Vitamin D may help reduce the risk of the coronavirus, study says
By Eric Wilson
March 28, 2020
The study, conducted by scientists at the University of Turin, Italy, pointed out that the vitamin is not a cure, but a toolThe vitamin D you can be an ally in the fight against multi-coronavirus according to a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Turin, Italy. For the study, the vitamin is not a cure, but a tool that is able to reduce the risk factors of the disease.
The survey found that the majority of the patients admitted to the hospital for a covid-19 observed, showed a lack of vitamin D, especially in the elderly.
“The compensation for such a large deficiency of the vitamin can be achieved mainly by exposing them to the light of the sun as much as possible, even if it’s on the balconies and on the terrace, eating foods that are rich in vitamin D, under doctor’s care, taking medication specific “, the researchers said in the journal of the Italian La Repubblica.
In the paper, the authors suggest that physicians, who, together with the general measures of prevention “to ensure adequate levels of vitamin D in the population, but especially in those already infected, on their families, on professional health in the elderly and frail people in residential care, and quarantine of all those who, for various reasons, did not expose properly for the light of the sun.
Italy is the second country most affected by the coronavirus in the world, behind only the United States, with 92.472 infected, and more than 10-thousand people dead.
March 28, 2020
The study, conducted by scientists at the University of Turin, Italy, pointed out that the vitamin is not a cure, but a toolThe vitamin D you can be an ally in the fight against multi-coronavirus according to a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Turin, Italy. For the study, the vitamin is not a cure, but a tool that is able to reduce the risk factors of the disease.
The survey found that the majority of the patients admitted to the hospital for a covid-19 observed, showed a lack of vitamin D, especially in the elderly.
“The compensation for such a large deficiency of the vitamin can be achieved mainly by exposing them to the light of the sun as much as possible, even if it’s on the balconies and on the terrace, eating foods that are rich in vitamin D, under doctor’s care, taking medication specific “, the researchers said in the journal of the Italian La Repubblica.
In the paper, the authors suggest that physicians, who, together with the general measures of prevention “to ensure adequate levels of vitamin D in the population, but especially in those already infected, on their families, on professional health in the elderly and frail people in residential care, and quarantine of all those who, for various reasons, did not expose properly for the light of the sun.
Italy is the second country most affected by the coronavirus in the world, behind only the United States, with 92.472 infected, and more than 10-thousand people dead.