If you suspect COVID-19 symptoms, immediately take vitamin D
(200,000 IU = 10 days sunbathing on a beach)
Emergency Vitamin D
- Quickly energizes the body's immune system
- Vitamin D can fight COVID-19 only if taken soon after infection
- Works equally well with vaccinated (breakthru) and unvaccinated people
- Anticipate that more than half of the people immediately taking Vitamin D will not even test positive for COVID
- Taking Emergency Vitamin D will also extinguish colds, and flu (helps even if the symptoms are not COVID)
- 50,000 IU capsules are widely available on Amazon (50,000 size is rarely available in local stores)
- Vitamin D is like a small fire extinguisher, it can easily put out small blazes but not large ones
# of 50,000 IU capsules if healthy
0-50 lbs 2 caps, 50-150 lbs 3 caps, 150-200 lbs 4 caps, 200-250lbs 5 caps, >250 lbs 6 caps
# of capsules if suspect low vitamin D
senior, shut-in, dark skin, immunocompromized, diabetic, or poor gut
0-50 lbs 2 caps, 50-150 lbs 4 caps, 150-200 lbs 6 caps, 200-250lbs 7 caps, >250 lbs 9 caps
1/2 as many capsules if still have symptoms after 3 days
1/4 as many caps if had close contact with an infected person or if your vitamin D level is >40 ng
If need 1/2 capsule: Most 50,000 IU caps can be twisted open. Just use 1/2 of the powder/
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Evidence includes:
1) COVID fought by 50 ng of Vitamin D 7 studies as of Jan 2022
Obese
2) Single 200,000 IU of vitamin D did not benefit the obese in various ways (not a surprise) – RCT Feb 2021
3) Obese need 2X to 3X more vitamin D - Nov 2014
Low weight
4) Quick restoration of vitamin D in children – 10,000 IU per kg loading dose was not enough – Jan 2017
5) Vitamin D loading doses of up to 400,000 IU OK for adolescents – meta-analysis Dec 2014
6) Children in Intensive Care need Vitamin D loading dose of 10000 IU per kg (nearing a consensus) - Oct 2016
226,000 IU for 50 lbs for children in ICU = maxiumum loading dose.
Virus and COVID
7) Vitamin D can inhibit enveloped virus (e.g. Corona, Herpes, Zoster, Epstein, Hepatitis, RSV) – March 2011
8) Rapid Vitamin D Delivery May Result in Better COVID Outcomes - Dec 9, 2021
9) Large dose of calcifediol or vitamin D up to 15 days before COVID hospitalization reduced death rates (1.5X, 1.3X) – Dec 2021
10) COVID-19 risk reduced by vitamin D supplementation – umbrella review of 7 meta-analysis – Oct 2021
11) French recommended 200,000 IU of Vitamin D to stop COVID-19 - Jan 2021
Response to loading dose
12) Vitamin D loading dose peaks at about day 2
Vitamin D daily from the sun
13) 10,000 to 20,000 IU daily from the sun 2009
Good Vitamin D Overview - covering 30 topics
VitaminDWiki interview and transcript - Jan 2022
- There are 30 topics about Vitamin D in the transcript, including many health problems successfully fought by Vitamin D, help before and during pregnancy, problems with vitamin d deficiency, levels to boots the immune system, dosing, and how to buy vitamin D around the world.
Can get 50,000 IU Vitamin D anywhere on the globe
short URL = https://is.gd/dforcovid