All the while the world has been talking about Vitamin C supplements and zinc supplements and immunity boosters in form of fruits, vegetables and supplements; something as simple as Vitamin D has been left aside totally in the body defense against corona virus.

We usually know that the defeciency of vitamin D causes bone disorders. And everyone know that exposure to Sun is a good way of recieving the needed vitamin D. However we tend to neglect the roles vitamin D has to offer such as in protection of the body against many diseases. Defeciency of vitamin D is also associated with development of many conditions like autoimmune diseases, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, heart diseases and various forms of cancer.

The immunity and immune system Vitamin D most importantly triggers the body innate and adaptive immune system to become stronger. Since immunity is the body’s ability to fight against anything that tries to invade our body, vitamin D offers a substantial amount of that power. Many scientific studies have shown and proved that vitamin D supplementation strenghtens our body reserves to ward off many infections and diseases. Calcitriol is also shown to have antimicrobial effects in our body.

The increase body defense mechanism may also help evade Covid19 causing corona virus by way of triggering the immune response. In another way vitamin D will help in faster recovery from asymptomatic, mild to moderate forms of Covid19

Sources of vitamin D Foods such as fish – salmon, mackerel, sardines ,cod liver oil or some types of mushrooms and diary products are rich in vitamin D. Another way is vitamin D supplements.

Interestingly there is a seasonal variation of our body vitamin D status, reaching lowest levels after winter and maximum at end of summer.

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