I submit that these graphs raise the question: Are measles vaccines as necessary as they’re hyped up to be?
Back in the 1930s, Dr. Price analyzed nutrient levels in the food from 14 healthy indigenous communities. It contained 10 times the vitamin A that’s in the American diet.
Some misunderstandings most doctors have:
1. Because of the small, flawed Rothman study (11) in 1995, doctors are taught that high amounts of vitamin A are dangerous.
2. While doctors encourage patients to take vitamin D supplements, they don’t realize that every molecule of vitamin D requires a molecule of vitamin A in order to be utilized.
What’s a sensible daily dose?
Before people were so reliant on processed foods homemade meals could reasonably supply 10,000 to 20,000 IUs (13) of vitamin A each day. In contrast, the FDA’s Recommended Dietary Allowance for adults is only a tenth of that: 700 to 900 IU! For all these reasons, maybe we should ask, “What can the public health department do about the widespread deficiency of Vitamin A?
“A daily dose of up to 10,000 IU (5) (which is 3 mg)… is probably safe.“
How about vitamin A levels in the U.S.?
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey for 2012 two thirds (7) of the U.S. population, when eating the standard American diet, do not get sufficient vitamin A. Which means that 2/3 of Americans are more susceptible to catching measles as adults.
Vitamin A is required for over 700 biological processes in the body, such as preventing allergies, building strong bones and teeth, good hormone balance, and energy production in the mitochondria. Given these facts, why isn’t vitamin A the main solution for measles instead of a vaccine aimed at just one disease?
Look at the graphs (8) – the measles vaccine came along in 1963, when the fatality rate was about 30 deaths per 100,000 cases (and it’s been zero since 2000). Compare that to the annual rate of 600 deaths per 100,000 in the 1890s. Experts say the main reasons for ending measles infections in the US were clean tap water, good sewage treatment, and food security. Further support for this claim is that the graph for typhoid fever shows a similar decline – but the typhoid vaccine was never widely used.
The article above was too long to read to the members of Yolo County's , so I cut to the bone and squeezed the most basic points into 530 words (3 minutes, talking fast).
At the end of most government meetings there's usually time for Public Comment. To my pleasant surprise, the members of Yolo County's Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Advisory Board appeared to listen.
Please feel free to borrow whatever you consider worth sharing and relaying it to YOUR county's public health department.
I also printed out the article above, because, at 1,200 words, it is more complete and it has the graphs, and I offered copies to members of that board and to the audience.
I have to post the script in pieces since Substack evidently has limits on the length of comments.
VITAMIN A FOR MEASLES IMMUNITY
Let’s compare and contrast. There are 2 methods for preventing measles in adulthood: measles antibodies and vitamin A repletion. Before the measles vaccine arrived in 1963, parents knew that “catching” measles in childhood was quite safe. Baby Boomers like me got our life long measles immunity that way.
Luckily, besides antibodies, Ma Nature has another measles defense that’s even better: vitamin A
In 2013, the World Health Organization classified vitamin A deficiency as a public health problem affecting about one third of children up to 5 years old. The W.H.O. also says that vitamin A supplementation is associated with a 30% reduction (A) of death from measles. For children in hospitals, the reduction is 66%.
“Periodic, high-dose vitamin A supplementation is a proven, low-cost intervention which has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality by 12 to 24%.”
The W.H.O. experts conclude that:
“A daily dose of up to 10,000 IU (B) (which is 3 mg)… is probably safe.“
How about vitamin A levels in the U.S.?
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey for 2012 two thirds (C) of the U.S. population, when eating the standard American diet, do not get sufficient vitamin A. Which means that 2/3 of Americans are more susceptible to catching measles as adults.
Vitamin A is required for over 700 biological processes in the body, such as preventing allergies, building strong bones and teeth, good hormone balance, and energy production in the mitochondria. Given these facts, why isn’t vitamin A the main solution for measles instead of a vaccine aimed at just one disease?
Look at the graphs (D) – the measles vaccine came along in 1963, when the fatality rate was about 30 deaths per 100,000 cases (and it’s been zero since 2000). Compare that to the annual rate of 600 deaths per 100,000 in the 1890s. Experts say the main reasons for ending measles infections in the US were clean tap water, good sewage treatment, and food security. Further support for this claim is that the graph for typhoid fever shows a similar decline – but the typhoid vaccine was never widely used.
I submit that these graphs raise the question: Are measles vaccines as necessary as they’re hyped up to be?
Back in the 1930s, Dr. Price analyzed nutrient levels in the food from 14 healthy indigenous communities. It contained 10 times the vitamin A that’s in the American diet.
Some misunderstandings most doctors have:
1. Because of the small, flawed Rothman study (E) in 1995, doctors are taught that high amounts of vitamin A are dangerous.
2. While doctors encourage patients to take vitamin D supplements, they don’t realize that every molecule of vitamin D requires a molecule of vitamin A in order to be utilized.
What’s a sensible daily dose?
Before people were so reliant on processed foods homemade meals could reasonably supply 10,000 to 20,000 IUs (F) of vitamin A each day. In contrast, the FDA’s Recommended Dietary Allowance for adults is only a tenth of that: 700 to 900 IU! For all these reasons, maybe we should ask, “What can the public health department do about the widespread deficiency of Vitamin A?
Final words of Public Comment:
I submit that these graphs raise the question: Are measles vaccines as necessary as they’re hyped up to be?
Back in the 1930s, Dr. Price analyzed nutrient levels in the food from 14 healthy indigenous communities. It contained 10 times the vitamin A that’s in the American diet.
