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THREAD: Vit D & AfricanAmerican Communities & Srs
Newest research reporting Vit D's critical function in fighting off #COVID19
infections: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html
Newest research reporting Vit D's critical function in fighting off #COVID19
infections: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-05-vitamin-d-role-covid-mortality.html
what's important to understand is this is about Vit D deficiencies, which surprisingly, is higher in POC & senior communities. I was skeptical of this but didn't take much to find out this is true. Here's a 2011 American Diabetes Foundation report: https://spectrum.diabetesjournals.org/content/24/3/148
going back to 2006, here's an NIH report entitled Vit D & African Americans.
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549493
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16549493
Vit D needs sunlight to do its work in our bodies hence the issue in sr communities also. Many srs, especially those living in nursing homes, do not get outside on a daily basis nor do they exercise nearly enough, if at all. Many people don't consume dairy products such as milk.
Vit D actually isn't a vitamin at all either but I don't want to confuse anyone. This thread is aimed to be helpful & hopeful to at-risk individuals - as I am also one & also a #Covid19 survivor which I have attributed to a rigorous healthy lifestyle.
Diet & exercise, always!
Diet & exercise, always!
