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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 4496046" data-attributes="member: 63706"><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/17/can-vitamin-d-help-with-covid-19-coronavirus-here-is-the-science/amp/" target="_blank">Can Vitamin D Help With Covid-19 Coronavirus? Here Is The Science</a>From the article:&quot;Back in 2017, the BMJ published a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, placebo controlled clinical trials that evaluated how Vitamin D supplementation may affect the risk of getting acute respiratory tract infections. The review returned 25 such trials. The combined results revealed that those who received Vitamin D supplementation had a 12% lower likelihood of getting an acute respiratory tract infection. Although the authors of this systematic review concluded that “Vitamin D supplementation was safe and it protected against acute respiratory tract infection overall,” a letter to the BMJ warned that people shouldn’t go overboard with these recommendations, that taking too much Vitamin D has it’s risk too.&quot;So maybe the decrease in respiratory illness in summer months is not simply about getting away from other people, but naturally increased vitamin d levels due to increased sun exposure also play a role. Thanks for drawing my attention to this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 4496046, member: 63706"] [URL='https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2020/05/17/can-vitamin-d-help-with-covid-19-coronavirus-here-is-the-science/amp/']Can Vitamin D Help With Covid-19 Coronavirus? Here Is The Science[/URL] From the article: "Back in 2017, the BMJ published a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized, placebo controlled clinical trials that evaluated how Vitamin D supplementation may affect the risk of getting acute respiratory tract infections. The review returned 25 such trials. The combined results revealed that those who received Vitamin D supplementation had a 12% lower likelihood of getting an acute respiratory tract infection. Although the authors of this systematic review concluded that “Vitamin D supplementation was safe and it protected against acute respiratory tract infection overall,” a letter to the BMJ warned that people shouldn’t go overboard with these recommendations, that taking too much Vitamin D has it’s risk too." So maybe the decrease in respiratory illness in summer months is not simply about getting away from other people, but naturally increased vitamin d levels due to increased sun exposure also play a role. Thanks for drawing my attention to this. [/QUOTE]

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