Yes, You Can Take Too Much Vitamin D Here s What You Should Know Before Supplementing
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Vitamin D has become the darling of the supplement world, and for good reason. Roughly one billion people worldwide have vitamin D deficiency, which has been linked with an increased risk of osteoporosis, depression, and infection. It only makes sense then that more people are reaching for supplements but as it turns out, that s not always a good thing.
The Institute of Medicine recommends that people under 70 get 600 international units (IU) of vitamin D per day. Yet, an Amazon search will turn up vitamin D supplements with doses as high as 10,000 IU per serving well above the recommended intake. And, while you may have heard that it s OK to mega-dose with certain vitamins, because the body will simply get rid of the excess, this rule doesn t apply to vitamin D. Vitamin D is fat-soluble, meaning it s absorbed in the same way that the body absorbs dietary fat. If you take more tha
The pandemic of 2020 has garnered global attention for nearly a year. Even though news about vaccines and improved treatments is beginning to appear, a need remains to find simple, ideally nutritional approaches to reduce the susceptibility to or the severity of the infection.
Much has been said about vitamin D and zinc, but a major nutrient that has been largely overlooked is the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). Found mostly in oily fish like salmon, albacore tuna, sardines and herring as well as dietary supplements (fish oil, krill oil, algal oils) these fatty acids may also play a potential role in the fight against COVID-19.
Study reveals people with high omega-3 index less likely to die from COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 17:00 IST
Washington [US], January 31 (ANI): People who have a higher omega-3 index have a lower probability of dying due to COVID-19, suggest the findings of new research.
Researchers with the Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) and collaborators at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and in Orange County, CA, published the first direct evidence that higher omega-3 blood levels may reduce the risk for death from COVID-19 infection.
The report was published in the journal Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids .
There are several papers in the medical literature hypothesizing that omega-3 fatty acids should have beneficial effects in patients with COVID-19 infection, but up until now, there have been no published peer-reviewed studies supporting that hypothesis.