Some misunderstandings most doctors have:
1. Because of the small, flawed Rothman study (11) in 1995, doctors are taught that high amounts of vitamin A are dangerous.
2. While doctors encourage patients to take vitamin D supplements, they don’t realize that every molecule of vitamin D requires a molecule of vitamin A in order to be utilized.
What’s a sensible daily dose?
Before people were so reliant on processed foods homemade meals could reasonably supply 10,000 to 20,000 IUs (13) of vitamin A each day. In contrast, the FDA’s Recommended Dietary Allowance for adults is only a tenth of that: 700 to 900 IU! For all these reasons, maybe we should ask, “What can the public health department do about the widespread deficiency of Vitamin A?
Continued from prior comment:
The W.H.O. experts conclude that:
“A daily dose of up to 10,000 IU (5) (which is 3 mg)… is probably safe.“
How about vitamin A levels in the U.S.?
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey for 2012 two thirds (7) of the U.S. population, when eating the standard American diet, do not get sufficient vitamin A. Which means that 2/3 of Americans are more susceptible to catching measles as adults.
Vitamin A is required for over 700 biological processes in the body, such as preventing allergies, building strong bones and teeth, good hormone balance, and energy production in the mitochondria. Given these facts, why isn’t vitamin A the main solution for measles instead of a vaccine aimed at just one disease?
Look at the graphs (8) – the measles vaccine came along in 1963, when the fatality rate was about 30 deaths per 100,000 cases (and it’s been zero since 2000). Compare that to the annual rate of 600 deaths per 100,000 in the 1890s. Experts say the main reasons for ending measles infections in the US were clean tap water, good sewage treatment, and food security. Further support for this claim is that the graph for typhoid fever shows a similar decline – but the typhoid vaccine was never widely used.
The article above was too long to read to the members of Yolo County's , so I cut to the bone and squeezed the most basic points into 530 words (3 minutes, talking fast).
At the end of most government meetings there's usually time for Public Comment. To my pleasant surprise, the members of Yolo County's Maternal, Child & Adolescent Health Advisory Board appeared to listen.
Please feel free to borrow whatever you consider worth sharing and relaying it to YOUR county's public health department.
I also printed out the article above, because, at 1,200 words, it is more complete and it has the graphs, and I offered copies to members of that board and to the audience.
I have to post the script in pieces since Substack evidently has limits on the length of comments.
VITAMIN A FOR MEASLES IMMUNITY
Let’s compare and contrast. There are 2 methods for preventing measles in adulthood: measles antibodies and vitamin A repletion. Before the measles vaccine arrived in 1963, parents knew that “catching” measles in childhood was quite safe. Baby Boomers like me got our life long measles immunity that way.
Luckily, besides antibodies, Ma Nature has another measles defense that’s even better: vitamin A
In 2013, the World Health Organization classified vitamin A deficiency as a public health problem affecting about one third of children up to 5 years old. The W.H.O. also says that vitamin A supplementation is associated with a 30% reduction (A) of death from measles. For children in hospitals, the reduction is 66%.
“Periodic, high-dose vitamin A supplementation is a proven, low-cost intervention which has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality by 12 to 24%.”
The W.H.O. experts conclude that:
“A daily dose of up to 10,000 IU (B) (which is 3 mg)… is probably safe.“
How about vitamin A levels in the U.S.?
According to the National Health and Nutrition Survey for 2012 two thirds (C) of the U.S. population, when eating the standard American diet, do not get sufficient vitamin A. Which means that 2/3 of Americans are more susceptible to catching measles as adults.
Vitamin A is required for over 700 biological processes in the body, such as preventing allergies, building strong bones and teeth, good hormone balance, and energy production in the mitochondria. Given these facts, why isn’t vitamin A the main solution for measles instead of a vaccine aimed at just one disease?
Look at the graphs (D) – the measles vaccine came along in 1963, when the fatality rate was about 30 deaths per 100,000 cases (and it’s been zero since 2000). Compare that to the annual rate of 600 deaths per 100,000 in the 1890s. Experts say the main reasons for ending measles infections in the US were clean tap water, good sewage treatment, and food security. Further support for this claim is that the graph for typhoid fever shows a similar decline – but the typhoid vaccine was never widely used.
I submit that these graphs raise the question: Are measles vaccines as necessary as they’re hyped up to be?
Back in the 1930s, Dr. Price analyzed nutrient levels in the food from 14 healthy indigenous communities. It contained 10 times the vitamin A that’s in the American diet.
Some misunderstandings most doctors have:
1. Because of the small, flawed Rothman study (E) in 1995, doctors are taught that high amounts of vitamin A are dangerous.
2. While doctors encourage patients to take vitamin D supplements, they don’t realize that every molecule of vitamin D requires a molecule of vitamin A in order to be utilized.
What’s a sensible daily dose?
Before people were so reliant on processed foods homemade meals could reasonably supply 10,000 to 20,000 IUs (F) of vitamin A each day. In contrast, the FDA’s Recommended Dietary Allowance for adults is only a tenth of that: 700 to 900 IU! For all these reasons, maybe we should ask, “What can the public health department do about the widespread deficiency of Vitamin A?
References
A. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7173731/
B. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7173731/
C. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_02/sr02_178.pdf
D. https://learntherisk.org/vaccines/diseases/
E. https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/abcs-of-nutrition/vitamin-a-saga
F. https://www.westonaprice.org/health-topics/cod-liver-oil/cod-liver-oil-basics-and-recommendations