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I don't know much about southern hemisphere's current SARS-CoV2 cases, but people everywhere are Vitamin-D deficient. Some recent research found that the old vi
by taxicabjesus 6y ago
I don't know much about southern hemisphere's current SARS-CoV2 cases, but people everywhere are Vitamin-D deficient. Some recent research found that the old vitamin D recommendations were a fraction of what people actually need for optimal health [0]. Cities are particularly good at creating deficient populations.
Human skin normally synthesizes vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet light. People with darker skin need more sunlight to produce adequate vitamin D, which is presumably one of the main reasons why the super-virus' victims disproportionately have darker skin [1].
[0] The Big Vitamin D Mistake - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541280/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5541280/
[1] COVID-19 ’ICU’ risk – 20-fold greater in the Vitamin D Deficient. BAME, African Americans, the Older, Institutionalised and Obese, are at greatest risk. Sun and ‘D’-supplementation – Game-changers? Research urgently required - https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1548/rr-6 https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m1548/rr-6