In the 1960s, the prevalence of asthma and allergic diseases began to increase worldwide. Currently, the burden of the disease is more than 300 million people affected.

We hypothesize that as populations grow more prosperous, more time is spent indoors, and there is less exposure to sunlight, leading to decreased cutaneous vitamin D production. Coupled with inadequate intake from foods and supplements, this then leads to vitamin D deficiency, particularly in pregnant women, resulting in more asthma and allergy in their offspring.

Vitamin D has been linked to immune system and lung development in utero, and our epidemiologic studies show that higher vitamin D intake by pregnant mothers reduces asthma risk by as much as 40% in children 3 to 5 years old. Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with obesity, African American race (particularly in urban, inner-city settings), and recent immigrants to westernized countries, thus reflecting the epidemiologic patterns observed in the asthma epidemic.

Providing adequate vitamin D supplementation in pregnancy may lead to significant decreases in asthma incidence in young children

Dr Eisenstein's comments:

There is scientific evidence that links low levels of
vitamin D and low levels of probiotics to an increased risk of many medical conditions.

Probiotics are living microorganisms (bacterial or yeast) which, upon ingestion in certain numbers, exert health benefits beyond inherent basic nutrition.

If you want to lower your blood pressure, vitamin D and probiotics may be just what the doctor ordered. If you are trying to reduce your risk of diabetes, or lower your chances of heart attacks, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, multiple sclerosis, colds , flu and many more conditions, then vitamin D and probiotics should be at the front of the line in your daily multi-vitamin supplement regimen.

As pathogenic bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, scientists are looking to other means to combat infections and chronic illness. We are seeing just the infancy of scientific evidence in the use of Probiotics and Vitamin D, both for health maintenance and for treating different medical conditions.

Dr Eisenstein's Daily Minimum Recommendation for Vitamin D Based on the Latest Scientific Findings

1. Pregnant and nursing mothers- 2 ProD5 daily
2. Children and Adolescents- 1 ProD5 every other day
3. Adults-1 ProD5 daily
4. Adults with Chronic Illness-2 ProD5 daily
5. Colds and flu-1 ProD50 daily for 3 days




The 25(OH)D blood test can determine your levels 100IU of Vitamin D will raise your blood levels approximately 1ng/ml


Normal Blood levels should be in the range of 40-60ng/ml
Blood levels for chronic conditions 80-100ng/ml