“The Problem Child of Seasonal Flu”: Beware This Winter’s Virus

Re:“The Problem Child of Seasonal Flu”: Beware This Winter’s... by VohuMana on Monday January 22, 2018 @03:38PM (#16207680)

I'd love to know the answer to this, if there is one.

Anecdotally: I have seen a couple studies pop up recently talking about how daily value of vitamin D has been wrong for a long time. This makes me think taking vitamin D might be the new fad medical thing to do, kinda like how going gluten free was the big thing a couple years ago.

For transparency I have not read all of these but they all have popped up recently: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15867918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16062697 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15877289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15687217

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Re:“The Problem Child of Seasonal Flu”: Beware This Winter’s... by lazerpants on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:24PM (#16208044)

Except that in this case you can just go to your doctor and get your vitamin D level tested. Then you adjust your dosage as needed to reach the recommended blood concentration. Adequate vitamin D levels are the subject of a little controversy [0], but I don't think it is a fad to consider that people need a certain level of vitamin D.

[0]https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/vitamin-d-whats-right-le...

Alternative thoughts on adequate vitamin D: https://www.vitamindcouncil.org/i-tested-my-vitamin-d-level-...

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Re:“The Problem Child of Seasonal Flu”: Beware This Winter’s... by YokoZar on Monday January 22, 2018 @04:27PM (#16208069)

There have also been randomized controlled trials of Vitamin D vs placebo measuring flu rates. This is one meta-analysis I found: http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6583

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