Thought of the Day - September 30 - Vitamin D Does Help
- Cliff Fraser
- Sep 30, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 8, 2021
One of the first notes on the Blog was the speculation that Vitamin D may help in the fight against COVID-19 (2020/04/16/Cliff's Tip of the Day - Vitamin D May Be of Benefit). Or to put it more precisely, a lack of Vitamin D contributes to the severity of COVID-19 infection.
This is not talked about much in the press as it is not novel or political, moreover it is not going to make anyone rich. That said, studies continue to be published with the same conclusions. For example researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) analyzed data from 235 people who were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19. They found that patients older than 40 years old were over 50% less likely to die from the infection if they had a sufficient level of Vitamin D (which they define as being at least 30 ng/mL).
Dr. Michael F. Holick, lead author of the study, and professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics, and molecular medicine at BUSM, says, “This study provides direct evidence that vitamin D sufficiency can reduce the complications, including the cytokine storm (release of too many proteins into the blood too quickly) and ultimately death from Covid-19.”
Now that fall is upon us make sure to get outside when the weather is decent (in Vancouver this week is looking great) and get that Vitamin D bottle out when it isn't.
Cheers
Cliff





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