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Taking vitamin D is great and recommended for pretty much everyone, but the evidence for it being an effective prophylaxis against Covid-19 just isn't there[1].
by gnfargbl 5y ago
Taking vitamin D is great and recommended for pretty much everyone, but the evidence for it being an effective prophylaxis against Covid-19 just isn't there[1]. By all means take it for general health reasons (I do too!) but don't expect it to provide you any specific protection.
[1] https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng187/evidence/evidence-reviews-for-the-use-of-vitamin-d-supplementation-as-prevention-and-treatment-of-covid19-pdf-8957587789 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng187/evidence/evidence-rev...
- skinkestek 5y agoOk, I guess you are right. Let me rephrase it: if one also has a vitamin D deficit the chances of getting seriously ill increases significantly. Would that be correct? (Same is AFAIK true for being overweight but unlike increasing vitamin D levels which takes days or weeks, getting down to a healthy weight in a healthy way is a months long process.)
- gnfargbl 5y agoI'm not sure. https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937-021-00744-y https://nutritionj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12937... says that isn't the case, but I have no idea how reliable that journal is. Overall, there is a weight of evidence in favour of vaccines (especially mRNA vaccines) being effective, and very little evidence for the various options that the antivax crowd like to put up as alternatives.