Vitamin D improves immune function for everybody.

Flu shots work on only 1 out of 100 people who take them. Vitamin D improves immune function for everybody and prevents colds, flu and pneumonia, That is why great grandma gave you cod-liver oil for every sort of ailment!

Vitamin D is especially important for expectant mothers

Vitamin D makes healthy babies with strong immune systems.  It also reduces the risk of premature birth.

Symptoms of deficiency

Osteoporosis, depression, obesity, backache, multiple sclerosis, cancer, hypertension, diabetes

Vitamin D supplements

Always choose vitamin D3, Now available in 10,000 IU doses, test your vitamin D levels and consult your health care provider to determine proper dosage.

Sunlight and vitamin D:

White skin absorbs the most sunlight and produces the most vitamin D.

Brown Skin Absorbs less sunlight and produces less vitamin D.

Black Skin absorbs less sunlight and is usually associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Working indoors almost always leads to chronic vitamin D deficiency.

Additional Vitamin D benefits

Lowers risk of falls in elderly by 19%

Lowers risk of hip fractures in elderly by over 20%

Reduces influenza infections by 40%

Improves heart function

Speeds would healing

Diseases prevented by vitamin D

Cancers (of all types), High blood pressure, osteoporosis, rickets, depression, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, tuberculosis, respiratory infections, influenza, obesity, and hair loss.

Credits: 

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamin-d-and-chronic-disease

http://www.vitamindcouncil.orgFlu shots work on only 1 out of 100 people who take them. Vitamin D improves immune function for everybody and prevents colds, flu and pneumonia,