"VITAMIN D" Significantly reduces susceptibility to catching COVID-19.
Note to Liberals - Vitamin D is Real!
Yesterday I asked the Liberal Health Minister the following question:
“At least 75 recent studies have shown that optimal Vitamin D levels significantly reduce susceptibility to catching COVID-19, and significantly improve health outcomes if people do get infected.
It has been documented for decades that Canadians have sub-optimal Vitamin D levels, especially during the winter.
Can the Minister please explain why Health Canada’s website states that ‘most Canadians are getting enough Vitamin D?’ and doesn’t actively recommend supplementing?”
The Health Minister responded that I should stop listening to fake news.
Note I didn’t say Vitamin D was a magical “cure” for COVID-19. I only stated the obvious – that any and all measures should be used to address COVID-19.
Here’s some news for the Health Minister – Vitamin D is real. Yup, it’s a genuine vitamin, and a fat-soluble steroid to boot. It has been known for decades to help prevent respiratory diseases, and lately data is showing that it’s likely helpful for – you guessed it – an odious respiratory virus called COVID-19.
The science on Vitamin D is being bolstered almost daily. The prestigious Karolinska Institute just published a comprehensive synthesis in the journal ‘Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology’ on how Vitamin D offers a great degree of protection against all respiratory viruses. You can read about it here.
It’s also true that Canadians are largely Vitamin D deficient. So much so that the latest batch of nurses are taught to just assume this with their patients. And yet, Health Canada does not recommend supplementing.
This is of course not about Vitamin D, but a failure to do almost anything other than hunker down, turn on the money spigots, and pray for better days. The instant there’s a shred of evidence for a potential treatment it should be tested and evaluated. There have been a variety of drugs, steroids, and vitamins that have far more than shreds of evidence – and they should be used prophylactically and often (on willing patients).
My focus during the last few months has been to goad the Liberals into taking immediate steps to research, test, and use promising treatments for COVID-19 – of which there are many.
"VITAMIN D" Significantly reduces susceptibility to catching COVID-19.
Note to Liberals - Vitamin D is Real!
Yesterday I asked the Liberal Health Minister the following question:
“At least 75 recent studies have shown that optimal Vitamin D levels significantly reduce susceptibility to catching COVID-19, and significantly improve health outcomes if people do get infected.
It has been documented for decades that Canadians have sub-optimal Vitamin D levels, especially during the winter.
Can the Minister please explain why Health Canada’s website states that ‘most Canadians are getting enough Vitamin D?’ and doesn’t actively recommend supplementing?”
The Health Minister responded that I should stop listening to fake news.
Note I didn’t say Vitamin D was a magical “cure” for COVID-19. I only stated the obvious – that any and all measures should be used to address COVID-19.
Here’s some news for the Health Minister – Vitamin D is real. Yup, it’s a genuine vitamin, and a fat-soluble steroid to boot. It has been known for decades to help prevent respiratory diseases, and lately data is showing that it’s likely helpful for – you guessed it – an odious respiratory virus called COVID-19.
The science on Vitamin D is being bolstered almost daily. The prestigious Karolinska Institute just published a comprehensive synthesis in the journal ‘Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology’ on how Vitamin D offers a great degree of protection against all respiratory viruses. You can read about it here.
It’s also true that Canadians are largely Vitamin D deficient. So much so that the latest batch of nurses are taught to just assume this with their patients. And yet, Health Canada does not recommend supplementing.
This is of course not about Vitamin D, but a failure to do almost anything other than hunker down, turn on the money spigots, and pray for better days. The instant there’s a shred of evidence for a potential treatment it should be tested and evaluated. There have been a variety of drugs, steroids, and vitamins that have far more than shreds of evidence – and they should be used prophylactically and often (on willing patients).
My focus during the last few months has been to goad the Liberals into taking immediate steps to research, test, and use promising treatments for COVID-19 – of which there are many.
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