After analyzing publicly available patient data from 10 countries, scientists revealed a strong correlation between severe vitamin D deficiency and coronavirus mortality rates.
Coronavirus patients from countries with high mortality rates, such as Italy, Spain and the UK, had lower levels of vitamin D, compared to coronavirus patients in countries where average vitamin D levels were higher.
Ali Daneshkhah et al. MEDRXIV, 2020
Petre Cristian Ilie et al. Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2020
This correlation might help explain the many mysteries surrounding coronavirus, such as why some patients are more likely to survive.
Another study found that vitamin D can modulate the immune system, and deficiency in vitamin D increased susceptibility to infection.
Cynthia Aranow, J. Investig. Med. 59(6):881-886, 2011.
Not only does vitamin D enhance our immune systems, it also prevents our immune systems from becoming dangerously overactive.
Low vitamin D levels were linked to an overactive immune system.
An overactive immune response is what seems to kill a majority of coronavirus patients.
It’s estimated that more than 40% of American adults have a vitamin D deficiency.
Vitamin D is made from cholesterol in the skin when it’s exposed to the sun.
This is the reason why vitamin D is called the “sunshine” vitamin.
The easiest way to get your daily dose of vitamin D is just to spend 10 to 15 minutes a day in the sun.
The Sun is the best source of vitamin D.
