The following information is from an e-mail I got from the Vitamin D Council written by Dr. John Jacob Cannell, MD. He is an advocate and expert on why we need higher amounts of vitamin D in our diets, and that is recommended by most health experts these days. I am sending this out to show you how and why, critics sometimes argue against vitamin therapy in place of drugs. Vitamin D is one of my favorite choices as a preventative against dying from The Avian Flu, if and when it comes.
Dear Readers:
Michael Stroh, the science writer for the Baltimore Sun, wrote a very good article this morning about the Vitamin D and Epidemic Influenza paper. Dr. Scott Dowell, an infectious disease expert at the CDC, is quoted by Mr. Stroh as saying, if the theory is true, "the potential impact (of vitamin D) would be far greater than the current influenza vaccine."
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/bal-te.flu26nov26,0,3590649.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
On a sour note, a Professor James Cherry of UCLA said we "manipulated the literature" and used "bad" literature to prove our points. I don't know Professor Cherry, but he has insulted me, the co-authors, and the editor of Epidemiology and Infection.
A quick internet search shows that there is a Professor James Cherry at UCLA who has had substantial financial ties to the vaccine industry for the last 20 years. If Professor Cherry read the conclusion of the recent Science News article, he may be aware that his financial well-being is at risk here. In the conclusion of the Science News article, Professor Michael Zasloff was quoted as saying the payoff of vitamin D, might "be amazing. Imagine being able to block the spread of epidemic flu with appropriate doses of this vitamin." Perhaps Professor Cherry is imagining exactly that, and what it might mean to his net worth?
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20061111/bob9.asp
If Professor Zasloff and Dr. Dowell are right, vitamin D may have a role in preventing more infections than just influenza. As some of you know, a paper will soon be published in Epidemiology and Infection looking at the association of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (the most common cause of pneumonia in infants and young children) with vitamin D producing UVB surface radiation. Invasive pneumococcal, meningococcal, and streptococcal disease (all of which cause horrendous disease) might be next as all three bacteria are susceptible to antimicrobial peptides and all three diseases are highly seasonal.
If this is shown to be true, Professor Cherry's income from the vaccine industry is certainly at risk. I fear Professor Cherry or others with ties to the vaccine or antibiotic industry will rapidly orchestrate a paper showing two things: one, vitamin D does not help prevent infections, and two, vitamin D is toxic and very dangerous. Perhaps science is not as corruptible as I fear, I hope so.
I do hope Professor Cherry has the nerve to send a letter-to-the-editor of Epidemiology and Infection, showing how we "manipulated bad literature" to prove out points. That would give us the opportunity of producing some of the data we left out for space reasons.
John Jacob Cannell, MD
The Vitamin D Council
9100 San Gregorio Road
Atascadero, CA 93422
Read the many Blogs I have posted on the benefits of vitamin D...
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