tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post8055287744332546428..comments2024-03-27T00:21:26.319-07:00Comments on Dr David Grimes: Covid-19, Vitamin D, and ethnicity - evidenceDavid Grimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12985177421470200457noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-40401042595682227132021-12-02T18:20:04.822-08:002021-12-02T18:20:04.822-08:00Vitamin D deficiency can lead to a loss of bone de...<a href="https://www.maxmedchem.com/vitamin-d3-67-97-0-c27h44o.html" rel="nofollow">Vitamin D</a> deficiency can lead to a loss of bone density, which can contribute to osteoporosis and fractures (broken bones). Severe vitamin D deficiency can also lead to other diseases. In children, it can cause rickets. Rickets is a rare disease that causes the bones to become soft and bend.Online Fancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04151643970442110686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-48709010166159442102020-08-19T05:27:15.737-07:002020-08-19T05:27:15.737-07:00Lypharbio provide both powder and oil form for vit...Lypharbio provide both powder and oil form for vitamin K2 mk4 and mk7 supplements with different specifications. We use pharmaceutical grade excipients, which is suitable for various health-enhancing products. The excipients also can be customized according to customer requirements. Lypharbio supply both natural and synthetic for vitamin mk7 powder. <a href="http://www.lypharbio.com/vitamin-k2.html" rel="nofollow">vitamin k2 powder suppliers</a>hajikhatrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00318376833595149281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-10572018375285617092020-06-24T07:56:26.424-07:002020-06-24T07:56:26.424-07:00please also see King, E. (2020, June 17). The Role...please also see King, E. (2020, June 17). The Role of Vitamin D deficiency in COVID-19 related deaths in BAME, Obese and Other High-risk Categories. https://doi.org/10.31232/osf.io/73whxAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09353085882035420122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-40948377463387190722020-05-01T10:09:41.592-07:002020-05-01T10:09:41.592-07:00Pollution in Italy - Dr Grimes addresses that in a...Pollution in Italy - Dr Grimes addresses that in a blog post twice back: http://www.drdavidgrimes.com/2020/04/vitamin-d-and-immunity-important.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118158678966600806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-86952899097824170842020-04-30T08:58:40.642-07:002020-04-30T08:58:40.642-07:00It looks like US prisoners may all have been infec...It looks like US prisoners may all have been infected with COVID-19 but 96% are asymptomatic. Many are black or latino (groups with high COVID-19 mortality in the general US population). This could reflect the amount of exercise taken outside and their above average vit D status: <br />uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-prisons-testing-in/in-4-u-s-state-prisons-nearly-3300-inmates-test-positive-for-coronavirus-96-without-symptoms-idUKKCN2270RY<br /><br />'The Vitamin D Status of Prison Inmates'<br />With respect to sun exposure, inmates at the minimum security level were allowed an average daily sun exposure of about 5–10 hours/day during which time they may engage in exercise, working outside the facilities as road crews, park maintenance crew, or in farms. Inmates at the medium security level spent an average of 1–5 hours/day in recreational activities under supervision. Inmates at the maximum security level spent only one hour in recreational activities per day under a heavy guard.<br />'The Vitamin D Status of Prison Inmates'<br />www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3944727<br /><br />This study shows that black prisoners have lower incidence of vit D deficiency than in the African American population as a whole and that vit D levels increase with time spent in prison. It is in Massachusetts prisons and I imagine the effect would be more pronounced in southern states with higher UVB intensity.<br />Ed Bullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257911860853862577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-64805133529056998982020-04-30T08:36:42.835-07:002020-04-30T08:36:42.835-07:00please write to the FT, NY Times and the Times. Th...please write to the FT, NY Times and the Times. The WSJ already carried an OpEd piece on Vit D and COVIDEd Bullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257911860853862577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-45752386650246953432020-04-30T08:34:44.550-07:002020-04-30T08:34:44.550-07:00Ask a question at the coronavirus press conference...Ask a question at the coronavirus press conference<br /><br />www.gov.uk/ask<br /><br />I have posted material to Keir Starmer (my MP) and emailed Chaand Nagpaul the BMA BAME boss (he said it is one of many factors and has not mentioned it since) and some journalists.Ed Bullardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06257911860853862577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-70539984769086849902020-04-28T09:29:59.925-07:002020-04-28T09:29:59.925-07:00As I understand it, vitamin K2 is also needed to &...As I understand it, vitamin K2 is also needed to 'direct' calcium to bones and teeth instead of accumulating in soft tissues and creating havoc. Vitamin K1 is found in dark green leafy veg but apparently it isn't always converted to the helpful form K2 in the body very well, which may be a problem for vegetarians and vegans who avoid animal products. K2 is found in things like Gouda cheese, butter, egg yolks, dark chicken meat etc. Anglosvizzera58https://www.blogger.com/profile/16651975490705574469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-21577971831394818372020-04-28T09:26:34.956-07:002020-04-28T09:26:34.956-07:00I think you're right about the magnesium...I think you're right about the magnesium...Anglosvizzera58https://www.blogger.com/profile/16651975490705574469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-86313274229483495802020-04-27T13:19:11.301-07:002020-04-27T13:19:11.301-07:00There are bound to be multiple variables, viz... I...There are bound to be multiple variables, viz... In the virus itself; in skin colour; in latitude and weather; in behaviour vis a vis the sun; in social class; and in VDR polymorphisma. Maybe there are more. But all of this means that, since there is no downside to having a high 25(OH)D3 level until you get way above 70 ng/ml, but a big downside at the lower limit of normal, we need a high intake to provide optimal cover for all possible subgroups. IMHO, 2.5 mg of Cholecalciferol as a single dose every 2 months is about optimal. Taken 6 times a year, you have good compliance and it is economical, and easily tracked. The dose can then be fine-tuned for such variables as BMI and gender. David Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115997772959574611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-26738882827336863162020-04-27T05:17:38.380-07:002020-04-27T05:17:38.380-07:00Interesting.
