According to the CDC, the highest percentage of flu cases historically occur in February. A word of warning, though: March is third among the months that make up the "flu season," which means we're not out of the woods yet.

Some encouraging news, however, comes to us from the British Medical Journal, which has concluded that there is an alternative approach to warding off the illness, that costs the United States roughly $10 billion annually.

Vitamin D.

A theory published in 2006, by Dr. John Cannell, the founder of the Vitamin D Council, argued that the vitamin D deficiency may actually be an underlying cause of influenza. Since his theory was published, several studies have confirmed that vitamin D supplementation has proven to be more effective than the flu vaccine at preventing contraction.

A recent scientific study has reached the following conclusion:

"According to this international research team, vitamin D supplementation could prevent more than 3.25 million cases of cold and flu each year in the U.K. alone. Another statistic showing vitamin D is a more effective strategy than flu vaccine is the "number needed to treat" (NNT).

Overall, one person would be spared from influenza for every 33 people taking a vitamin D supplement (NNT = 33), whereas 40 people have to receive the flu vaccine in order to prevent one case of the flu (NNT = 40).

Among those with severe vitamin D deficiency at baseline, the NNT was 4. In other words, if you're vitamin D deficient to begin with, vitamin D supplementation is 10 times more effective than the flu vaccine."

Click the link below to learn more about the link between vitamin D deficiency and the flu, and feel free to stop by Well Within, where we offer several vitamin D supplements.

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