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Vitamin D
Thierry Souccar, biochemist and author of Prévenir et guérir la grippe, believes that vitamin D deficiency weakens the immune system and recommends taking large concentrations of this vitamin. He admitted in a 2009 interview with La Presse that it would be presumptuous to say that it’s a way to prevent the flu entirely, but it is nonetheless a serious option to consider.