Alternative & Complementary Healthcare
A good overview from one of my labs today on this. You can also see my Vitamin D factsheet here and, sadly, I can't get the Precision Point wellness panels they mention here in the UK, but the Viva ones listed here for women and men are good too. Or you will find a simple …
From Dr Jill Crista today, I thought this was interesting: For people affected by mold, I use D in the liposomal form, because mycotoxins impair absorption of fat-soluble vitamins like D. Liposomal forms work around this impairment, and because they maximize absorption, less dose is needed overall for the same impact. I also like supplements like Liposomal …
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Well it wasn't reported much was it, I nearly missed it?! Scotland and England ministers have decided - at last - to send vulnerable people free Vitamin D to help keep them topped up. Many studies over the last few months have suggested Vitamin D deficiency may well not be helping in people contracting and …
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 “Vitamin D could almost be thought of as a designer drug for helping the body to handle viral respiratory infections..... It boosts the ability of cells to kill and resist viruses and simultaneously dampens down harmful inflammation, which is one of the big problems with Covid.” Dr. Adrian Martineau, a professor of respiratory infection and immunity …
Following on from my last post talking about why BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) groups may be more at risk of COVID-19, the same reason may be why men seem to be more at risk than women. Put simply: men have more ACE2 enzymes in their blood than women do. High levels are found …
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Yes, I'm back with my updates for you! Sorry about the hiatus whilst I moved home amongst this madness. This time, I was wondering why we are seeing more COVID cases in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) populations - so the news was telling me last night. Could it be that they are traditionally …
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We all know by now that Vitamin D is much more than a vitamin; it's more of a hormone and it seems almost every week we learn about another mechanism where it can help in the body. Happily, levels are easy to test for and any anomalies simply corrected in most cases. That is: if …
Asked a question by one of you today, I looked into Vitamin D in pregnancy. Now, we all know by now that the whole population in Northern hemispheres like ours could do with more, so it shouldn't be a surprise that pregnant and breastfeeding mums are no different. First, I checked the Vitamin D Council's …
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