Vitamin D will help from coronavirus: vitamins and for coronavirus infection

British scientists recommend all to consider the possibility of taking a daily vitamin supplements in the spring and coming summer, if the epidemic of the coronavirus will continue.

Usually vitamin D is not necessary to add to the diet if we spend a lot of time outdoors. Our skin produces this component alone under the sun. This sunshine vitamin – along with many other vitamins and minerals can help our body to stay in shape, fight illness and disease. This is extremely important during the current pandemic coronavirus.

Vitamin D from the coronavirus: who may need supplements?

Scientists recommend to add 10 micrograms of vitamin D daily in the winter months (October to March) and during the entire year, if you don’t spend a lot of time outdoors. Experts are concerned that during a pandemic coronavirus we risk losing this supply of vitamins, as most countries have introduced quarantine and recommend people to stay at home.

In turn, vitamin D should be taken throughout the year if:

• you don’t often go out (that is, if you’re at home, because, for example, you are in quarantine)
• outside you usually wear clothing that covers most of the skin.

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“Unfortunately, since the effects of coronavirus are still being felt, many of us have a limited amount of time to spend time on the street. Proper compliance with government regulations and stay at home is extremely important. But many of us have limited access to sunlight, which means that we must be extremely careful to maintain healthy levels of vitamin D,” said Sarah Stanner from the British nutrition Foundation.

Why do we need vitamin D?

Vitamin D important for healthy bones, teeth and muscles. Its absence can lead to bone deformities in children – or rickets – and the same as weakness of bone, called osteoporosis in adults.

 
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Some studies suggest that preventing vitamin D deficiency helps our resistance to colds and flu, although there is no evidence that vitamin D strengthens the immune system.

Do I need to take a lot of vitamin D?

It’s not necessary. Although vitamin D supplementation is safe in the long term is dangerous to take more than the recommended daily intake.

If you choose vitamin D supplements, then follow the recommended dosage:

• Children aged 1-10 years of age should not take more than 50 mcg per day
• Infants (under 12 months) should not take more than 25 micrograms per day
• Adults should not take more than 100 mcg per day.

If you have a vitamin D deficiency, your doctor may sometimes recommend higher doses. For some people with certain diseases, such as kidney problems, are not safe to take extra vitamin D.

Can vitamin D protect against coronavirus infection?

No. Since there is no evidence that it reduces the risk of coronavirus infection or COVID-19. But experts believe that it can be still useful during a pandemic.

Some researchers suggest that vitamin D deficiency may be associated with a more complicated infection if someone picks up a coronavirus. But other underlying risk factors such as heart disease, are also common in these patients, which complicates the conclusion. Spanish and French researchers conducted a clinical trial to determine whether vitamin D to patients with coronavirus.

Professor John Rhodes, a former Professor of medicine at UK, says that vitamin D has anti-inflammatory, and some studies show that it can weaken the body ‘ s immune response to viruses. This can be important for patients with coronavirus, whose infection is very severe and whose lung damage can be caused by an inflammatory “cytokine storm” in response to the virus, but to check this requires much more research.