STUDY: Vitamin D With K2 Fortifies One Against CV

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NEW STUDY
Low levels of vitamin D may put people at risk for developing COVID-19, according to a new study by Leumit Health Services (LHS) and the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University.

"The main finding of our study was the significant association of low plasma vitamin D level with the likelihood of COVID-19 infection among patients who were tested for COVID-19, even after adjustment for age, gender, socio-economic status and chronic, mental and physical disorders," said Dr. Eugene Merzon, head of the Department of Managed Care and leading researcher of the LHS group.

"Furthermore, low vitamin D level was associated with the risk of hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection, although this association wasn't significant after adjustment for other confounders.”

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Vitamin D has long been understood to impact immune response. According to Dr. Milana Frenkel-Morgenstern, leader of the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine research group, as much as 70% of the adult population worldwide is vitamin D insufficient or deficient.

The LHS and Bar-Ilan scientists specifically analyzed if the risk of developing COVID-19 or becoming hospitalized because of COVID-19 increases for people who have a low level of vitamin D.

They studied 782 Israeli COVID-19-positive patients and 7,825 negative patients, and were able to determine that a low plasma vitamin D level appears to be an independent risk factor for COVID-19 infection and hospitalization.

“We don’t know the mechanism,” Frenkel-Morgenstern explained. “What we do know is that people who develop severe COVID and were hospitalized – these people have significantly low vitamin D levels.”

The research has just been accepted to be published in The FEBS Journal on molecular, cellular and biochemical life sciences.

The Azrieli lead researcher said that this is the largest study of its kind to date. Similar studies have yielded the same results.

A report published earlier this month in Clinical Neurology News stressed the importance of individuals obtaining the daily recommended dose of vitamin D in helping to ward off the novel virus. Studies have suggested that taking vitamin D supplements and spending 30 minutes in sunlight in the summer could help.

"Our finding is in agreement with the results of previous studies in the field,” said Dr. Ilan Green, head of the LHS Research Institute. “Reduced risk of acute respiratory tract infection following vitamin D supplementation has been reported.”

The next step will be to evaluate this and other factors in association with mortality due to COVID-19, a press release explained.

NOW THEY NEED TO PUBLISH THE STUDIES FOR ALL ISRAELIS TO LEARN ABOUT THE WONDERS OF VITAMIN C IN TREATING DISEASE

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