Vitamin D and Covid-19: Evidence for Prevention and Treatment

Med Cram ^ | Professor Roger Seheult, MD

[SecAmndmt]

How Vitamin D supports the immune system

[Red Badger]

I take 5000+ IUs a day......................

[Blood of Tyrants]

Vitamin D is the key to health.

[absalom01]

And yet Med Cram won’t cover Fluvoxamine or Ivermectin.

Interesting.

[Georgia Girl 2]

We take 4,000 plus K2, zinc, Super B complex and turmeric.

[Lod881019]

Vitamin D and Zinc your natural helpers that no one at the CDC or WHO even bothers telling you about

[SamAdams76]

Vitamin D is the key to health.

I agree.

I've taken 2,000 to 5,000 IU of Vitamin D daily for decades now.

I eat plenty of eggs and fatty fish (like sardines and salmon).

I get out into the sun (sans sunscreen) during the summer months.

Never been sick, ever. Except maybe the common cold every few years with a few sniffles and runny nose. Have never been a patient in a hospital ever - and I'm nearly 60 years old.

Never been on prescription pills.

During this Chinese virus, I've been to Manhattan at least once a week, riding trains and all. Go to restaurants all the time.

I was in Washington DC on Jan 6 sans mask and social distancing.

Never been sick. Vitamin D (and sunshine) are the key.

[madison10]

I sit outside with my dog almost everyday, even today where it is around 20° here. Also a milk drinker

[PGalt]

^ 3000 IU intermittently with zinc, c, b-12, turmeric, b-1, b-complex, bodease...same (no regularity).

exercise, real food, fresh air, etc., etc.

spreadsheet your metrics. O2, bp, pulse rate during and after exercise cool down etc. monitor everything. healthy leads to happy and better quality living. enjoy your progress and better feeling and happier living.

(i just started paying very close attention to all of the above in the last 6 months. it helps being retired and having the time to examine, research and record)

[SecAmndmt]

“And yet Med Cram won’t cover Fluvoxamine or Ivermectin”

Perhaps they only want to speak to their area(s) of expertise?

My wellness MD supports use of both Ivermectin and HCQ for cv19.

[maddog55]

Beer is a damn close 2nd and you can always do a wedge of orange in a nice wheat beer for vitamin C on a sunny deck for vitamin D 🍺🍺🍺🍺

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Med Cram won’t cover Fluvoxamine or Ivermectin."

As the Mods like to say, "Search still works."

Coronavirus Pandemic Update 52: Ivermectin Treatment; Does COVID-19 Attack Hemoglobin?, April 8, 2020.

Coronavirus Pandemic Update 96: RNA Vaccine; Ivermectin; von Willebrand Factor and COVID-19, July 15, 2020.

[Veto!]

I’ve been taking all those plus more every morning of my life for the last 40 years. I have more than immunity— I am extremely healthy.

Had a huge molar pulled 2 weeks ago. Doc gave me prescription for strong pain pills. Filled prescription, never had to take even one after novocaine wore off.

Had another two pulled a couple of days ago. Doc was surprised that I still had all of the pain pills left, said this time would really hurt, prescribed another, stronger med.. Didn’t need it. I’m not toughing it out, I didn’t have any pain whatsoever. Nurse in his office agrees that I’m just extremely healthy. “Tissue health.”

BTW, at 84, I’m in the alleged “high risk group,” but taking my time deciding about vaccines. Johnson and Johnson UK has one-shot vax coming up. My other friends who do research like this one too.

[SaveFerris]

I’m doing D3 Zinc and C

[Sequoyah101]

A young doctor wrote an article many years ago suggesting D3 is essential for supporting good health and our immune system. He also wrote how our modern society does not allow most of us to get all the D3 we need naturally. Big medicine buried him under a storm of criticism. Turns out he was right though. The need for D3 in diet was also supported by veterinary medicine before the young doctor wrote his article.

I take 10,000 units a day plus C plus Zinc and have for at least 15 years and have seldom been sick or for very long in all those years. Not often sick before but did go down with flu or cold or serious throat infection at least once a winter. Not any more.

[chuckles]

I had prostrate cancer about 15 years ago. I took the Proton treatments at MD Anderson in Houston. Early on our group, (we were put on groups to receive our treatments) we discovered that ALL of us had been tested for low vitamin D and were prescribed large doses daily. I asked the doctor about it and he said 100% of the cancer victims he has treated in the past were short of Vitamin D. Most were at almost zero.

Since then I've noticed all sorts of maladies that were helped with Vitamin D. At first I was scared to take too much because I've heard you can OD on Vitamin D, so I was alarmed when MD Anderson gave me 50 thousand units once a week for 3 weeks just to get me started with 5k units twice a day for 10k a day. I've been on it for many years now and don't get sick anymore.

I know I've been exposed to people with Covid and have never gotten sick in the last 6 months. I'm convinced It has kept me well during this time and if I were to get sick it would be a slighter case.

[sanjuanbob]

Interesting your daily regimen.of which my own is somewhat similar. As to vitamin D; I asked Doctor to check level along with the annual comprehensive panel. I had been taking 2500iu daily for 6+ months. My BMI is 25. Result was my D level was 30...ok, but I had expected higher. I’ve doubled it to 5000 day for the last month and will test again after a full 90 days. Goal is to be >40. So healthy me who never was taking D supplements was D deficient. I’m a walker, swimmer, golfer and am in the sun most of the year. Everyone should know their D level.

[SecAmndmt]

“Everyone should know their D level.”

Exactly. So why do we lay people have to be the only ones posting about it? Not a peep from our FR MD contingent.

My level is 80+ btw. Over 70 or 75 has anti-cancer effects, IIRC. Make sure you take vit K2-MK7 with the D3.

Best to consult with a professional who knows the correct amounts.

Eating HFCS interferes with vitamin D benefits. If one is ill, it is really important to cut back on stuff with the HFCS.

[Freedom56v2]

I take 10,000 units a day plus C plus Zinc and have for at least 15 years and have seldom been sick or for very long in all those years. Not often sick before but did go down with flu or cold or serious throat infection at least once a winter. Not any more.
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Good evening.

I note you are taking 10,000 of D3. I have watched Dr. E. Nepute (he is on YouTube), and he recommends higher dosages—10,000 or even more depending...

I have received some concern from family members about the 10,000 I am taking... Do you recall where you found info that prompted you to take 10,000 vs. the usual 3,000-5,000? And I am to understand you have had no problems? If so, that is good to know.

Also, do you take K2 with the D3? Some say I should be doing that.

[PGalt]

I just got in from hand shoveling my long driveway. We’ve at least 6” from the winter storm and some drifts are over 1 ft. here in SE Michigan. Fresh cool air feels good and it is still snowing. I did take a couple of breaks sitting down in my garage for a few minutes. It’s a good thing that I am in pretty good shape at 70. I just didn’t want to wake up to a bigger pile of snow in the morning.

/ to bed. Prolly get up at 3 or 4 in the morning and hit it again.

oh, and that was after helping my son do his long driveway.

it’s good to feel healthy. (i could go of a heart attack in the middle of the night. life has been super for me.). The entire family was over for my daughter’s 39th birthday and I’m 2 years out from having a brain tumor removed. every day until the end is a blessing.