There is good news for natural prevention or treatment for COVID-19. A new study has found an association (correlation) between levels of vitamin D and mortality from COVID-19. It's about time a study was done, as far as I'm concerned.
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Why? Because naturopathic doctors have been using nutrients to help people treat COVID-19 for months. But you can't talk about it on YouTube, because they ban your video from being seen by other people for daring to put out information that can help people. They do this because the WHO doesn't say vitamin D will help you. Therefore, you aren't allowed to know about it on YouTube.
Vitamins A, C & D, as well as nutritional IV’s, iodine, ozone and nebulization to support the immune system have been used to help combat the illness. But anyone claiming to treat COVID-19 with natural healthy immune boosting nutrients is told by the FTC they aren't allowed. The FBI has even raided clinics offering free Vitamin C treatments.
It's pretty nuts that doctors treating people naturally is being condemned by mainstream media, censored by social media, and threatened with business closure by the FTC is you talk about your treatment. This is the world we live in.
People aren't allowed to make their own informed decisions. Authoritarians want to remove your options and tell you what you can or can't know about. They only want you to do things that are "approved" by the establishment narrative.
Scientism is rampant. Belief in science through academic publications as the only authority is what many consider the only truth to know about. You can't possibly observe reality to see things like nutrients helping to treat illnesses. Just obey what the "experts" tell you is or isn't true.
Alright, getting back to the study. There are a few publications about vitamin D and COVID-19. many studies have already been done to show the importance of vitamin D in viral infections. We have more data to support this with COVID-19.
Results: Twenty COVID-19 patients with serum 25OHD levels were identified; 65.0% required ICU admission. The vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) prevalence in ICU patients was 84.6%, vs. 57.1% in floor patients. Strikingly, 100% of ICU patients less than 75 years old had VDI.
VDI is highly prevalent in severe COVID-19 patients. VDI and severe COVID-19 share numerous associations including hypertension, obesity, male sex, advanced age, concentration in northern climates, coagulopathy, and immune dysfunction. Thus, we suggest that prospective, randomized controlled studies of VDI in COVID-19 patients are warranted.
Another study showed that vitamin D supplementation seems to account for reduced COVID-19 cases and deaths:
This study shows that, counter intuitively, countries at lower latitude and typically sunny countries, such as Spain and Northern Italy, had low concentrations of vitamin D and high rates of vitamin D deficiency. These countries also experienced the highest infection and death rates in Europe.
The northern latitude countries of Norway, Finland and Sweden, have higher vitamin D levels despite less UVB sunlight exposure, because supplementation and fortification of foods is more common. These Nordic countries have lower COVID-19 infection and death rates. The correlation between low vitamin D levels and death from COVID-19 is statistically significant.
This may be because vitamin D is important in regulation and suppression of the inflammatory cytokine response, which causes the severe consequences of COVID-19 and 'acute respiratory distress syndrome' associated with ventilation and death.
What did the government do when COVID-19 fear-hype panic was created by a bad model and estimated of 3% death rates (actually 0.26%)? LOCKDOWN! Isolate in your home! Don't go out!
This lowered vitamin D intake from the sun. Have people been supplementing vitamin D? Maybe not. Maybe that's why some places where lockdowns went into effect have more cases or deaths than other place that didn't. This can be seen in some US states where there were severe lockdowns. Or maybe they just happen to be more densely populated areas.
Until science 100% proves it, I'm sure some people will say that nutrients like vitamins and minerals can't treat COVID-19. That vitamin D doesn't help you reduce symptoms severity or duration (contrary to those treatments working). Why? It's not proven by science yet in publications and studies. Correlations don't mean anything, apparently. It's just like ice cream causing crime, they say. Don't think about this yourself, just let the experts figure it out for you and let you know when it's proven. If scientific publications don't show it, then it's not real, even if it is demonstrated to work for people who get treated with natural health-promoting nutrients.
Science is moving forward to look deeper into vitamin D to understand how it helps fight off COVID-19. Many studies are on the way and should be done by the fall.
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No, no, no! You are not allowed to have common sense... that goes against all official narratives.
Thanks to a suggestion from a friend who's an MIT biochemist, we started dosing with Vitamin C & D back in February. She didn't really share her official opinion, just stated that "it couldn't hurt" to simply shoot for having a better baseline health level in the face of what was about to come.
A typo, I'm sure (emphasis added by me), but a pretty funny one!
Nah man, vitamin D makes you more moral :P Thanks for the catch ;)
It was unexpected but shortly after taking vitamin D I decided to stop having an affair with my neighbor's wife and I decided to calibrate the scales in the shop so that it showed the actual weight of the product and not the weight plus a few extra grams.
