Doctors
John Cannell, MD
Doctors
Executive Director: The Vitamin D Council
[2012] Controversy continues in rickets vs. child abuse cases in England by John Cannell, MD
[2010 Dec] Today, the Food and Nutrition Board has Failed Millions by John Cannell, MD
Epidemic Influenza And Vitamin D By J. J. Cannell
Quotes
We proposed that annual fluctuations in vitamin D levels explain the
seasonality of influenza........which cause recurrent
and predictable wintertime vitamin D deficiency, predispose human populations to
influenza epidemics. We raised the possibility that influenza is a symptom of
vitamin D deficiency in the same way that an unusual form of pneumonia (pneumocystis
carinii) is a symptom of AIDS. That is, we theorized that George Bernard Shaw
was right when he said, "the characteristic microbe of a disease might be a
symptom instead of a cause." Epidemic
Influenza And Vitamin D By J. J. Cannell