Posted on 03/23/2020 7:45:09 AM PDT by luv2ski
As we race to develop effective treatments and a vaccine against COVID-19, people are looking to reduce their risk of getting sick. One thing that might help is as obvious as the sun in the sky and as close as your medicine cabinet – Vitamin D.
Higher COVID-19 mortality rates among older people and those with chronic conditions suggest that a weakened immune system contributes to poor outcomes. There are many crackpot claims about miracle cures floating around, but the science supports the possibility – although not the proof – that Vitamin D may strengthen the immune system, particularly of people whose Vitamin D levels are low.
Vitamin D supplementation reduces the risk of respiratory infection, regulates cytokine production and can limit the risk of other viruses such as influenza. A respiratory infection can result in cytokine storms – a vicious cycle in which our inflammatory cells damage organs throughout the body – which increase mortality for those with COVID-19. Adequate Vitamin D may potentially provide some modest protection for vulnerable populations.
This is especially important for people who are Vitamin D deficient – and, surprisingly, that might include more than 40 percent of US adults. People who live in the northern part of the U.S. are at greater risk of deficiency.
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So people should be outside getting their sunshine???
/conflicting
spanish flu they put people outside in the sunshine
Vit d tablets
Used to do that with TB patients as well.
Ping!
Next there’ll be a run on Vitamin D. As for sunshine, people in Seattle are toast; none in winter then when summer comes they slather themselves and their kids in sunblock 500. No wonder they look anemic all the time.
Include K2 (with D3) people...or you’ll have “hardening of the arteries.
Got my “D” Hammer ready
Watch your D level and if too high, avoid calcium lest you get stones that don’t roll.
I take 1000 iu daily per doctor’s instructions plus vitamin C on my own.
If it wasn’t snowing here in Upstate...I’d do that.
I drink whole milk...Vit D...and protein. I’m 75.
Vitamin D3 and Vitamin C
Look up flu and these vitamins, plenty of studies
Look up “hammer dose” for early symptoms
We are all taking it and prepared to up it
As always consult your own doctor about safe doses of OTC esp if taking other meds
Then I should be fine! I’ve been taking Vitamin D daily for years. Also the anti-oxidants (Vitamins A, C, and E). Oh, and zinc.
At least I HOPE I’ll be fine!
I tried to buy some a few weeks ago at CVS. They were completely out.
I did manage to get some on Amazon about 2 weeks ago, though.
I have been taking Alex Jones (he has very good supplements) Winter Sun (Vit D and K2) all winter.
If Dr. Frieden is the best the FDA has to offer, we are in big trouble. He was interviewed by John Roberts yesterday and dodged every question thrown at him. One big disappointment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVGmfivAk
Main thing though is diet and exercise and sleep and sunlight.
Story of 4 psych wards with Swine flu in FR a week ago. 3 wards had many deaths; 1 ward had no deaths. All located in same building with shared air. The 3 wards were using NSAids (aspirin). The single ward was using 50,000 IU of Vitamin D for 3 days per patient.
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