Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

[kiwibird]

Were you taking Vitamin D3 supplements and did you catch the flu?

If you were and you did catch the flu were you taking a small dose and were your symptoms mild? If you could post this information below it would be very helpful.

[gsgs]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

OK,I'll participate, although it's not relevant.

I wasn't exposed and I took a bit D3, but not much.
So I voted 3.)

[kiwibird]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Why don't you think it is relevant?

[gsgs]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

because I was not exposed. No contact with children or (potentially) sick people.
And there was not much in our area anyway.

[kiwibird]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Fair enough! Good you didn't get it either way!

[mixin]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Thanks for the reminder; I started to take Vit D and then forgot

I haven't gotten the flu (yet); although I did have some type of ILI last April before I started on the Vit D.

[Missouriwatcher]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

If any recall, my son had taken 50,000 units of D twice a week (because his blood work showed insufficient). He took it for approximately 4 months when he contracted the flu. My blood work showed just within the sufficient range, so I was not taking it. I did not catch it from my son or anyone else. I could only vote once, so I voted under "did not take and did not catch".

[Treyfish]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

I did take some vd3 but never take vitamins anyway. I did take a few and have a big bottle of them. I havent caught the flu yet, and Brenda and I just did get the H1 shot 10 days ago for 10$ a piece. Finally!

[oldman]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

My wife and I take 1000 units a day and have not had the vax (yet). So far, so good. She works in a doctors office exposed to sick people all day. Don't know if the vitamin D helped, but it certainly didn't hurt.

[ms4920]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Last April when this whole thing emerged, I had to be hospitalized for pneumonia. I had flu , but they would not test as it was so early on in pandemic and that was when you had exposure to being in Mexico or had been around someone who had been there. However, my Vit. D levels were below normal. I believe Vit. D does help with the immune system.

[Anne]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

I didn't take vit D3, and hadn't flu, but I get the flu shot.

[DrRugby]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Lit has it that one needs as much as 5000 iu per day.
That is estimated to be produced by 20 min of sunshine per day.

How much milk that is I don't know.

How much is needed for flu protection?

[AlaskaDenise]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Lit has it that one needs as much as 5000 iu per day.
That is estimated to be produced by 20 min of sunshine per day.

How much milk that is I don't know.

How much is needed for flu protection?

Per nutritiondata.com, fat free has NO vitamin D, 1% has 127 IU, & 2% has 98.
It would take 39 glasses of 1% milk to get 5000 IU/day!

I know I take over 5000 iu per day for lots of reasons in addition to protection against viruses.

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[Amish Country]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Could the numbers be somewhat skewed because this is Flutrackers and members here know intimately what precautions to take to help avoid getting flu in the first place?

[kiwibird]

Re: Did you take Vitamin D3 this winter - and did you catch the flu?

Yes - I think you are right Amish. Not a perfectly thought through poll! Perhaps we could do another - I should have ticked the box for multiple entries for families as well. It is interesting that only half of us were taking Vit D3 though! I wonder if people were taking other stuff - like garlic. I hadn't even thought about the vaccination either. It is only just recently available over here (NZ). Thanks for the info everyone.