Vitamin D Supplementation: Panacea or Potential Problem?
Pam Schoenfeld Vitamin D blood testing and oral supplementation have become an almost routine part of conventional medical care. Unfortunately, the results of a vitamin D blood test do not always reflect the true picture of an individual’s vitamin D status, and whether or not supplementation is warranted and in what amount. There is a […]
Nutrition and Natural Strategies Offer Hope Against COVID-19
Joseph Mercola The only real defense against COVID-19 is your own immune system, which works best when fed right. While changing your diet is a commonsense solution for the long term, a rapid-response strategy would be to use vitamin C Vitamin C strengthens your immune system and kills pathogens, including viruses, when taken in high […]
COVID-19 Prevention: Vitamin D Is Still a Valid Remedy
Rachel Nicoli and Michael Y. Henein Seven meta-analyses and systematic reviews and three later clinical trials argued that low vitamin D status increased susceptibility to COVID-19 and the risk of greater disease severity and mortality [1–10]. Furthermore, there are five meta-analyses and systematic reviews of vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of acute respiratory infection […]
Top Five Habits for a Healthier Life
Joseph Mercola Even small changes add up to meaningful health improvements over time, especiallywhen you know where to focus your energy Eliminating vegetable/seed oils from your diet and getting more sun exposure top my listof healthy habits Embracing time restricted eating, which means limiting your eating window to six to eighthours per day, is also […]
Does Vitamin D Supplementation Reduce COVID-19 Severity?: A Systematic Review
K. Shah et al. The evidence regarding the efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in reducing severity of COVID-19 is still insufficient. This is partially due to the lack of primary robust trial-based data and heterogeneous study designs … This evidence summary, aims to study the effect of vitamin D supplementation on morbidity and mortality in […]
What are the Health Benefits of Vitamin K2?
Joseph Mercola Vitamin K1 and K2 are necessary for optimal health. While K1 is important for blood clotting, K2 is necessary for your heart, bone, hormonal and kidney health. Vitamin K2 is highly beneficial as it ensures calcium is not deposited in your arteries but transported to your bones and teeth where it belongs, reducing […]
Vitamin D3 and K2 and Their Potential Contribution to Reducing the COVID-19 Mortality Rate
Simon Goddek The world is desperately seeking for a sustainable solution to combat the coronavirus strain SARS-CoV 2 (COVID-19). Recent research indicated that optimizing Vitamin D blood levels could offer a solution approach that promises a heavily reduced fatality rate as well as solving the public health problem of counteracting the general vitamin D deficiency. […]
Vitamin D for COVID-19: Real-time Meta Analysis of 89 Treatment and 137 Sufficiency Studies
vdmeta.com Vitamin D reduces risk for COVID-19 with very high confidence for mortality, ICU admission, hospitalization, recovery, and in pooled analysis, high confidence for ventilation and cases, and low confidence for progression and viral clearance. We show traditional outcome specific analyses and combined evidence from all studies, incorporating treatment delay, a primary confounding factor in […]
