Researchers from Bar Ilan University and the Galilee Medical Center pointed out that vitamin D has an enormous impact on a COVID-19 illness.
Age and vitamin D may be the secret formula to predict a serious development for COVID-positive people. The study talks about danger levels for serious illnesses with low levels of vitamin D
The study is based on research conducted before vaccines were widely available, and doctors emphasized that vitamin supplements were not a substitute for vaccines, but rather a way to keep immunity levels from falling.
By taking vitamin D supplements before infection, though, the researchers in the new Israeli study found that patients could avoid the worst effects of the disease.
Scientists noted that his study was conducted pre-Omicron, but said that the coronavirus doesn’t change fundamentally enough between variants to negate vitamin D effectiveness.
In June, researchers showed that 26 percent of coronavirus patients died if they were vitamin D deficient soon before hospitalization, compared to 3% who had normal levels of vitamin D.
They also determined that hospitalized patients who were vitamin D deficient were 14 times more likely to end up in severe or critical conditions than others.
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