Vitamin D hits the media

Terrifying chart shows how Covid-19 patients who end up in hospital may be almost certain to die if they have a vitamin D deficiency

Indonesian experts analysed hospital records of 780 people who tested positive 98.9% of Covid patients defined as vitamin D deficient — below 20ng/ml — died Yet this fell to just 4.1% for patients who had enough of the nutrient SACN will review existing scientific evidence on whether vitamin D lowers risk Public Health England and NHS regulator NICE are doing a separate review

John, 9th March https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5yVG... Patterns of COVID-19 Mortality and Vitamin D: An Indonesian Study (30th April)

Adjusted for confounds Vitamin D insufficiency, 7.63 times more likely to die Vitamin D deficiency, 10.12 times more likely to die P less than 0.001

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections (15th Feb)

Vitamin D supplementation was safe and it protected against acute respiratory tract infection overall.

Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 https://assets.publishing.service.gov...

Guardian, Exclusive!! Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) Began work last month (May) Considering recent evidence on vitamin D and acute respiratory tract infection Evidence will be considered on specific population groups

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) Conducting a “rapid” evidence review on vitamin D “in the context of Covid-19”

“Vitamin D could almost be thought of as a designer drug for helping the body to handle viral respiratory infections,”

“It boosts the ability of cells to kill and resist viruses and simultaneously dampens down harmful inflammation, which is one of the big problems with Covid.”

Higher levels of melanin in the skin lead to lower levels of vitamin D creation which are exacerbated in countries which have less sunlight. This can cause immune systems to be weaker

Vitamin D and health Annualised mean serum 25(OH)D concentration was higher in white adults, 45.8 nmol/L Asian, 20.5 nmol/L Black, 27.7 nmol/L 10 μg/d (400 IU/d) proposed for the general UK population (aged 4y and above) For serum 25(OH)D concentration less than 25 nmol/L (10ng per ml)

Everyone (including children) should consider taking a daily supplement containing 10 micrograms of vitamin D

Specifically recommended that groups at higher risk of vitamin D deficiency take a daily supplement.

People who have low or no exposure to the sun, for example those who cover their skin for cultural reasons, are housebound, confined indoors for long periods or live in an institution such as a care home

People from minority ethnic groups with dark skin such as those of African, African-Caribbean and South Asian origin, who require more sun exposure to make as much vitamin D

Once sunscreen is correctly applied, vitamin D synthesis is blocked. Staying in the sun for prolonged periods without the protection of sunscreen increases the risk of skin cancer.

I recently visited Chincoteague, VA in Accomack Co. For rural VA, the Covid and death rates were high, mostly from illness of chicken plant workers. They are mostly black and Latino, and working indoors all day. The plant managers would be smart to give them 5,000IU of D3 twice a day, and then after a month taper down to once a day. Save lives, save medical costs, save the company money.

Pro vitamin TV doctors recommend having the blood test. If below a good reading of 60 start supplementing with 5000 or 10,000 IU until level is up. Read of one test on value of D3 for some illness and they counted people at 10 or below as deficient, and 20 to 30 as healthy controls. Did not find much difference in health patterns. Dumb scientists! One group of seriously deficient and another (control) of sub-clinically deficient. And then they wonder why there is little difference in study results. It was also reported that D is involved in about 1/10th of all our genetically controlled internal systems, 2000 I think they said. Definitely worth protecting. I consider VItamins C and D3, and zinc as the backbone for Covid protection, but a good not too strong multivitamin/mineral too. Vitamin K2, B12, and CoQ10 are also good.

Two years ago my cataracts had gotten so bad that when I faced the sun in the afternoon I was completely blinded. Also when night driving, light rays shot out from street lights all the way to the ground. I started taking Astaxanthin 4 to 8 mg. per day, and Lutien 20 to 40 mg per day. Now when I face the western sun there is a big yellow blob, but I can see the surrounding trees and buildings. Also, the rays from street lights only flare out about 5 or 10 feet. I will be 82 next month and think I will avoid having cataract surgery. Today I had a bad fall when I was pushing a small grocery cart down the aisle and skidded to flat on my back in a pool of water that had leaked out from under the ice cream freezer. After spending 5 minutes lying there and recovering my normal sensations I determined nothing was broken or even badly bruised, rolled over onto my hands and knees and stood up. I spent another 15 minutes resting in a chair while the manager and I filled out the incident report, then took my copy and wheeled groceries to car and drove home. Tomorrow I think I will have a few aches and minor bruises, but hopefully, thanks to good nutrition I will not have any serious consequences from what could have been a serious accident.

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