Vitamin D: Evidence for Fighting COVID Infections - MedCram

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Professor Roger Seheult, MD explains the important role Vitamin D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Seheult illustrates how Vitamin D works, summarizes the best available data and clinical trials on vitamin D, and discusses vitamin D dosage recommendations.

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com
He is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and Assistant Prof. at Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Dr. Seheult is Quadruple Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Interviewer: Kyle Allred, Producer and Co-Founder of MedCram.com

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Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3 (The J. of Clin. Invest.) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2997282/

Racial differences in the relationship between vitamin D... (Osteoporosis Int.) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3093445/

Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity (The American J of Clin. Nutrition) | https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/72/3/690/4729361

Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency and Mortality from Respiratory Diseases ... (Nutrients) | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2488

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