Vitamin D is associated with overall disease prevention.
Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of most diseases – cancer, heart disease, infertility, autoimmune disease and allergies to name a few. What we knew even before this pandemic was that Vitamin D supplementation could prevent respiratory tract infections.
Vitamin D has shown to have an overwhelmingly positive impact on VIRUSES especially C – infection (I will avoid the actual name!)
Statistically significant improvements are seen in treatment studies for mortality, patients requiring ventilation, ICU admission, hospitalisation and number of cases. We’re talking an average reduction in mortality (death) of 81% for early treatment, and 54% for late treatment. There was also a 35% improvement in prophylaxis, that is, the prevention of getting C – infection in the first place.
Studies that looked at sufficiency (if your baseline levels were high enough) also showed a strong association between levels and your risk of death.
Overall studies show prescribing Vitamin D supplementation to patients with C – infection seems to decrease the mortality rate, the severity of the disease, and serum levels of the inflammatory markers
Vitamin D can be increased through sun exposure and consuming organic eggs, fatty fish, seafood and supplementing.
The overwhelming majority of patient blood tests that I see are NOT at optimum levels- despite our sunny climate! This is due to many factors including genetics, sun exposure, sunscreen use, time outdoors, even magnesium levels (we need good mag levels to convert D from sun to usable form!).
A GP may say that level of 50 is fine, but ideal functional levels of D are 100-120.
Your Vitamin D level can be assessed in a blood test with your GP, time to get that organised!
Book in to discuss further your levels and optimal dose xx
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