If you haven’t heard her before, she’s pretty incredible at explaining very complex body science issues and giving a layman an understanding. Today she’s on JRE talking about what we can do to make our bodies more ready to fight a virus. Of course there is maintain healthy weight and drink water but they talked a lot about vitamin D. Fascinating stuff I’ll do my best to summarize:
One of the leading factors in respiratory virus death is vitamin D deficiency. 70% of Americans are vitamin D deficient. The best way to get vitamin D is sunlight. People are inside much often than they used to be years ago and even more so during the lockdown. Fair skin people absorb way more vitamin d than darker skin people because of melanin. Genetically people living near the equator don’t need much absorption as people who lived in say England b/c of exposure to UVB rays. This could explain way some minority groups are adversely effected. Their diet is lacking vitamin D and they don’t get the uvb rays which allows your body to produce vitamin d naturally. In short, this is a hypothesis but supplementing with up to 4000 iu a day of vitamin d can be huge for preparing your immune system.
One of the leading factors in respiratory virus death is vitamin D deficiency. 70% of Americans are vitamin D deficient. The best way to get vitamin D is sunlight. People are inside much often than they used to be years ago and even more so during the lockdown. Fair skin people absorb way more vitamin d than darker skin people because of melanin. Genetically people living near the equator don’t need much absorption as people who lived in say England b/c of exposure to UVB rays. This could explain way some minority groups are adversely effected. Their diet is lacking vitamin D and they don’t get the uvb rays which allows your body to produce vitamin d naturally. In short, this is a hypothesis but supplementing with up to 4000 iu a day of vitamin d can be huge for preparing your immune system.
