Have you ever been confused between choosing Vitamin D3 or Vitamin D2? Why do you need vitamin D? The deficiency is widespread and a cause for alarm for the general population. A level below 30 ng/ml (seen in a blood test as 25-OH Vitamin D) indicates insufficient levels and calls for medical intervention. The typical dosage […]
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Vitamin D has gained a lot of attention over the past few years as, vitamin D3 is an important nutrient essential to our immune system.* It is vital to consume the vitamin D in the right form as it can go to waste otherwise. Why do you need vitamin D? Earlier known only as a bone health
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The cliché has it, Vitamin D is the elixir for human physiological functionality. An accentuated solar energy that drives the life force. We question the conventional manner of understanding and measuring the sunshine vitamin. If the vitamin is abundant in our skin and diet, why would agrarian south Asian countries including India face the deficit?
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CLEVELAND CLINIC JOURNAL OF MEDICINE VOLUME 89 • NUMBER 3 MARCH 2022
DOI: 10.3949/ccjm.89a.21021
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Without vitamin D, muscles continued to make glycogen, but could not convert it to glucose.
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Research continues to link vitamin D levels with better COVID outcomes
Is there a linear relationship between vitamin D levels and COVID mortality?
New and compelling clinical research further cements the case, and even suggests a baseline level of vitamin D at which there’s theoretically zero mortality from the pandemic disease.
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How to know if your vitamin D supplement is vegan?
The average vitamin D3 supplement (or cholecalciferol) is made from lanolin, a yellow fat that comes from sheep’s wool that is UV irradiated to create a concentrated cholecalciferol source. “Nothing wrong with lanolin,” says Ferira. “It’s a fine D3 source.” It doesn’t pose any significant safety concerns, per the Environmental Working Group (EWG), but it does come from sheep’s wool, which is, ahem, not vegan.
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The qualitative synthesis indicated that vitamin D deficient individuals were at higher risk of COVID-19 infection as compared to vitamin D sufficient patients.
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