Vitamin D Update
Article 1 - Test & Take Vitamin D - A Campaign by the Alliance for Natural Health International
Article 2 - UK Slow to recognise Vitamin D as a COVID fighter - Jerome Burne
Article 3 - Over 80% of COVID-19 patients have a vitamin D deficiency, study finds.
I’m a bit obsessed with vitamin D levels and have been writing about it here since the summer time. Back then I was writing cautiously as some of the evidence related to COVID-19 was only coming through. However the gloves are well and truly off.
The Alliance for Natural Health International have launched a campaign to get people tested and then take vitamin D. You can read about it here.
Jerome Burne has gone one step further and has commented that the UK has been particularly slow in recognising vitamin D as a COVID-19 fighter compared to other countries and goes on to state that the importance of vitamin D and immune health has been known about for more than 10 years. Vitamin D as a COVID Fighter.
The Endocrine Society has also published details of a study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The researchers found that 80% of 216 COVID-19 patients at the Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla had vitamin D deficiency.
There is new research out regularly now on the importance of vitamin D levels, and how people who have higher vitamin D levels fare better when it comes to fighting COVID-19 and general immune health.
I rarely write about supplementation, but if after conducting your own research and you have tested and calculated your required vitamin D level, the preferred form is D3 with K2 ideally in liposomal form. It’s a bit more expensive, but there are two reasons for taking it this way. First of all vitamin D is fat soluble and the fact that it is provided in liposomal form makes it more readily absorbed. Second, taking vitamin D3 and vitamin K2 together ensure that calcium is absorbed better and reaches the bone mass, whilst preventing arterial calcification. This means the calcium goes to where it needs to go.
Separately, K2 regulates normal blood clotting, whilst D3 supports a healthy immune system and supports muscle function. If you take any form of blood thinners, you must not take K2. Take D3 alone.
Vitamin D3 works better when there is magnesium present. Foods high in magnesium include dark chocolate, avocado, nuts and seeds, fatty fish, legumes and bananas.