Health experts say more evidence showing vitamin D important to surviving COVID-19 infection

Health experts say more evidence showing vitamin D important to surviving COVID-19 infection

MEAN TO YOU?YOU GET VITAMIN D NATURALLY FROMSUNLIGHT AND CERTAIN FOODS, BUT3/4 OF US.DON’T GET ENOUGH WHEN YOURVITAMIN D DEFICIENT YOU’RE MORESUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIONS.ST.LUKE’S CARDIOLOGIST.DR. JAMES O’KEEFE WHO HASSTUDIED THE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN DFOR YEARS SAYS IT MAKES SENSE TOWATCH YOUR LEVELS DURING THISPANDEMIC IF YOUR VITAMIN DDEFICIENT YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TOCOME DOWN WITH COVID AND NUMBERTWO THAT IF YOUR VITAMIN DDEFICIENT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU’REREALLY DEFICIENT, YOU’RE MUCHMORE LIKELY TO HAVE A SEVERECOURSE AND UP, YOU KNOW INRESPIRATORY FAILURE ON AVENTILATOR DYING FROM IT SORT OFTHING.DR. O’KEEFE SAYS HE TAKESVITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS HIMSELFAND RECOMMENDS THEM TO HISPATIENTS BUT ADDS IT’S A GOODIDEA TO GET A BLOOD TEST FIRSTTO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH TO TAKETHAT BEING SAID MOST PEOPLE NEEDTO TAKE ABOUT TWO THOUSAND UNITSOF D3 TO KEEP THEIR VITAMIN D.IN THE NORMAL RANGE, SO THAT’S AREASONABLE THING TO DO FORPEOPLE THESE DAYS.SOME PEOPLE HAVE A HIGHER RISKOF NOT GETTING ENOUGH VITAMIN D.ESPECIALLY THOSE WITH DARK SKINAND ADULTS OVER AGE 65 WHEN ITCOMES TO COVID-19.THERE’S STILL A LOT MORERESEARCH TO BE DONE MY OPINION.THERE’S NEVER BEEN A MOREIMPORTANT TIME TO KEEP YOURVITAMIN D THREE LEVELS NORMALJUST BECAUSE BECAUSE OFDANGEROUS VIRUS OUT THERE.TAKING VITAMIN D DOES NOT TAKETHE PLACE OF MASKS OR SOCIALDISTANCING, BUT IT COULD PROTECTYOU FROM A MORE SEVERE CASE IFYOU ARE INFECTED.DR. O’KEEFE ALSO RECOMMENDSGETTING OUTSIDE MORE WHILE THEWEATHER’S NICE GET SOME