Yesterday, Life Extension Magazine published the most comprehensive press article to date about vitamin D and autism:

The Link Between Autism and Low Levels of Vitamin D

Additional press articles about Vitamin D and autism will appear in the next few months. 

Don’t forget to see our public service announcement about Vitamin D and pregnancy.

Today, I want to thank all of you who have supported the Vitamin D Council and my research and writings over the last six years.  Some of you have made direct donations, which allowed us to continue in the lean years; I apologize if I did not send you a thank you note. 

Some, like Bill Sardi, supported us when no one else did. Others supported us more recently by purchasing the vitamin D products on our website.  Many supported us by simply reading our newsletters and website and then referring others to those publications.  Some supported us by simply sending a thank you note.

A few of the things you have made possible:

Our readers were the first to learn that Vitamin D helped prevent influenza and other respiratory infections:

Pascal’s Wager and Pandemic Influenza

Our readers were the first to learn of Vitamin D’s remarkable effect in athletes:

Athletes and Vitamin D

Our readers were the first to learn of the problems with Vitamin D testing at Quest Diagnostics:

Supplementing With Vitamin D

Our readers were among the first to learn that Vitamin D prevented heart disease:

Paradigms and Paradoxes

Our readers were the first to read about Vitamin D’s role in autism:

Vitamin D and Autism

None of this would have been possible without your support. 

Thank you. 

Finally, we are moving.  My family has rented a house at 585 Leff Street in San Luis Obispo, CA.  Behind our house is a building that will be the new headquarters of the Vitamin D Council.  We also have a new Board of Directors .  As you know, due to the lack of funding, we have had to monetize our website to continue in operation.  Thanks to the generous help of Dr. Joe Mercola, we will soon have a new website and a new and steady source of income.  Dana Clark will continue to be our incredible and underpaid webmaster. And, I hope to be able to work for the vitamin D Council full-time within the next several years.

John Cannell, MD

9100 San Gregorio Road

Atascadero, CA 93422

More Evidence Vitamin D Beats the Flu

In April 2005, an influenza epidemic started sweeping through the maximum-security hospital for the criminally insane where Dr. John Cannell worked.

As the epidemic progressed, he noticed something unusual: although wards all around his became infected, no patients on his ward became ill, despite intermingling of both patients and nurses.

The only difference was that all of the patients on Dr. Cannell’s ward had been taking 2,000 units of vitamin D every day for several months or longer.

Shortly after the epidemic, a paper in the journal Nature showed that vitamin D was a potent antibiotic, working by increasing the body’s production of proteins called antimicrobial peptides. Antimicrobial peptides destroy the cell walls of bacteria, fungi, and viruses, including the influenza virus.

Dr. Cannell posits that this explains such matters as:

• Why the flu predictably occurs in the months following the winter solstice, when vitamin D levels are at their lowest
  
• Why influenza is more common in the tropics during the rainy season
  
• Why children exposed to sunlight are less likely to get colds
  
• Why cod liver oil (which contains vitamin D) reduces the incidence of viral respiratory infections
  
• Why the elderly who live in countries with high vitamin D consumption, like Norway, are less likely to die in the winter

Epidemic influenza kills roughly a million people every year worldwide, usually by causing pneumonia.

Sources:

• Epidemiology and Infection September 7, 2006
• Medical News Today September 15, 2006

Dr. Mercola’s Comments:

Yes indeed, vitamin D is the hidden nutrient that can help prevent and treat the flu.

This interesting article written by noted vitamin D expert Dr. John Cannell describes just how effectively the sunshine vitamin beats the flu. Dr. Cannell’s results at the ward of the maximum-security hospital led him to collaborate with other noted experts — Harvard’s Dr. Edward Giovannucci and Dr. Michael Holick of Boston University — on a more extensive paper that connects the absence of vitamin D to disease.

Just be careful to recognize that the best way to get vitamin D is NOT from pills or capsules but from sun exposure. Unfortunately, that is a major challenge in the winter for most that live in the United States.

That is also one of the primary reasons why people come down with the flu in the first place. They just don’t have access to regular doses of healthy sun exposure. Fortunately, there are some good safe sun lamps that one can use in the winter.

Vitamin D has positive effects not just on influenza, but also on:

• Heart Disease
  
• Cancer
  
• Diabetes
  
• Inflammatory Bowl Disease
  
• Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Multiple Sclerosis
  
• Osteoporosis

 … and many other illnesses as well.

Exposure to sunlight is an important source of vitamin D. Ultraviolet (UV) rays from sunlight trigger vitamin D synthesis in the skin. Getting optimum sunlight may not be possible for everyone, however, and Dr. Cannell’s article also discusses supplementation.

