Kids, in
school, say pretty mean things. Unholy schools create little monsters. Viciousness is already prevalent. The Coronavirus gives mean people license. Robert Wenzel found one example of this:
I have been informed by a relative who is a middle school teacher that students are now referring to coronavirus as the “boomer remover”— B. W. Carlin (@BaileyCarlin) March 12, 2020
Then there
was this. So it does look like us lived-long and lived-well folks need to be upping our vitamin D
levels.
If you are above the 37th Parallel, you need to supplement with vitamin D. Take 10,000IUs of vitamin D.
But who's going to listen to this advice when they're not even sure of any benefits with vitamin D? But think about it. The folks who've gotten sick with the flu I mean Coronavirus have been folks on cruises 70-year-olds and folks in convalescent and nursing homes, octogenarians. But how much vitamin D should one be taking? Well, if the audience for this topic is mainly boomers, ages 60 to 75, more than likely your stomach acid production is down and you're not absorbing as many nutrients as you should or as you need. Given this condition then, it makes sense to up the dose from what you might usually find inside a standard multivitamin formula. Well, the best authorities to rely on with this subject would be Bill Sardi or John Cannell or Martie Whittikins. Let me start with Sardi, who claims first that 600mgs. is too low. And this is the recommended dose for healthy folks. But what if you've got underlying conditions, like diabetes or obesity or chronic disease? From the start of this article, Sardi focuses our attention on where Americans stand with regard to vitamin D consumption and supplementation.Italian National Health Institute data from 12/3 show mortality among confirmed cases thus:— Marcus Walker (@MMQWalker) March 13, 2020
age 0-29: 0%
30-49: 0.1%
50-59: 0.6%
60-69: 2.7%
70-79: 9.6%
80-89: 16.6%
90+: 19%
88% of the deceased are age 70+.
Confirmed infections have a median age of 64 and are 60% male.
a revealing study showing diabetics, in particular, are at 4.5-times greater risk for an early death when their blood levels of vitamin D are low. The risk of death from infectious disease also doubles for individuals who are deficient in vitamin D.Unfortunately, too many people take health and life for granted. Fine. I prefer survival. So what amount does someone need to one, keep healthy, and two, survive?
an estimated 42% of Americans are vitamin D deficient when defined as a blood concentration below 20 nanograms/milliliter/ 50 nanomoles/liter of blood.
You need 10,000IU of vitamin D. Sardi points out that 5,000 is insufficient.A different analysis shows 9600 units of vitamin D from dietary supplements is needed to ensure 97.5% of the population achieves a blood level of 40 nanograms/100 nanomoles. The answer?
It takes about 5000 IU (international units) of oral vitamin D3 for most people to achieve a blood concentration of 50+ nanomoles or 20 nanograms.So 10,000IU should be your daily dose. But what if you come down with a severe case of the flu, the cold, bronchitis, or, God forbid, the Coronavirus? Then you'll need to up your dose to 50,000IU for the length of the illness, maybe even a week following the resolution of your illness in case you have a residual and intractable symptom like a cough or phlegm build-up. Then you can go back to maintenance levels of 10,000IU per day.
If you are above the 37th Parallel, you need to supplement with vitamin D. Take 10,000IUs of vitamin D.
Dr. John Cannell, according to Wikipedia, "hypothesized that Vitamin D deficiencies may predispose to influenza." Hello. This is worth a few minutes of your time:
Citing Dr. John Cannell's work, Martie Whittekin reminds us that
For years, the nonprofit Vitamin D Council has monitored the science and informed us that higher blood levels of D (50--100nmol/L) were of benefit for immune function, muscles, heart function, lungs, brain, depression, breast cancer protection and so on.
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