why you should consume vitamin D against Covid-19

The National Academy of Medicine recommends providing vitamin D supplements to patients with Covid-19, if necessary.

Indeed, the National Academy of Medicine explains that vitamin D is a “prohormone synthesized in the dermis under the effect of ultraviolet rays, that is to say the rays of the sun”. It is responsible for “intestinal absorption of calcium and bone health” but also has “unconventional effects”.

Thus, vitamin D in this way modulates the immune system “by stimulating macrophages and dendritic cells” and thus “plays a role in the regulation and suppression of the inflammatory cytokine response that causes acute respiratory distress syndrome which characterizes the severe and often lethal forms of Covid-19 “.

Recommended for patients with Covid-19

So, for coronavirus patients, “it modulates this immune system” and therefore “plays a role in the regulation and suppression of the inflammatory cytokine response that causes acute respiratory distress syndrome which characterizes the severe and often lethal forms, ”explains the ANM.

“Vitamin D cannot be considered as a preventive or curative treatment for infection due to SARS-CoV-2; but by mitigating the inflammatory storm and its consequences, it could be considered as an adjunct to any form of therapy“, affirms the National Academy of Medicine in the press release.

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