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Vitamin D for Covid 19

deportes - 9-9-2020 at 03:02 PM

I have taking 5000 iu everyday for a year. My numbers are good. There is no reason for the residents in Baja to not go out an sunbade every sunny day for 20 minutes and avoid the virus. Add some homemade lemonade and you should be good.
https://youtu.be/V8Ks9fUh2k8

BajaBill74 - 9-9-2020 at 03:34 PM

Snake oil.

AKgringo - 9-9-2020 at 03:49 PM

Why would you oil a snake? :?:

Maderita - 9-9-2020 at 04:22 PM

Quote: Originally posted by deportes  
...There is no reason for the residents in Baja to not go out an sunbade every sunny day for 20 minutes and avoid the virus...
https://youtu.be/V8Ks9fUh2k8

Well, I can think of one reason: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin_cancer

SFandH - 9-9-2020 at 04:31 PM

There has been some debate/studies about Vitamin D and COVID.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(20)30268-0/fulltext

this works: https://tinyurl.com/yywhu9pu




[Edited on 9-9-2020 by SFandH]

SFandH - 9-9-2020 at 04:35 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
Why would you oil a snake? :?:


Because it squeaks, of course.

pacificobob - 9-10-2020 at 07:48 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
Why would you oil a snake? :?:


there is a wealth of humor here just begging to be used....I'm entertained just thinking of the potential.

[Edited on 9-12-2020 by pacificobob]

BajaMama - 9-12-2020 at 04:16 PM

There is evidence that Vitamin D boosts your immune system, but is not a cure all. I have been taking 5,000 IU a day for years as my neurologist says I need to keep my levels up to help ward off MS relapses.

deportes - 9-12-2020 at 07:43 PM

I wish we knew a while back, my sister died because of MS and she couldn't handle being in the sun for any period of time. I take 5k a day and it helps numerous aspects of health.

BajaBlanca - 9-13-2020 at 02:28 AM

Sorry for you loss, deportes.

I never heard of taking so much vitamin D. I do know that if you are ever hospitalized, it is very important to include this information when asked what meds you take.

BajaMama - 9-14-2020 at 06:58 AM

Quote: Originally posted by deportes  
I wish we knew a while back, my sister died because of MS and she couldn't handle being in the sun for any period of time. I take 5k a day and it helps numerous aspects of health.


Sorry you lost your sister. Heat is not a friend of MS. It wipes me out if I get over heated. I am lucky, there are drug therapies available and my MS is fairly benign Relapsing Remitting.

It is important to build and keep levels of Vitamin D up because our bodies in the upper northern hemisphere do not make it between the equinoxes in the fall/winter. Winter depression can result when levels dip low.

RocketJSquirrel - 9-14-2020 at 03:22 PM

Quote: Originally posted by deportes  
I wish we knew a while back, my sister died because of MS and she couldn't handle being in the sun for any period of time. I take 5k a day and it helps numerous aspects of health.


And... people with a history of skin cancer, need to stay out of the sun, thus need to supplement. All this in spite of my squirrel fur.

del mar - 9-14-2020 at 03:45 PM

I get mine same source as the Dude;)

CasaMaximus - 9-17-2020 at 01:25 PM

Healthy is as healthy does. Stay healthy in body, mind, and spirt including nutrient dense food and you will be fine.

SunDevil - 9-18-2020 at 10:42 AM

Vitamin D deficiency increases COVID-19 risk by more than 50%

Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Vitamin D deficiency increases a person's risk for getting infected with COVID-19 by more than 50%, research published Thursday in the journal PLOS ONE found.

In a study of more than 190,000 people who had been screened for COVID-19, nearly 13% of those with lower-than-recommended levels of the nutrient tested positive for the coronavirus, the data showed.

Conversely, just over 8% of those with "adequate" vitamin D levels and 6% of those with high levels had COVID-19, according to the researchers.

Overall, the researchers found people with "deficient" levels of vitamin D were at 54% higher risk of having the coronavirus.

https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/09/17/Vitamin-D-deficie...

pauldavidmena - 9-18-2020 at 11:09 AM

Quote: Originally posted by BajaMama  
There is evidence that Vitamin D boosts your immune system, but is not a cure all. I have been taking 5,000 IU a day for years as my neurologist says I need to keep my levels up to help ward off MS relapses.


According to this article Dr. Fauci recommends taking supplements of Vitamins C and D. My diet is pretty healthy, but being lactose-intolerant means no longer drinking vitamin D-fortified whole milk. When some pre-surgical bloodwork showed me to be deficient in Vitamin D, I started taking supplements per my physician's recommendation.