Posted on 09/19/2020 8:21:10 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
People with a vitamin D deficiency are 54% more likely to test positive for the new coronavirus. Members of predominantly black and Hispanic communities have been found to be most at risk, according to a new study.
The study, SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels, published in the journal PLOS ONE, was conducted by Dr. Michael Holick, professor of medicine, physiology and biophysics at Boston University School of Medicine and a team of researchers from the clinical laboratory Quest Diagnostics.
Holick and his team examined 190,000 blood samples from coronavirus tests performed March 9 through June 19 collected in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. They found that the vitamin D deficient samples had 54% higher COVID positivity compared to those with adequate levels of vitamin D. And people of color were particularly deficient of the sunshine vitamin, the study found.
“We evaluated more than 190,000 blood samples from patients of all ethnicities and ages infected with COVID in all 50 states. We observed that the higher that the patient’s blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D was, up to 55 ng/mL [the] lower was their risk of being infected with the coronavirus. People of color have been particularly affected by COVID 19,” Dr. Holick noted in a statement from The Boston University School of Medicine.
“We found that patients living in predominantly African-American and Hispanic zip codes were more likely to be vitamin D deficient and have a higher risk of acquiring the infection,” he added.
Vitamin D deficiency, according to data cited by the Endocrine Society, is very common in all age groups as few foods contain it. While the skin produces it using sunlight, many people aren’t able to generate enough of it to meet the recommended serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D level, particularly during the winter months, Holick said in an interview with the Boston Herald. Fair-skinned individuals and those who are younger also tend to convert sunshine into vitamin D far better than those who are darker-skinned and over age 50, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
The Endocrine Society Guidelines recommends infants, children and adults receive 400-1000 IUs, 600-1000 IUs and 1000-1500 IUs of vitamin D daily, respectively. Obese adults require 2-3 times more.
Holick told the Boston Herald that he has been taking 6,000 units of vitamin D a day for decades and is in great health.
But Vitamin D cuts Big Pharma out of the big profits they deserve...not fair! :)
All we heard was stay inside. Now we hear...open the windows...get outside....etc etc.
Regards,
Here will come the big rush on it - shelves cleared out, pills going for $10 each.
I’ve been taking D3 supplements for two yeas. I was diagnosed with an insufficient D level at that time.
Get your Vit D enriched COLT 45 today!!!
How Much Vitamin D do you take daily?
The study was only from people that took the C19 test. I think there are probably lots of people with 50 to 60 ng/ml of D in their blood that will never need to take the test because they won’t get the C19 symptoms.
“I’ve been taking D3 supplements for two yeas. I was diagnosed with an insufficient D level at that time.”
ditto ...
i took 10,000 units daily until levels went above normal and now take 5,000 daily (this one, not the one made from lanolin):
https://www.amazon.com/Bluebonnet-Vitamin-5000-Softgel-Count/dp/B00FXMNWA0
No! Minorities are infected more often with COVID-19 due to systemic racism in this racist country. All the leftists liars and kooks say so in the media and all the leftist politicians, too.
I have a mantra re this epidemic:
YOUR FEAR IS NOT MY PROBLEM.
Thus far it fits in 100% of cases dealing with all aspects of public reaction to this virus and exposes the true crisis, the virus being simply a convenient tool.
At this point, if those at-risk are still acting like ostriches about how to protect themselves and projecting their fear on others, they are the enemy.
My own sister now falls in that camp due to her continued support for masking healthy people without any medical and/or scientific basis whatsoever.
Just join a nudist colony and get free D from the sun.
Where I live I don’t need one. LOL
5000 iu/day
There is a severe vit D deficiency in kids now....thanks to overreacting fearful adults slathering sunscreen on them just to go for a walk. Maybe they were setting us up with all of this fear of the sun....moderate sun is necessary. Lying in it all day is just silly.
Same usual mistake: confusing causation with correlation. Perhaps, healthier people are more likely to be outdoors where they’re exposed to sunlight increasing their D. Less healthy people stay indoors where they’re more exposed to the virus and have less exposure to the sunlight.
Vitamin D deficiency is connected to the obesity/insulin resistance/diabetes prevalence in our society, which are co morbidities connected to covid 19.
Too much sugar and carbohydrates in the Standard American Diet.
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