Zinc (which increases vitamin D in tissues) may both prevent and treat COVID-19

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Vitamin D Life categories Virus and Zinc

Vitamin D Life categories Vitamin D Receptor and Zinc

Vitamin D Life categories Virus and Vitamin D Receptor

Zinc and Vitamin D category listing in Vitamin D Life has 51 items and other information

• Like Vitamin D, Zinc
  • Can cost as little at 1 cent per day
  • Can be quickly restored

Web

• NutraVideo: Zinc, vitamin D are key in COVID fight Oct 23 Video
  • Vitamin D + Zinc: Jacob Teitelbaum: Together they can reduce COVID-19 death levels by 70%
  • Zinc: fill up your tank with 50 miligrams/day for a month then 15 miligrams daily
  • Correct form of vitamin A is essential for Zinc
  • Does not mention filling up the tank with Vitamin D, and only says to take 1,000 IU daily
    • He is the author of From Fatigued to Fantastic - 3rd edition 2020
• Zinc and COVID-19: Basis of Current Clinical Trials Oct 21, 2020 FREE PDF
• COVID-19 and Zinc Dr. Campbell Video, Oct 15
• Low zinc levels at clinical admission associates with poor outcomes in COVID-19 Oct 10 FREE PDF, PrePrint
• Early Nutritional Interventions with Zinc, Selenium and Vitamin D for Raising Anti-Viral Resistance Against Progressive COVID-19Aug 6, 2020, FREE PDF
• COVID-19: Poor outcomes in patients with zinc deficiency - Sept 2020  PDF Increased Risk 5.5 X
• Zinc Is Key for COVID-19 Treatment and Prevention Mercola Oct 23, 2020
  • "Having a plasma zinc level lower than 50 mcg/dl at admission was associated with a 2.3 times increased risk of in-hospital death..."
  • "Amongst the COVID-19 patients, 27 (57.4%) were found to be zinc deficient. These patients were found to have higher rates of complications, acute respiratory distress syndrome (18.5% vs 0%), corticosteroid therapy, prolonged hospital stay, and increased mortality (18.5% vs 0%). The odds ratio (OR) of developing complications was 5.54 for zinc deficient COVID-19 patients."
  • Has link to video by Dr. John Campbell on Zinc and COVID-19
• Trump Takes Zinc. Maybe You Should Too WSJ Oct 5
• Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Zinc - July 2020
  • Zinc deficient if eat many gains, poor gut, excessive alcohol, liver/kidney disease, coffee
  • Quercetin helps get Zinc into cells (also helps get Vitamin D into cells)
• Low Vitamin D associated with Low Zinc - Iranian Children - 2016  PDF
  • Does not appear to speculate on the cause of the association

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Magnesium and Virus

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Vitamin and Mineral (including Zinc) concentrate to both prevent and treat COVID-19

Proposed by VitaminDWik- ~ April 2020
Note: Zinc must be taken multiple times a day

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Additional ways to fight COVID-19

COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos
Contents as of Nov 9:

• 33 trials, 2 trial results, 30 observations, 11 recommendations, 35 associations, 74 speculations, 26 videos

Top Vitamin D and COVID-19 recent updates

• 2X fewer COVID-19 deaths observed if infrequent vitamin D (2X more deaths if daily dose) – UK Oct 20, 2020
• Vitamin D fighting COVID-19 meets Bradford Hill Criteria - Nov 2020
• French National Academy recommended 100,000 IU of Vitamin D to elderly to fight COVID-19 - May 2020
• Chinese COVID-19 study – 80 pct of severe cases had low Vitamin D, all asymptomatic cases had OK Vit D – Oct 13, 2020
• Vitamin D and COVID-19 - observational studies found it helps, never hurts - Campbell Oct 31, 2020
• COVID-19 increased risks with low vitamin D: Infection 1.5 X, Hospitalization 1.8 X – meta-analysis Oct 2020
• COVID-19 lung death 4X more likely in Iran if less than 25 ng of vitamin D – Oct 30, 2020
• Evidence Regarding Vitamin D and Risk of COVID-19 and its Severity - Oct 27, 2020
• COVID-19 patients who happened to be taking Vitamin D did much better – Oct 27,2020
• 9X COVID-19 survival in nursing home if had 80,000 IU dose of vitamin D in previous month – Oct 2020
• COVID-19 fought by Vitamin D in 43 studies - Oct 15, 2020
• 15 studies indicating that Vitamin D fights COVID-19 - Dr. Grimes Oct 9, 2020
• 32X more likely to have severe-critical COVID-19 in Turkish hospital if Vitamin D deficient – Oct 5, 2020
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• