okay so this is from Dr Coats but months ago...
it talks about the science of the issue prior to covid. if you use the key words you might find the studies..but he has since amended it to take it as long as your levels arent too high. dont know if he has specified what number is high..fill in the blanks for the astericks
https://texags.com/forums/84/topics/3104501/last
“Vitamin D
Vitamin D is known to enhance the function of immune cells, including T-cells and macro****es, that protect your body against pathogens In fact studies show that vitamin D enhances your immune system and helps protect you from many respiratory diseases. In fact low vitamin D levels are associated with an increased risk of respiratory diseases, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma viral and bacterial bronchitis as well as upper respiratory infections.
Vitamin D causes activation of key innate immune cells such as monocytes, macro****es, and neutrophils leading to enhanced chemotactic, ****ocytic, and bactericidal activities. Those with stronger innate immune systems are believed to be a reason why some people have only mild symptoms when infected with COVID-19.
So vitamin D has been shown to help prevent infections and enhance our innate immune system but in doing so it also enhances cytokines particularly IL-6 and TNFa which are both used in the cytokine storm during serious disease. So while I think it may help us from initially getting sick it should be stopped immediately if you become ill because we don’t want anything that may enhance the cytokine storm. So I think if you are deficient in vitamin D you should supplement it for sure, as we know low levels are definitely a risk factor for respiratory infections. If you are not deficient in vitamin D use it with caution and stop it at the first sign of illness.
thank you for that- I will check that out some more then- first I’ve heard that it increases immune IL-6 and TNFa
I believe the TNFa is what goes wonky with people with autoimmune diseases- it goes haywire- and the body attacks itself then-
Maybe taking D along with an immune system modulator would be ok? But I’d have to research that-