Vitamin D

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Vitamin D, Ageing and COVID 19 Implications

The concept of “inflamm-aging”- With increased age, there is a shift in the immune response to a more pro-inflammatory state, which may lead to chronic low-level inflammation and a slow accumulation of damage, with subsequent progression to chronic disease. (Ferrucci L, 2018)Experiments and research has shown that vitamin D can alter the immune system response through …

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Vitamin D and COVID 19 – High Dose Supplementation Therapy and Evidences

A well-established association that Vitamin D deficiency and COVID 19 infection susceptibility, severity and mortality stems from several observational studies (Jain, 2020) (Grant, 2020) (De Smet, 2020) (Merzon, 2020). Vitamin D has multi spectrum action against COVID 19, most importantly by reducing dysregulated production of self-damaging pro-inflammatory cytokines and promoting the expression of anti-inflammatory cytokines …

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