Vitamin D Deficiency Link to H1N1 Swine Flu Deaths

This short post is by Dr. Mercola  about Swine Flu deaths and how they may be tied to a Vitamin D deficiency. Dr Mercola has been a big advocate of examining closely the drugs that are being pushed by the big drug companies for profit only.  He spends 100% of his time trying to educate the general public about healthier options and radically reducing the amount of unnecessary premature deaths and needless pain and suffering.

Here is Dr. Mercola’s post:

Despite Anti-Vitamin D Bias, CDC Stumbles on Deficiency Link to H1N1 Deaths

Posted by: Dr. Mercola
September 22 2009 | 133,209 views

So far, Swine flu, H1N1, has killed thirty-six children in U.S. and analysis of CDC data indicates Vitamin D deficient children at higher risk of death.

The CDC did not realize they discovered this. However, anyone familiar with the Vitamin D literature will recognize it.

Almost two-thirds of the dead children had epilepsy, cerebral palsy, or other neurodevelopmental conditions like mental retardation.

All of these neurological conditions are associated with childhood Vitamin D deficiency. Exacerbating the problem further, many of these kids take anticonvulsant drugs, which lower Vitamin D levels.

58 million American children are Vitamin D deficient; 7.6 million are severely deficient.

When researchers looked at more than 6,000 American kids (age one to 21) who were carefully selected to be representative of the average American child. 9 percent of the kids had 25(OH)D levels less than 15 ng/mL and 70 percent had levels less than 30 ng/mL.

GaryMoller.com September 6, 2009

Vitamin D Newsletter May 2009

CDC September 4, 2009

As you can see from this article having the proper levels of Vitamin D and not being deficient is crucial to your health and your families.  Experts are saying that your children should be taking a 400 I.U. supplement of Vitamin D daily. Protect your children by ordering your Vitamin D  by clicking on this link now. The H1N1 Swine Flu season is upon us so do the right thing for your family.  Your children are being exposed daily.  Strengthen their immune system now!