Dr. Eisenstein's Daily Vitamin D Recommendations for this season’s

Dr. Eisenstein's Daily Vitamin D Recommendations for this season’s

Flu starting in October



There is scientific evidence that links low levels of Vitamin D and low levels of Probiotics to an increased risk of many medical conditions.

Probiotics are living microorganisms (bacterial or yeast) which, upon ingestion in certain numbers, exert health benefits beyond inherent basic nutrition.

If you want to lower your blood pressure, Vitamin D and probiotics may be just what the doctor ordered. If you are trying to reduce your risk of diabetes, or lower your chances of heart attacks, rheumatoid arthritis, or multiple sclerosis, colds, seasonal flu, H1N1 flu and many more conditions, then Vitamin D and Probiotics should be at the front of the line in your daily multi-vitamin supplement regimen.

As Pathogenic bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are looking to other means to combat infections. We are seeing just the infancy in the use of Probiotics and Vitamin D, both for health maintenance and for treating different medical condition

Vitamin D, Probiotics and Chicken soup have been effective in the past in combating viral infections like Flu .



1. Get a Vitamin D blood test 25(OH)D



2. Make sure your whole family has adequate blood levels of Vitamin D this flu season (>50-80ng/ml). Most children and adults vitamin D blood level is <30ng/ml.



3. Adult (and children >100lbs) maintenance ............ 10,000 IU daily.



4. Children's maintenance: <100lbs........................... 5,000 IU daily.



5. At the first symptoms of a cold or flu 1,000IU/ lb. daily for 7 days.

Examples:

50 lb ................................................................................... 50,000IU daily.

100 lb daily ....................................................................... 100,000IU daily.

150 lb daily........................................................................ 150,000IU daily.

200 lb daily....................................................................... 200,000 IU daily.



6. And of course Chicken Soup



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8. Archives of Internal Medicine April 2009