Experts Say ‘Upwards Of 60% Of The World’ Lacks This 1 Vitamin — And It Increases Your Risk Of Getting Sick
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While you can get it through food, a quick and easy supplement may be the best solution.
Do you always seem to come down with the sniffles? Or do you get COVID-19 again and again even when your loved ones don’t?
The reason for that may be your body’s levels of vitamin D (or lack thereof).
Vitamin D is crucial to many systems in our body, ranging from bone development to, yes, immune function. We can get it through food, sunlight and supplements, but food and sunlight, generally, don’t provide enough of it (more on that below).
“We know that vitamin D is playing a critical role in controlling both adaptive and innate immunity,” said Dr. Michael Holick, a professor of medicine, pharmacology, physiology & biophysics and molecular medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
“It is one of the major regulators of your immune system,” Holick added.
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