People with vitamin D deficiency cited a study recently published by Professor Marcos Pereira of the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil in the latest issue of “Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition,” an international journal in the field of food. In the case of Corona 19, it was recently revealed that the results of an investigation that worsened Corona 19 came out.
According to the study, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis was conducted to confirm the correlation with vitamin D in adult and elderly subjects with COVID-19, and vitamin D deficiency was not directly related to the likelihood of infection with COVID-19.
However, it was found that the proportion of patients with vitamin D deficiency was 64% higher in the severe corona19 group than in the mild patient group. Corona 19 patients with vitamin D deficiency have a much higher hospitalization rate and mortality rate than those without vitamin D deficiency. The research team revealed that there is a close correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the severity of Corona 19 disease.
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—Recently, 100 experts, including scientists and doctors from around the world, made a joint statement on the need for vitamin D intake in the journal’Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement’. He said that he also announced. Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-OH vitamin D concentration of 50 nmol/L (20 ng/mL) or less) is associated with severe Corona 19. –
Experts are recommending sufficient efforts and vitamin D intake to achieve serum 25-OH vitamin D concentration of 75 nmol/L (30ng/mL) or higher to reduce the risk of Corona 19, a company official said.
Vitamin D plays an important role in building a healthy immune system by inducing the expression of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of immune cells and epithelium, so the body needs a sufficient amount of vitamin D for the immune system to function normally.
It is necessary to take vitamin D through foods or supplements. Foods that contain vitamin D naturally include blue-green fish, fish liver oil, and egg yolk. Foods fortified with vitamin D, such as soy milk and yogurt, can also be a major source.
Soymilk is a food made from soybeans, and according to a review study published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, an SCI-level scientific journal, Soybean saponin, known to be good for improving immunity, It is known to be rich in genistein, which inhibits infection and proliferation of viruses.
Cho Se-ilbo / Park Byeong-woo Expert Committee Member [email protected]
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