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Wondering what vitamins, and supplements to take to boost your immunity during the pandemic? Did you know that vitamins such as vitamin D3 and Vitamin C play an important your body's ability to fight infections including respiratory infections? A recent meta-analysis that included 11,321 people from 14 countries demonstrated that supplementing with vitamin D decreased the risk of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in both those who were deficient in vitamin D and those with adequate levels.
Vitamin D supplements have also been shown to reduce mortality in older adults, who are most at risk for developing respiratory illnesses like coronavirus infections
Alarming stats:Thanks to the obesity epidemic, as many as 69.5% of the US population is vitamin D deficient putting us at increased risk of infections such as COVID-19
Here is WikiMD's recommendation^.
- Vitamin D - 20,000 units of vitamin D3 daily for all adults for a period of 4-8 weeks^
- Vitamin C - 1000 mg of Vitamin C twice daily for all adults^
- Zinc - 100 mg of Zinc daily for all adults^.
- Multivitamin - We recommend a multivitamin with minerals once a day for all adults^.
^ Please check with your healthcare provider before taking any vitamins. Children's dose should be proportionate to their weight.
Learn more on a pharmD's recommendations on Vitamin D and other vitamins.
Featured article (Check back later for today's.)Corona virus outbreak  On December 30th, 2019, China reported an outbreak of a potentially serious respiratory illness related to SARS and MERS in the province of Wuhan. It has since affected over 587,000 people not only in China but also spread to many countries in the world including most countries of Europe, United States, Iran, South Korea, Japan, to name a few, leading to not only significant loss of life, but also unprecedented disruptions in global travel, trade, and complete shut down in many countries around the world. Learn more... Is lack of vitamin D making the COVID-19 unstoppable?
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In the newsStudy:Dietary cholesterol may not raise cardiovascular riskAlthough you have long heard that dietary cholesterol is generally not good for the cardiovascular health, you might be surprised to know that high quality, well conducted research studies have shown no relationship between dietary cholesterol and cardiovascular disease. Learn more on the high-quality research finds no link to heart disease. No limit on dietary cholesterol intake - AHAFor a long time, the American Heart Association has recommended low fat, low cholesterol diet based on assumptions and wrongly interpreted observational studies. Now, the same organization agrees with the above research and says there is no numerical recommendation of cholesterol intake from food, as it finds no link between dietary cholesterol and cardiovascular risk. Learn more on why dietary cholesterol is not the same as blood cholesterol. Did they mislead the world with wrong recommendations?The wrong information about fat and cholesterol was spread for so long through the now withdrawn food pyramid, as well as many professional societies leading to significantly increased risk of a new problem called insulin resistance leading to problems such as metabolic syndrome that increase belly fat leading to increased inflammation. It is important to recognize that increased inflammation is the root cause of many human diseases including cardiovascular disease. The failed and now withdrawn food pyramid from the USDA that recommended grains and other high gycemic carbohydrates over fats did not help! Learn more...  Obesity news In the news / important events |
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Structure of SARS-COv-2, the coronavirus that causes Coronavirus disease 2019.
Like other coronaviruses, SARS-CoV-2 particles are spherical and have proteins called spikes protruding from their surface. These spikes latch onto human cells, then undergo a structural change that allows the viral membrane to fuse with the cell membrane.
The viral genes can then enter the host cell to be copied, producing more viruses. Like the virus that caused the 2002 SARS outbreak, SARS-CoV-2 spikes bind to receptors on the human cell surface called angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).
The SARS-CoV-2 spike was 10 to 20 times more likely to bind ACE2 on human cells than the spike from the SARS virus from 2002.
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