Adding to this are observations that COVID-19 spreads much more slowly in subtropical regions of the globe. This would be consistent with the fact that high temperature and high humidity significantly reduce the transmission of influenza.
I think it's very important for people to take preventative actions like "going outside" and taking Vit C and D doses when it's not possible to get Vit D from the sun.
That this is not covered in legacy media is bizarre... it's almost like they have some sort of agenda that doesn't include natural remedies... hhmm
Interesting. When it comes to temperature, Indonesia begs to differ. As of now, the temperature and the humidity are increasing so is the rate of new infection. But there are other factors to note such as loose social distancing rules.
Yes, that's true. Temperature and Humidity only help to reduce the spread... it does not stop the spread. And as you say there are many factors involved. It will be interesting to see how things unfold in the subtropics like Indonesia, Brazil, etc.
I am living in Indonesia. As far as my observation goes, it's pretty bleak. I wrote Whatever is The New Covid-19 Response and implicitly, the government is expecting the "herd immunity".
Indeed. The humidity and temp do play a factor. Sun is good for the vD. I wonder why Brazil has such a high death count though...
I began looking into this back in January and was surprised to learn so many people are deficient in not only vitamin D, but Magnesium as well.
I now supplement those and many others. I've accumulated almost a "witches brew" stash of pills and tinctures, to buttress me against coronavirus and anything else that might come along.
Joe Rogan had a guest on recently, who recommended spreading your vitamin C intake throughout the day instead of taking it all at once. The interview is very informative and definitely worth a watch.
Yeah, slow release vit C can be better. Good job on the stock pile of nutrients ;)
With almost anything health related. If you are staying healthy, and by that I mean eating well, sleeping well, and exercising and doing things in moderation. You will always be in much better health, and have less problems in life imo. All these things are super important to me in general as I need to have a good amount of energy to do everything I want to each day, as my body uses up lots of energy. I also haven’t been sick in what seems like forever!
Thanks!
Great job on staying healthy!
It's so weird how they limit news about how the virus can be eradicated rather they propagate the news of how deadly the virus is, how many cases have been recorded etc.
What a world?
Vitamin D - maybe that's why the cases are not increasing rapidly in Naija. It's almost sunny all day and weather is always harsh.
Yeah, it also depends on how tightly packed people are in a population too, even if there is lots of sun.
That's true tho. That's another way to view it.
The government is doing exactly that. Even natural health supplements need to have the words: NO APPROVED THERAPEUTIC CLAIMS.
Facebook is also saying it's Fake news! Here's one example.
Yeah none that are approved except its good for combatting everything :P
I always in the impression that naturally, we can cure this Covid-19, we just have to find it.
Well it's not like there is a "cure" that no matter what severity you are at, it eliminates it immediately. But the doctors who have used natural methods have patients recover within 5 days with no deaths.
Yes that's true, there is no immediate cure that's for sure.
Vitamin D deficiency has proven to worsen every single illness known to humans.
Yeah that sound right.
I am spending all day outside in my backyard... swimming in the sun....
Also.... I think you meant to say “Mortality” not morality ?
Yup hehe, missing the T. Sun is good, too much.. not so good for the skin ;)
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They new in the first days of the pandemic that people with Vitamin D deficiency fare worse than the public at large.
I am upset that health officials did not make this information known. I actually looked up the information about vitamin D and COVID in either Feb or March and the information was there for all to see.
Vitamin D in conjunction with other vitamins and minerals regulate the immune system. It regulates clotting and calcium absorption.
However, the doctors are partially right about vitamin D being a poor treatment.
Vitamin D prevents disease. It is not a treatment.
If you attempt to treat a patient with megadoses of vitamin D; then you will have completely unpredictable results.
The real deal is as follows: people who have a strong immune system (with sufficient vitamin D, K, A and minerals) can beat back COVID19 with little problem.
People with vitamin D deficiencies fare poorly. So the key to defeating the disease is to get a balanced diet before getting sick.
PS: Vitamin D is created when direct sunlight hits the skin. So get sun whenever you can. Noon is the best time. 10 minutes will.
Vitamin is processed in the kidneys. If you have kidney disease, you need to get supplements under doctor supervision.
What an irony to keep people in lockdown, not benefiting from going outside and therefore having a deficit in vitamin D only to see that the exact vitamin helps fight covid. Maybe this deficiency also makes people more prone to anxiety and depression being confined. A good article again. Thank you!