Doc67 wrote:

ExPenhMan wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:53 am Didn't know whether to put this in a COVID19 thread, but decided to post it separately.

An Irish government health task force has come out solidly in favour of taking Vitamin D supplements, which strongly fights off ALL respiratory diseases, including COVID19.

Prof. Dr. John Campbell, PhD., has summarized the findings in his video space on YouTube. He has done at least a dozen previous presentations on correlation/association studies, all unanimously pointing to one thing: Low vitamin D levels have been a consistent finding among those who are easily infected by respiratory diseases or die from these diseases. And yes, those who have sufficient or above average Vit D levels have suffered little from respiratory viruses. In fact, Vitamin D not only fights off such invasive viruses and bacteria, it also works to control the body's over-reaction by the immune system, the so-called cytokine storm, which is equally destructive.

Now the Irish are advocating its citizens, who are consistently very deficient in the 25 hydroxyvitamin D serum (the active form) in the blood, take 1000 IUs daily, up to 4000 IUs/100 micrograms daily. Most northern peoples (above 43 degree latitude) do not get enough sun, especially in winter, so that the body can manufacture the 25 (OH) D, which is a hormone created in the liver and kidneys from D3. Also, those with darker skin tones will be even more deficient because their bodies cannot make anywhere near enough of the hormone.

Vitamin D has many other positive impacts on the body. I've been taking Vit D supplements (2000 to 4000 IUs daily) since July 2020 after watching Dr. Campbell's videos. One of the effects is an improvement in people who suffer depression. Now I don't suffer depression but I've noticed this year that my mood has improved markedly. It may have improved in late 2020 but I can't say really noticed until this year.



Back to the task force report: " . . . for the duration of this pandemic, people should be offered Vitamin D supplements when presented at COVID19 test centres." They're pretty serious about this and believe Vitamin D is very protective.

By the way, you can get a hospital blood test for 25 (OH) D serum in the blood. This posting reminded me to get this done this week. Sufficiency is approximately
25(OH)D: 30 nanograms per millilitre or 75 nanomols per litre. Yeah, two systems of measuring sufficiency.



Link to the doctor's Irish study report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG72xGd0W0M&t=18s

I take a multi vitamin which includes 700 IU which is claimed to be 175% of daily value. Plus I go walking most days for an hour or two so get plenty of sun. Is this enough or should I get some supplements?

According to Dr. John Cannell, Director of the non-profit Vitamin D Council, healthy adults should supplement with 5,000 IU of vitamin D3 daily to avoid deficiency and achieve superior health.

Vitamin D Doesn’t Work All by Itself

If you take supplemental vitamin D3, it’s equally important to make sure that you’re getting adequate amounts of the nutrients that team up with vitamin D to ensure optimal utilization within the body. Based on the latest research, here are vitamin D’s most important partners:

Magnesium:  Involved in every stage of vitamin D metabolism. Having adequate amounts present is critical to proper utilization of vitamin D.

Zinc:  Each vitamin D receptor has a zinc molecule that is needed to receive vitamin D. In absence of zinc, it will not be properly absorbed.

Boron:  Necessary for the rapid action of vitamin D on the cellular wall. Being deficient in this nutrient can cause low vitamin D levels.

Vitamin C:  Vitamins C and D work together synergistically to support the body’s immune system, as well as to boost overall antioxidant levels.

Vitamin K2:  Works with vitamin D to ensure that calcium is stored in the bones and not on the walls of blood vessels.

ExPenhMan wrote:Didn't know whether to put this in a COVID19 thread, but decided to post it separately.

An Irish government health task force has come out solidly in favour of taking Vitamin D supplements, which strongly fights off ALL respiratory diseases, including COVID19.

Prof. Dr. John Campbell, PhD., has summarized the findings in his video space on YouTube. He has done at least a dozen previous presentations on correlation/association studies, all unanimously pointing to one thing: Low vitamin D levels have been a consistent finding among those who are easily infected by respiratory diseases or die from these diseases. And yes, those who have sufficient or above average Vit D levels have suffered little from respiratory viruses. In fact, Vitamin D not only fights off such invasive viruses and bacteria, it also works to control the body's over-reaction by the immune system, the so-called cytokine storm, which is equally destructive.

Now the Irish are advocating its citizens, who are consistently very deficient in the 25 hydroxyvitamin D serum (the active form) in the blood, take 1000 IUs daily, up to 4000 IUs/100 micrograms daily. Most northern peoples (above 43 degree latitude) do not get enough sun, especially in winter, so that the body can manufacture the 25 (OH) D, which is a hormone created in the liver and kidneys from D3. Also, those with darker skin tones will be even more deficient because their bodies cannot make anywhere near enough of the hormone.

Vitamin D has many other positive impacts on the body. I've been taking Vit D supplements (2000 to 4000 IUs daily) since July 2020 after watching Dr. Campbell's videos. One of the effects is an improvement in people who suffer depression. Now I don't suffer depression but I've noticed this year that my mood has improved markedly. It may have improved in late 2020 but I can't say really noticed until this year.



Back to the task force report: " . . . for the duration of this pandemic, people should be offered Vitamin D supplements when presented at COVID19 test centres." They're pretty serious about this and believe Vitamin D is very protective.

By the way, you can get a hospital blood test for 25 (OH) D serum in the blood. This posting reminded me to get this done this week. Sufficiency is approximately
25(OH)D: 30 nanograms per millilitre or 75 nanomols per litre. Yeah, two systems of measuring sufficiency.



Link to the doctor's Irish study report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG72xGd0W0M&t=18s

Doc67 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:13 am
I take a multi vitamin which includes 700 IU which is claimed to be 175% of daily value. Plus I go walking most days for an hour or two so get plenty of sun. Is this enough or should I get some supplements?