Footnotes:
1. Although I think it was well argued in the blog post, it’s possible that many people don’t think of the immune system as a muscle that you work and stress to improve. Perhaps many people think of it like a well that you “fill up” with nutrients from superfoods and supplements until your immune system reaches sufficient levels. The issue with this line of reasoning is that the well can still easily overflow.
2. Vitamin C may have more hope in the coming months for COVID-19. There is a new study underway investigating Vitamin C infusion for the treatment of severe 2019-nCoV infected pneumonia as well as some (very) mixed evidence for ventilated patients. As things stand in March/April 2020, this is still all speculation though. I’ve linked to those studies here:
3. Vitamin D is interesting when it comes to COVID-19 because because it can interact with ACE2, the key receptor for coronavirus binding. At this point, what this means nutritionally is a complete unknown. Vitamin D IS strongly supportive of immune function, but the novel coronavirus isn’t well studied enough to totally rule out a possible detriment if Vitamin D dosing is higher. This is why in the video I recommend 1,000-2,000 IU as an optional (high-end) dose for the time being, since we don’t know exactly how Vitamin D and SARS-CoV-2 are related as of now.
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