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Can we take vitamin C and D to help fight the virus?
Can we take vitamin C and D to help fight the virus?
A normal and healthy nutrition should support the immune system to combat the infection. But there is no evidence that nutrtion supplements are able to improove the outcome. Note that to much vitamin C is able to cause nephrolithiasis and is excreted via the kidneys.
I think it depends on the reaction of your immunesystem. However - ask your doctor in order to find out the best way of supportive care and to avoid complications.
Best regards.
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There is evidence, actually. You have not seen the evidence? Think about the value in Vitamin D3. I do not have a doctor.
I know about Vit D and immune system. But you should know that too much Vit D intake can cause adverse effects.
I think the effects of vitamin D should not be overestimated. If you habe a normal way of life, sun at a region where the sun is more than 30° above the horizon you do good to make 1-2 hours a day of activity in the nature.
From my point of view the best way of prevention is at present to avoid contact to mass population, events with many people, to wear face protection and eat healthy. If a vaccine works is questionable because the immunogenity of Coronaviruses is low. It should be discussed if infected persons can reinfected several months later by the same virus.
A good Cytokine reaction of the immunesystem in early stages of the disease should be an advantage.
Airward disorders caused by smoking and other pathological findings of the lung and immunesystem for example are more important with sight on a possible excerabation of an infection.
I like to see the effects of Chloroquine and Chlorpromazine and even of NItazoxanid and Glyrrihizin as antiviral agents which are able to block virus replication from my point of view and to control the infection until the immune response is able to combat the virus.
But there are no clinical trials at present at infected patients.
So it is just a speculation of me to use these substance in clinical trials in order to treat COVID-19 patients.
Best regards.
People don't get too much Vitamin D, generally speaking. Too often people don't have enough of many things in their diet. More often than not, people have too little of too many things and not too much. Plus, hypothetically, it is better to have too much of certain things than not enough of those certain things. Yeah, 1 to 2 hours of daily sun or at least 30 minutes for some people perhaps. Yes, isolation from those who are sick is critical. And if you do get sick, the same thing, isolate yourself and get better before spreading it to others.