Articles by Dr. Erdman are for informational purposes, and are not to be taken as specific medical advice.
I have written so many articles on Vitamin D optimization I
don’t think I can count them. And, yet,
again, this simple, easy to do solution is an important step in minimizing your
risk of Covid 19 and other infections.
Here is a quote from Dr. Mercola:
“All things considered, Vitamin D optimization is likely the
easiest, least expensive and most beneficial strategy that anyone can do to
minimize the risk of Covid 19 and other infections in the coming months.”
“….We have a pandemic of Vitamin D deficiency, as more than
1 billion individuals worldwide, across all age groups, are Vitamin D
deficient.”
“…to improve your immune function and lower your risk of
viral infections, you’ll want to raise your Vitamin D to a level between 60-80
ng/mL by fall.”
“…the regulatory role of Vitamin D…helps suppress and
control both Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and cytokine storms, which
is a primary cause of death in Covid 10.”
As you may have read, Covid seems to be infecting people of
darker skin color than others of lighter skin pigmentation. This is because
increased levels of skin pigmentation reduce the effectiveness of the suns UVB
rays to produce Vitamin D in the body, it acts as a natural sun block. Light
skinned people may need only 15 minutes of full sun per day in the summer, but darker
skinned people need 1.5 hours for the same effect!
The solution you need to take away is to get your Vitamin D
in the sun, or by supplementation, if exposure isn’t an option.
Along with Vitamin D3, you also need to take at least 400 mg
of magnesium. This has the effect of boosting absorption of Vitamin D3. You’ll
need 147% more Vitamin D3 to achieve a blood level of 40 ng/mL than without
it. Vitamin K2 is also essential. If you’re
not taking K2 and magnesium with your Vitamin D3, you’ll need 244% more oral
Vitamin D3 to attain this level in the blood.
Get your Vitamin D3 levels checked with a blood test and
work at increasing it to the necessary levels. This is the single best health
promoting factor in reducing your risk of getting viral infections. Do it
today!