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C-reactive protein (CRP) is a major inflammatory marker. In the study, it shows a graph with peoples’ CRP against Vitamin D status, and it is quite obvious that Vitamin D levels below 25 nmol/L is tied to much higher CRP than those from 25-100 nmol/L, which are nearly all then neutral (slight benefit to CRP above 25).

The study describes this as an “L-shaped” curve, which it is.

If you have a bad CRP result, you might want to determine if you are getting enough Vitamin D.

1 posted on 08/09/2022 6:06:56 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 08/09/2022 6:07:26 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Drink your milk! Get outside in the sunshine for crying out loud!


3 posted on 08/09/2022 6:10:58 PM PDT by Delta 21 (It started as a virus, and mutated into an IQ test.)
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Vitamin D as in DUH. What do they tell ya. Stay out of the sun or you will get skin cancer. What really happens? Stay out of the sun and get everything else.


4 posted on 08/09/2022 6:13:47 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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I will just point out to people another way to think about this.

My CRP is normal. This causes Doctor’s to believe I don’t have a problem. It took a lot of pushing to get to the autoimmune tests that ended up showing a positive result.

So CRP is not always the end all be all test that Doctors make it out to be.

And as for Vitamin D..I have genetics that say I run low. I do run low at times but not all the time.

Even when I had an Xray that showed a lot of effusion and I was in a lot of pain..my inflammation markers were normal..and I have psoriasis

CRP is a great tool to look at if it is high. But if it isnt...that doesnt mean it is “in your head”.


8 posted on 08/09/2022 6:31:29 PM PDT by RummyChick
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I had found out I was depleted of vitamin D and I didn’t notice anything different.


11 posted on 08/09/2022 6:35:24 PM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children. Pronouns- libs/suk)
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Rd later.


14 posted on 08/09/2022 8:03:10 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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15 posted on 08/09/2022 8:11:52 PM PDT by sauropod (Unbelief has nothing to say. Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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Low on Vitamin D leaves you much more open to flu and colds including WuHan Flu. I have been taking D supps for 17 years and have not been troubled by virii since I started. Wife was a primary school teacher and brought home a virus at least a couple of times a year until we started on the D supps. She has been virus free in all that time, too, as have my three children.


16 posted on 08/09/2022 8:15:25 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe n)
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Some interesting reading re:Vitamin D

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.06.29.498158v1

Note taking V K2 about 100 mcg per 5000 U of Vit D helps force the calcium into the skeletal structure where it belongs rather than the circulatory system.

21 posted on 08/09/2022 10:32:31 PM PDT by Polynikes (Nicht geimpft Mensch 2nd Klasse)
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Below is the most valuable study on Covid, and also Vitamin D, I have read in a long time. It has 3 very important findings which I will detail.

Vhttps://www.cureus.com/articles/76496-therapies-to-prevent-progression-of-covid-19-including-hydroxychloroquine-azithromycin-zinc-and-vitamin-d3-with-or-without-intravenous-vitamin-c-an-international-multicenter-randomized-trial

NOTE: This study and the one posted both use the measure nmol/L (nanomols per liter). That measure is used by many foreign countries. In the US we use ngm/mL (nanograms per milliliter). Divide nmol/L figures by 2.5 to get equivalent US ngm/mL figures. Thus 25 nmol/L equals 10 ngm/mL. Translated to ngm/mL, the above study says 30 or higher is OPTIMUM, 20 to 29 is insufficient, 10 to 19 is deficient, and below 10 is severely deficient. In the US, health organization Kaiser Permanente (KP) considers 50 to 80 OPTIMUM and above 80 moving into danger territory. Recently scientist have realized that the D level for good immunity seems to be higher than what is needed for bone health.

FINDING 1) After the study of almost 240 people was ended, original blood tests were evaluated. They found NOT ONE person had their OPTIMUM level, 3 were insufficient, and the rest divided between deficient and severely deficient. The one person who died had a reading of 3 ngm/mL. My take is: GET TO OPTIMUM D LEVEL AND YOU WILL LIKLY STAY OUT OF HOSPITALS.

FINDING 2) The original Zelenko Protocol of Zinc, HCQ, Azithromycin, plus added D3 and C is very effective even for hospitalized patients, although Dr. Zelenko recommended treating as early as possible in cases with possible Covid symptoms. Dr. Zelenko has since recommended using Zinc, Ivermectin and Doxycycline as being slightly safer medication, and using Quercetin if HCQ or Ivermectin are not available from a doctor.

FINDING 3) High dose IV (intravenous) Vitamin C substantially shortens days hospitalized (thus saving much medical expense). Compare this with Dr. Fauci’s beloved Remdesivir which had very little effect and cost the taxpayers $3000 per “free” treatment course.

To be safe, getting enough or not too much Vitamin D3, get a blood test and discuss dose with your doctor. In summer 2020 when I had realized lack of Vitamin D was probably a factor in clotting issues and vaccines, I had to decide how much to take on my own. My son and I live in the mid-Atlantic area. He is 6’1” and weighs 250 lb. and his doctor had recently increased him from 5000IU a day to 10,000IU for his SAD (winter depression). I am 5’3” and 145 lb. Summer 2020 I was spending about 5 days a month outdoors lawn mowing. I started taking 2000IU D, and as we went in to Autumn gradually increased to 5000IU for the 4 Winter months. I then reduced back to 2000 IU for summer 2021. In Dec. 2021 I had my annual physical, I was given my first Vitamin D blood test, and my KP OPTIMUM reading was 66 ngm/mL.

I strongly recommend you get the Vitamin D blood test, bring your reading to the OPTIMUM level, and stay out of hospitals if possible. Important NOTE, get your annual physical! My partner missed a year avoiding public exposure to Covid at KP. He now has prostate cancer which should have been diagnosed a year ago with better treatment options.


23 posted on 08/10/2022 5:09:19 AM PDT by gleeaikin (Question authority)
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