(Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesThere’s new evidence that getting enough vitamin D provides significant support in protecting hospitalized individuals infected with Covid-19 from adverse outcomes. Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) analyzed data from 235 people who were admitted to the hospital with Covid-19. They found that patients older than 40 years old were 51.5 percent less likely to die from the infection if they had a sufficient level of Vitamin D, which they define as being at least 30 ng/mL. He also believes having adequate vitamin D levels helps ward off other viruses causing upper respiratory tract illnesses including influenza. Holick adds, “Because vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is so widespread in children and adults in the United States and worldwide, especially in winter months, it is prudent for everyone to take a vitamin D supplement to reduce risk of being infected and having complications from Covid-19.”

Source: Forbes September 26, 2020 23:36 UTC