Posted on 02/09/2022 10:36:30 AM PST by Signalman
Israeli scientists said they found "striking" differences in the chances of getting seriously ill from COVID-19 when they compared patients who had sufficient vitamin D levels prior to contracting the disease, with those who didn't.
A study published Thursday in research journal PLOS One found that about half of people who were vitamin D deficient before getting COVID-19 developed severe illness, compared to less than 10 percent of people who had sufficient levels of the vitamin in their blood.
We know vitamin D is vital for bone health, but its role in protecting against severe COVID-19 is less-well established.
The latest research was the first to examine vitamin D levels in individuals prior to them contracting COVID-19, the study authors said.
Dr. Amiel Dror, a study author and physician at the Galilee Medical Center, said of the findings: "We found it remarkable, and striking, to see the difference in the chances of becoming a severe patient when you are lacking in vitamin D compared to when you're not," per the Times of Israel.
The findings come from 253 people admitted to Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel between 7 April 2020 and 4 February 2021 – a period before the highly-infectious Omicron variant emerged.
Dror said the findings suggested vitamin D helped bolster the immune system to deal with viruses that attack the respiratory system.
"This is equally relevant for Omicron as it was for previous variants," Dror said.
The research doesn't prove vitamin D protects against COVID-19 and isn't a green light to avoid vaccines and take vitamins instead. Vaccines cut the risk of Omicron hospitalization, particularly after a booster, by up to 90 percent, according to the UK Health Security Agency.
Most vitamin D comes from direct sunlight on the skin. It's also found in foods such as fatty fish, mushrooms, and egg yolks as well as supplements.
Vitamin D levels of more than 20 nanograms per milliliter are considered sufficient for most people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – which is the benchmark used by the researchers from Bar-Ilan University and Galilee Medical Center.
Research compiled before the emergence of COVID-19 and published in The Lancet, found vitamin D cut the risk of other respiratory infections, compared with dummy drugs.
But for COVID-19, early findings have been inconsistent – some studies have found a link between low vitamin D levels and severe COVID-19, whilst others concluded the vitamin wasn't protective.
It wasn't clear – even from those studies with results showing a positive correlation between low vitamin D levels and severe COVID-19 – if depleted vitamin D came before or after people got sick, the Israeli researchers said.
Despite the new Israel data, we still don't know if low vitamin D levels cause people with COVID-19 to develop serious disease.
Underlying conditions that reduce vitamin D can also make people more vulnerable to severe COVID-19, for example.
The Israeli researchers cautioned vitamin D was "one piece of the complex puzzle" underlying severe COVID-19, in addition to comorbidities, genetic predisposition, dietary habits, and geographic factors.
"Our study warrants further studies investigating if and when vitamin D supplementation among vitamin D deficient individuals in the community impacts the outcome of an eventual COVID-19 episode," they said.
“and drank whole milk.”
If drinking milk were a thing, I’d have to die, sadly. The gag reflex would prohibit me from ingesting even a drop.
Thanks for the information. I avoid chocolate with vitamin a.
In June 2020 as Covid was declining in NY my Primary Care doc after my physical said she wanted me to take D3. My bloodwork said my score was 34, well above 20, but she wanted it higher, in the 50s.
STRIKING, MYSTERIOUS NEWS!
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https://covid19criticalcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FLCCC-Alliance-I-MASKplus-Protocol-ENGLISH.pdf
Yup, and most people are oblivious to common sense solutions. They prefer succumbing to government dictating untested injections.
There’s evidence that people with a lot of body fat need more vitamin D than lean people.
I found I was prediabetic four years ago with fatty liver, ED, etc. I went low carb Keto then zero carb carnivore. I’m 75 this month and very healthy now.
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Haven't gotten any severe colds in all of that time (maybe two head colds).
I do half that at 5, 000 ....two years now but I did have a Vit. D deficiency....No colds but it doesn’t appear to do anything for allergies.
That’s me. Take D, C, Nac, etc. every day….and did way before Covid. Haven’t had it yet and do exactly what I want when I want. Never sanitized and only wear a mask where it’s required. Just kept on living like I always have.
CDC will be banning D3 now.
If they ban it, you can have good levels by having occasional sun exposure and eating eggs and sardines.
I’m 74, and found out I was diabetic 22 years ago, and am still only on oral meds after all these years. I see the eye doctor once a year, and he sees no evidence of diabetic damage to my eyes. I do have small cataracts in both eyes, but he says I may never have to have cataract surgery. I’ve been watching my diet for many years, because after having my first colonoscopy at age 50, I was diagnosed with diverticulitis, a hiatal hernia and Barrett’s esophagus. Despite strictly following my doctor’s specific orders when it came to what I could, and couldn’t eat, I ended up with a perforated bowel in 2010, and had to have a temporary colostomy, which was reversed 3 months later. In 2012, I had to have an incisional hernia repaired in the area where the stoma had been. In 2015, they surgically removed my gall bladder. Since the lockdown, while other people were gaining weight, I lost over 22 pounds. Other than the fact that I have bone on bone in my knees, and am nursing this tibia fracture, I’m doing great. As my father always used to say: “I’m in good shape, for the shape that I’m in.” Everybody in my family smoked but me. They all died between the ages of 51 and 74. Three died of lung cancer. Since I’m 74, I do at times think I’m living on borrowed time, and although I didn’t ever smoke, I have had health issues that no one else in my family ever dealt with.
I’m sorry you are having those issues. Are you taking metformin or are you low enough carb to not need it?
I had severe cataracts, just had the surgery, seeing great now. I lived on sweets. Pretty much zero carb now. I was just starting to get needle pains in a joint in one of my little fingers, but I noticed it stopped after being low carb for a while.
My doctor tried metformin several years ago, but it caused digestive problems, so he switched to Glipizide, which keeps my A1C number at, or below 7. I only eat twice a day by choice, and try to stay away from sweets as much as possible. If I eat a good breakfast, then I have something small for supper, and vice versa. I’ve had neuropathy pain in my legs for years...long before I was diagnosed with Type II diabetes. I have had lower back problems for a long time, mild scoliosis, spinal stenosis, and bad arthritis in all my joints. The Rheumatologist I used to see tested me for connective-tissue disorders, and I tested positive over 20 years ago. My mother had Lupus, but because I don’t have more symptoms of that disease, I have what they call “undifferentiated connective-tissue disorder. I take the anti-inflammatory Naproxen for it. When I have had to stop taking it because of surgeries, after about a week, my joint pain gets a lot worse. I never realized how much it has actually helped, until I’ve had to go off of it.
Diet vs arthritis from Dr. Sten Ekberg (wear and tear vs wear and repair)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dD9nEdL0VlI
Dr. Ken Berry on arthritis:
https://youtu.be/ePg3V4iOBI4
A short one from Dr. Ted Naiman (I really like him)
https://youtu.be/1OH72VgtRD0
I’ve watched this one a few times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6fY7grEsaQ
Low carb is not easy at first, as you will have carb withdrawals for a few days. Zero carb carnivore is easier to do as you don’t have to count the carbs in vegetables.
If you decide to go carnivore, your poo will be messy for a while as your gut bacteria change. Took about three weeks for me.
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