But supplementation is a tricky thing because you run the serious risk of overdosing if you stay on a vitamin D supplement for any length of time. It’s impossible to overdose on vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, as any excess is destroyed by that process.

If you don’t live in a part of the world where you can get the optimal amount of vitamin D through year-round sun exposure, I strongly recommend taking a high-quality cod liver oil and monitoring your blood levels carefully during the winter.

Related Links:

• Vitamin D Is Not A Vitamin But A Steroid Hormone Precursor
• Valuable Insights Into the Importance of Vitamin D and Sun
• Why You Need to Have Your Vitamin D Level Tested Now

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Date: April 30, 2009

To: International Health

From: Dr. Gordon Pedersen (Ph.D. Toxicology)
Re: Use of Super Silver Product for current Swine Flu Outbreak

International Health’s Super Silver Solution has been studied and proven to function as treatment and prevention in both forms of viruses (reverse transcriptase and viral DNA polymerase). The brief summary of some of the research demonstrates why the liquid and gel should be considered for use as treatment and prevention for the new Swine Flu.

Overview
Super Silver has been shown to destroy viruses in the same classification as Swine Flu. The liquid was shown to prevent H5N1 Influenza when swallowed twice daily.Super Silver Gel has been shown to disinfect topically and keep hands completely sanitized for four hours.

H5N1 Publication
Results section reports that 60% of the infected mice treated with Super Silver Compound survived, compared to the 30% in the placebo-treated controls. It goes on to state that this effect strongly suggests that a disease-inhibitory effect may have occurred.

Viral Studies
In test tube results International Health’s Super Silver was able to kill or neutralize a billion bacteriophage virus in 2.5 hours. In test tube tests against an Avian Influenza A H3-N2 and the Beijing Influenza A H1-N1, International Health’s Super Silver 10 ppm product was able to kill or neutralize 96-98% of the virus in two hours, with no measurable virus surviving in 12 hours. Against Avian Influenza A H5-N1 Vietnam Hybrid, the 10 ppm product reduced the viral levels below detectable levels within six hours.

Glenn Parnham, Director of Research, International Health:
“We realize that these study findings are just a preliminary step in showing the effectiveness of the product as a daily supplement to improve health. However, given the fact that there is no other product that has been proven both safe for daily usage, and even moderately effective against H5-N1 Bird Flu, we think the study is very important.”

Recommended for maintenance and preventive use:

• Swallow two teaspoons twice daily (liquid)
• Apply Super Silver Gel to hands and nostrils twice daily

Recommendations for treatment of acute cases:

• Swallow four ounces of the liquid as a loading dose
• Inhale nebulized Super Silver liquid 30 minutes a day
• Swallow one ounce four times a day until symptoms resolve
• When well, apply maintenance dose for patient and family in close proximity

If any questions, contact Glenn Parnham, Director of Research & Development at International Health, at his research office in Arizona: 480-429-0021.

by Glenn Parhnam

In separate in vitro tests against two strains of the H5N1 avian bird flu subtype, both instances of the virus were successfully neutralized by International Health’s SilverSol Technology™ product, called Super Silver solution. The most recent findings are consistent with prior test using company products against the H3N2 and H1N1 flu subtypes.

SCOTTSDALE — October 9, 2008 — International Health, Scottsdale, Arizona distributor of a line of powerful products that utilize patented SilverSol Technology™ to combat many of the world’s most harmful pathogens, today announced successful preliminary results on tests performed using the Super Silver Solution against three strains of the Avian Bird Flu Virus.

Preliminary in vitro tests performed by two separate independent laboratories, usingInternational Health’s Super Silver Solution at 10 ppm (parts per million) against two strains of the H5-N1 and H3-N2 subtype of the Avian Bird Flu virus, indicated that theSuper Silver products could neutralize the virus.

“While we understand that these are preliminary studies, we are extremely encouraged by the results of this initial testing,” said Glenn Parnham, Director of Research & Development at International Health. “Our intent with these studies is to test the ability of the Super Silver Solution to disarm or kill the Avian Flu virus in a laboratory setting. It is a necessary and valuable next step in our continued efforts to gain an understanding of what this technology can do.”

The preliminary results of the tests using Super Silver products against the H5N1 Avian Bird Flu virus are consistent with a variety of pervious tests conducted using Super Silver products against the H3N2 and H1N1 flu subtypes. In all cases, Super Silver™ was able to successfully neutralize the virus.

International Health is engaged in continuing testing and study programs with variety of groups and labs in the United States and other nations examining the potential applications of the Super Silver Technology™.

For more information, contact Glenn Parnham, Director of Research & Development at International Health, at his research office in Arizona at 480-429-0021.