Vitamin D may be effective against FLU

EVEN THOUGH THESE RESEARCHERS ARE "CANADIAN" IT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA TO START TAKING SOME VITAMIN D DON'T WAIT FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO TELL YOU
In the 1940s, researchers experimenting with mice found that those receiving diets low in vitamin D were more susceptible to an experimental swine-flu infection than those that received adequate amounts of the nutrient, according to the e-mail from the agency.

The reason vitamin D might be able to fight the flu isn't known, but the prevailing hypothesis is that the nutrient is able to strengthen the immune system, allowing those infected to better fight off their illness. Vitamin D has been found, for instance, to offer some protection against tuberculosis.

“The evidence is almost overwhelming that vitamin D appears to be making the immune system attack foreign entities better,” said Reinhold Vieth, a professor in the department of nutritional sciences at the University of Toronto.