Why don’t we put Vitamin D in municipal water alongside flouride? No side effects, and a continual stream of new benefits being found, most famously huge decreases in rates of certain cancers, and now, the flu:
The risk of children suffering from flu can be halved if they take vitamin D, doctors in Japan have found. The finding has implications for flu epidemics since vitamin D, which is naturally produced by the human body when exposed to direct sunlight, has no significant side effects, costs little and can be several times more effective than anti-viral drugs or vaccine.
via Vitamin D better than vaccines at preventing flu, report claims – Times Online.
Lack of Vitamin D is the curse of the sun-starved north. I imagine its consumption should be advocated more strongly.
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Just get some more sunshine. I like the idea of taking chlorine out of the water supply too.
Vitamin D is great stuff. I take 2000 units a day. Cheaperst cancer insurance you can buy.
Agreed. I do the same.
real conservative – I don’t know. I’m always mixed on things like flouridation. Should the government be dosing me with dental chemicals? Politically speaking, I don’t think so — but from a utilitarian perspective, its hard to argue against.