Importance of Vitamin D in Viral Infections
Action items:
1. Check your Vitamin – D level
2. If its not in optimal level, look for solution:
More exposure in sunlight / With the guidance from doctor – Consider a supplement
3. Don’t underestimate the importance of Vitamin – D.
Vitamin D is well known for its classic role in the maintenance of bone mineral density. However, vitamin D also has an important “non-classic” influence on the body’s immune system by modulating the innate and adaptive immune system, influencing the production of important endogenous antimicrobial peptides such as cathelicidin, and regulating the inflammatory cascade.
References:
University Lecture: The D-Lightful Vitamin D for Health by Michael F. Holick
Vitamin D Sunshine Optimal Health: Putting it all Together
Robert P. Heaney, MD, Creighton University explores why vitamin D is important, how it works, how we get it and how much we need.
Vitamin D: It’s Not Just For Bones Anymore
December 12, 2007 presentation by David Feldman for the Stanford School of Medicine Medcast lecture series. David Feldman, MD, professor of medicine at Stanford
Vitamin D Measurement the Key to Change
Alexander Wunsch, MD, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Germany, discusses the importance of measurement when studying vitamin D. Michael F. Holick, PhD MD,.
Vitamin D Deficiency and Treatment: Which and How Much?
Dr. KenDBerry MD
Vitamin D and immunity – Dr. John Campbell (Reference to BMJ)
Vitamin D: The New Old Natural Wonder Drug
Hector F. DeLuca, professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin in Madison,
D is for Debacle – The Crucial Story of Vitamin D and Human Health
How To Boost Immune System Against Coronavirus Infection (Abazar Habibinia, MD, Director of CAASN):
Dont be scared of Vitamin D | by Dr. Renu Mahtani
Could Vitamin D Help with COVID-19?
14 Signs Of Vitamin D Deficiency
Dr. Paul Mason – ‘Sunlight and health – from Vitamin D to Fish oil’
Resolving the Vitamin D Paradox — Chris Masterjohn, Ph.D. (AHS14)
Dr.Ashwin Vijay, India
Dr Hemant K Kalyan is a renowned Orthopaedician at Manipal hospitals,
Is 10,000 IUs (International Units) of Vitamin D Toxic?
Consolidated inputs – SHIVA LIVE: How Vitamin D Defends YOU – More EVIDENCE & MSM Forced to Admit Truth
