Research shows that vitamin D insufficiency is more prevalent among African Americans than other Americans. In North America, most young, healthy African Americans do not achieve optimal vitamin D levels at any time of year. This is primarily due to the fact that pigmentation reduces vitamin D production in the skin.
Significantly, therefore, multiple studies now demonstrate a link between COVID-19 and vitamin D. As a result, there is increasing recognition of the role vitamin D can play in preventing and treating coronavirus infection.
A recently published position statement by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology stated that vitamin D supplementation should now become a standardized practice to treat COVID-19 in hospitalized older patients. In Ireland, academics are urging the government there to include vitamin D as part of a national strategy to tackle the pandemic. In a further promising development, a recent letter published in The National, a newspaper in Scotland, called for immediate widespread increased vitamin D intakes and was signed by more than 100 doctors and scientists worldwide.
To read how a micronutrient combination consisting of vitamin D3, magnesium, and vitamin B12 has been shown to reduce disease severity in older coronavirus patients, see this article on our website.
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“A new research study at the University of Chicago Medicine has found that when it comes to COVID-19, having vitamin D levels above those traditionally considered sufficient may lower the risk of infection, especially for black people.” [Source: sciencedaily.com]
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Research shows that vitamin D insufficiency is more prevalent among African Americans than other Americans. In North America, most young, healthy African Americans do not achieve optimal vitamin D levels at any time of year. This is primarily due to the fact that pigmentation reduces vitamin D production in the skin.
Significantly, therefore, multiple studies now demonstrate a link between COVID-19 and vitamin D. As a result, there is increasing recognition of the role vitamin D can play in preventing and treating coronavirus infection.
A recently published position statement by the Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology stated that vitamin D supplementation should now become a standardized practice to treat COVID-19 in hospitalized older patients. In Ireland, academics are urging the government there to include vitamin D as part of a national strategy to tackle the pandemic. In a further promising development, a recent letter published in The National, a newspaper in Scotland, called for immediate widespread increased vitamin D intakes and was signed by more than 100 doctors and scientists worldwide.
To read how a micronutrient combination consisting of vitamin D3, magnesium, and vitamin B12 has been shown to reduce disease severity in older coronavirus patients, see this article on our website.
Dr. Rath Health Foundation
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