Research Shows Vitamin D3 Reduces Serious Events In Asthmatics

This is important. It could save your life or the lives of your child.

The symptoms of asthma often include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Sometimes these symptoms are life threatening.

Asthma does kill thousand’s of Americans every year.

You very likely have not heard about how taking a simple over the counter supplement could reduce severe asthma attacks and the need for serious medications like steroids in some sufferers.

Low blood levels of vitamin D have been linked to increased risk of asthma attacks in children and adults with asthma.

A recent study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine demonstrated a huge benefit to some suffering from asthma with a simple over the counter supplement, vitamin D3.

Here’s what the asthma researchers found…

• Vitamin D3 supplementation was associated with a 50% reduction in the risk of an asthma attack that resulted in an ER visit or hospitalization.
• Oral vitamin D3 use was associated with a 30% reduction in the rate of asthma attacks requiring treatment with steroid medications (pills or injections).

A previous analysis found Vitamin D can reduce asthma attacks.

You can measure vitamin D levels with a simple blood test. Supplementation is readily available, cheap, and very safe when used appropriately.

Here is another post that talks about some things to avoid for asthmatics as these may cause additional risk of asthma attacks.

Vitamin D has also been shown to reduce chances of getting a cold, flu, or pneumonia which are real concerns for asthma sufferers (and their parents).

…and can help people suffering from other conditions like fibromyalgia.

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pulmonology/asthma/68318

http://www.cochrane.org/news/high-quality-evidence-suggests-vitamin-d-can-reduce-asthma-attacks