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This happened to us too, until I heard the podcast about Vitamin D. Nipped that in the bud almost immediately.

leptons 4mo ago
I heard about vitamin D during covid, and that and hand sanitizer are the only 2 things we still do. I haven't been sick for a few years. Before covid (and vitamin D supplements), it was at least 25 days sick every year, if not more.
eloox 4mo ago
What's that? Any particular dosage?
- mixmastamyk 4mo ago
  Security now, but there’s more recent info today. Today I take 5k D3, K2 Mk7, and a multivitamin several times a week, not every day. More in winter. Result: not been sick more than a day or two for fifteen years. And rarely, once or twice a winter. One exception, during covid I had it and it lasted five full days at medium intensity, then went away permanently. This is not a “placebo effect” at all, was like turning on a light switch, immediate results. During the winter I heard about it, I’d been sick for almost three weeks straight, couldn’t shake it. Naysayers look silly in my opinion, or are perhaps an exception I mentioned above.
jdkoeck 4mo ago
This is Linus Pauling all over again.
- morbicer 4mo ago
  I don't care what was "disproven" or if it's a placebo. I raised vitamin D intake in winter, I take betaglucans and if I feel like I am starting to get under the weather I take 2-3g of vitamin C per day. Since we started that, no colds or flus for me or my wife and we have a kindergarten kid.
internet_points 4mo ago
Yeah I took vitamin D all through my kids' nursery years, every morning, had strong belief in it. I still was sick all the time. That combination of not enough sleep (kids crying in the night etc.), work stress and insane amount of viruses from nursery is killer.
- mixmastamyk 4mo ago
  Not enough info, maybe bad brand or dosage. Maybe you have other immune issues. Not well known but there are people who simply can not absorb D thru the gut. A high school friend is one. Shouldn’t discourage the 90%+ who can benefit because of exceptions.
  - internet_points 4mo ago
    Alternatively, I might have been even more sick if I didn't take vitamin D!

I heard about vitamin D during covid, and that and hand sanitizer are the only 2 things we still do. I haven't been sick for a few years. Before covid (and vitamin D supplements), it was at least 25 days sick every year, if not more.

eloox 4mo ago

What's that? Any particular dosage?

mixmastamyk 4mo ago
Security now, but there’s more recent info today. Today I take 5k D3, K2 Mk7, and a multivitamin several times a week, not every day. More in winter. Result: not been sick more than a day or two for fifteen years. And rarely, once or twice a winter. One exception, during covid I had it and it lasted five full days at medium intensity, then went away permanently. This is not a “placebo effect” at all, was like turning on a light switch, immediate results. During the winter I heard about it, I’d been sick for almost three weeks straight, couldn’t shake it. Naysayers look silly in my opinion, or are perhaps an exception I mentioned above.

jdkoeck 4mo ago

This is Linus Pauling all over again.

morbicer 4mo ago
I don't care what was "disproven" or if it's a placebo. I raised vitamin D intake in winter, I take betaglucans and if I feel like I am starting to get under the weather I take 2-3g of vitamin C per day. Since we started that, no colds or flus for me or my wife and we have a kindergarten kid.

internet_points 4mo ago

Yeah I took vitamin D all through my kids' nursery years, every morning, had strong belief in it. I still was sick all the time. That combination of not enough sleep (kids crying in the night etc.), work stress and insane amount of viruses from nursery is killer.

mixmastamyk 4mo ago
Not enough info, maybe bad brand or dosage. Maybe you have other immune issues. Not well known but there are people who simply can not absorb D thru the gut. A high school friend is one. Shouldn’t discourage the 90%+ who can benefit because of exceptions.
- internet_points 4mo ago
  Alternatively, I might have been even more sick if I didn't take vitamin D!