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This is a quick study, and there are lots of flaws in it. That said, vitamin D deficiency is a real thing, and is especially common in as you get older. Vitami
by dwheeler 6y ago
This is a quick study, and there are lots of flaws in it.
That said, vitamin D deficiency is a real thing, and is especially common in as you get older. Vitamin D supplements are also pretty cheap.
It's not unusual to have to make quick decisions with little information. This study is enough to justify making sure that you have enough vitamin D, and probably to take reasonable dosages of supplements. You have to be careful, you can kill yourself with overdosages of vitamin D... it is a hormone and not technically a vitamin.
Vitamin D supplemenation is an easy and cheap thing to do, not harmful as long as you don't overdose, and there is some evidence here that could be helpful. So it is reasonable for the moment to take Vitamin D supplements, at least until we've had time to do more detailed studies.
- ColanR 6y agoThere have been other studies into the use of Vitamin D to prevent the flu, where it has been shown to be very effective. I think there's a decent connection between contracting the flu and contracting Covid?
- dukha 6y agoI don't know about other countries, but in Russia blood test for vitamin deficiency costs about $40 and can be D done in any lab, which are very common in cities. Simple thing to do is to go and test for do you really have deficiency or not and then proceed with supplements program. That's how I identified my deficiency and successfully fixed it by taking oral supplements.