun exposure due to their skin pigmentation.

So — you CAN protect your child naturally, affordably by adding sunlight, natural remedies (like olive leaf extract) and Superfoods (that they’ll crave!) into their daily eating routine.  Follow my lead.  Tell your friends.  STOP FEARING the Swine Flu and encourage others to stop the relatively irrelevant, distracting chatter about the dangerous vaccine.