Vitamin D supplementation and enhanced immune response · Most elderly population are characterized by elevated levels of blood biomarkers that carries high susceptibility to chronic morbidity, disability, frailty and pre mature death - concept termed as inflammageing1. Deficiencies of micronutrients pre dispose to further immunity challenges to elderly...
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer · Researches have been hypothesizing that vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of cancer. The same has been proved in various pre-clinical studies Vitamin D may decrease tumor invasiveness and the propensity to metastasize, leading to a reduced rate of death...
Vitamin D, ageing and COVID 19 Implications Vitamin D is essential for older adults to help maintain bone and muscle health, plays a key role in the prevention and the treatment of falls and fractures and helps the absorption of calcium from the gut (Committee to Review Dietary...
Vitamin D and Respiratory Tract Infections · Ever since the beginning of COVID 19, our perspective for lung health and immunity has changed and prioritization of measures to not only treat respiratory tract infections but also prevent them are a prime focus now. In the same effort,...
· The increasing prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency is public health issue now (Biesalski HK, 2018) and it is a need now to recognize the risk factors for developing Vitamin D deficiency and act in a preventive manner. · There is a very strong association between vitamin D...
Vitamin D in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) related to COVID-19 situation · Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) is a condition where different body parts can become inflamed, including the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, or gastrointestinal organs. Children with MIS-C may have a...
Vitamin D, Obesity and COVID 19 · World Health Organization as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or more. There has been consistent association of Vitamin D deficiency in obese individuals in the past literature available (Lagunova Z., 2009).The links between diminished immune function and individuals...
Vitamins and minerals in COVID 19 infections- Vitamin D, Zinc, Vitamin C · Dietary insufficiency of vitamins and minerals has been observed in high-risk groups of COVID-19 patients, such as the elderly, increasing the morbidity and risk of mortality (Grant W.B., 2020). It appears pertinent to ensure adequate,...
· The use of dietary supplements has been advocated by various medical boards, medical personnel since the beginning of COVID 19 pandemic (Adams, 2020). A biologically plausible role exists for certain vitamins and minerals in immune pathways. For example, vitamin D has been suggested to reduce SARS-CoV-...
High Dose Vitamin D Supplementation Therapy & Evidence in COVID-19 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...
The association between the severity and mortality of COVID-19 with Vitamin D Deficiency. the population at higher risk of VDD during this global pandemic should consider taking VD supplements....
Low Vitamin D levels may increase COVID infection severity rates & mortality rates ...
COVID 19 Vaccination and Vitamin D supplementation – The Theory...