But, how does this relate to the terr...Interesting.<br />But, how does this relate to the terrible effect of CV-19 in Italy and Spain? I live in Andalucia, and the coast along by Marbella and Fuengirola - where there's a large N European population - has been the worst affected in the region. Plenty of leather-skinned erstwhile pasty Brits and Germans and Swedes, etc, over there, clearly getting lots of sun. I live in a mountain village of mainly Spanish people, where there's been one case of CV-19, and locals religiously keep out of the sun all year round. Vitamin D deficiency is a growing problem around the world, it has been suggested this is to do with low Magnesium levels due to soil depletion - even home grown, organic veg are reputed to provide less Mg than 50 years ago. where I live, all the produce is from the campos around us, there's no large scale agribusiness, and methods are same as they were centuries ago. If you don't eat the fruit and veg pretty much within a couple of days, it collapses and goes rotten overnight. Of course, behaviours are implicated in your theory, and I am especially concerned with some groups of UK based children being covered all day (I used to live in east London) but, we surely need to ask more questions about why Vit D deficiency is becoming such a problem?<br />Thanks for a stimulating piece of work!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01322901895177631467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-73868333503578687062020-04-25T00:12:56.626-07:002020-04-25T00:12:56.626-07:00This is a letter I have just sent to the Guardian....This is a letter I have just sent to the Guardian...I am a retired British endocrinologist and I live in Italy. This epidemic is really about nationwide Vitamin D deficiency, a newly modified virus, and the folly of relying on ‘expert’ committees rather than science and good sense. Throughout evolution, we have always been confronted by new viruses that exploit weaknesses in our bodies and brains. We have evolved a front-line defense system that depends on Vitamin D3, a unique chemical produced when UV light from the sun breaks 7-dehydrocholesterol deep in our skin. Antibodies come later, and will only save those who also have this first line of defense. That is why dark-skinned people in the UK, including health care workers, are dying in disproportionate numbers, with our paltry sunlight and their natural sunblock. It would cost £50 million to make the whole of Britain instantly Vitamin D-replete for three months, by each of us taking a mere 2,5 mg (100,000IU) of cholecalciferol (AKA Vitamin D3) NOW. But ‘NICE’ NHS experts have set amounts we can legally buy far too low, and, appealing to their own puffed-up authority, forbid us to buy decent levels off our own bat in any pharmacy, as we can do legally in Italy. Last week one such committee in Manchester actually turned down my offer to send 1200 such doses for front-line NHS staff at Manchester’s new Nightingale Hospital. Such mindlessness may help Big Politics, Big Pharma and Bill Gates, but it unnaturally selects against the rest of us, and especially our BAME colleagues.<br /><br />Professor David C Anderson MD MSc FRCP FRCPathDavid Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06115997772959574611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-32129534379899338412020-04-24T15:12:22.999-07:002020-04-24T15:12:22.999-07:00come read many more fascinating articles/posts abo...come read many more fascinating articles/posts about Vitamin D3 and Covid-19 at this facebook group>>><br /><br />Coronavirus COVID-19 Censored Information By the Other CV -PANIC groups<br /><br />https://jefftbowles.com/vitamin-d3-deficiency-is-killing-blacks-with-covid-19-at-5x-the-rate-of-whites-with-covid-19/<br /><br />https://www.grassrootshealth.net/blog/first-data-published-covid-19-severity-vitamin-d-levels/<br />In several posts over recent months, we have discussed the many ways that optimal vitamin D levels are necessary to initiate and maintain a healthy immune response, especially within the respiratory system. Our paper, Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-1...<br /><br />GRASSROOTSHEALTH.NET<br />First Data to be Published on COVID-19 Severity and Vitamin D Levels - GrassrootsHealth<br />In several posts over recent months, we have discussed the many ways that optimal vitamin D levels are necessary to initiate and maintain a healthy immune response, especially within the respiratory system. Our paper, Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-1...<br />Jeff T. Bowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14893375356236853400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-47399550286871645372020-04-24T04:04:24.576-07:002020-04-24T04:04:24.576-07:00So what are you doing to get this information out ...So what are you doing to get this information out there to the people that need to know?VitesseEFIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01269136878988100419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455967162947276184.post-26060179645443681022020-04-23T09:18:35.673-07:002020-04-23T09:18:35.673-07:00I wish the government would read this. I wish Publ...I wish the government would read this. I wish Public Health England would read this - instead of recommending just supplementing with 10mcg of vitamin D3 per day.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10118158678966600806noreply@blogger.com