Vitamin D May Be the Key to Fewer Colds

Could a simple vitamin (and no, not vitamin C!) be the key to cutting down on the seemingly never-ending colds and infections that are highjacking our households this winter?

By Melissa Willets

A familiar refrain has been growing among moms in my Northern New Jersey community: When will winter be over? Because we are all so sick of, well, our kids (and sometimes us!) getting sick.

Now a new study published in the British Medical Journal says there may be an OTC vitamin we can take to prevent colds and respiratory infections from hijacking our lives from November through March. And contrary to popular belief, it’s not vitamin C (although taking that certainly won’t hurt!).

Researchers looked at 11,000 people across 14 different countries, and found that beefing up on vitamin D can reduce one’s risk of getting a cold by 12 percent. As a mom who has been back and forth to the pediatrician more times than I care to think about recently, I’ll take those odds!

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