Our Double Pandemic: One Feeds the Other

Purrrrr …  I love getting my “essential” daily requirement of sunshine! I know, what a hard life!!!

Does your blood measure  50 to 75 ng/ml of Vitamin D? Why is this critical to surviving COVID? COVID-19 science is advancing rapidly. One new and exciting discovery comes as no surprise: Vitamin D deficiency – a pandemic in many experts’ views – leads to significantly more COVID-19 hospitalizations, poor outcomes and lower survival rates, according to several studies and reviews published in Nutrients, The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nutrition & Food Science (Nfs) Journal, Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology, Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Medicine in Drug Discovery, and others. It’s such a no-brainer it is a must to have your Vitamin D level checked out with your doctor. In fact, please make your appointment today! That’s because if you don’t live near the equator, virtually no one has adequate Vitamin D blood levels. And – no – 30 ng/ml (what laboratory reports deem as fine) is not enough. Don’t be satisfied with taking supplements. Everyone’s supplement needs are different, so you have to have your blood checked.

Over the past 25 years or so, I’ve encouraged my clients, family and friends to check their Vitamin D blood values. Vitamin D deficiency is the norm in our modern culture, and it could be lethal. Adequate Vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin” may promote the prevention and treatment of our most prevalent and life-threatening diseases, such as type 1 and type 2 diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, infectious diseases, cancer, glucose intolerance, even multiple sclerosis… and now it’s been established: COVID-19, too.

Even though medical labs have 30 ng/ml as normal (which is only enough to prevent rickets), most experts believe it is not high enough to get all of its benefits. The most recent National Academy of Sciences Food & Nutrition Board recommendation for your blood levels is between 50 and 75 ng/ml. To achieve this, I recommend taking anywhere from 1,000 to 4,000 IU (maximum safe upper limit) daily, depending on your blood value and your doctor’s recommendations.

Read my article here for more complete Vitamin D information, its history, functions, recommendations & why it can be lethal when too low or too high.

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