{"id":18,"date":"2020-12-01T14:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T14:35:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2021-03-11T18:41:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T18:41:42","slug":"more-reasons-to-take-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drbannonsblog.aprendo.co.uk\/drbannonsblog_wp\/2020\/12\/01\/more-reasons-to-take-vitamin-d\/","title":{"rendered":"More reasons to take Vitamin D…."},"content":{"rendered":"

A short blog this time. Ive written about the usefulness of Vitamin D in the past; not only is it likely to be useful in MS, but also seems, according to this search through the medical databases<\/a>, it has anti-viral activity and is likely to be useful against Sars-Cov2-19.<\/span><\/p>\n

The paper, published in June is titled:<\/span><\/p>\n

Calcitriol, the active form of vitamin D, is a promising candidate for COVID-19 prophylaxis<\/span><\/h1>\n

This is its abstract, or summary: <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2<\/i><\/span>, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March 2020<\/span>. While awaiting a vaccine, several antivirals are being used to manage the disease with limited success <\/span>. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

To expand this arsenal, we screened 4 compound libraries: a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved drug library, an angiotensin converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) targeted compound library, a flavonoid compound library as well as a natural product library. <\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Of the 121 compounds identified with activity against SARS-CoV-2, 7 were shortlisted for validation. We show for the first time that the active form of Vitamin D, calcitriol, exhibits significant potent activity against SARS-CoV-2. This finding paves the way for consideration of host-directed therapies for ring prophylaxis of contacts of SARS-CoV-2 patients.”<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Since its publication in June we have further direct evidence from Spain of how treatment with the fast acting form of Vitamin D reduces the risk of being admitted from general wards to ICU by 70%.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/span>With the news understandably focusing on vaccines and further restrictions, its important not to forget the potential of Vitamin D to keep you healthy.  Keeping your vitamin D levels at their normal levels in this day and age needs supplements for the vast majority of us. It has never been more important.
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….Just sayin’….<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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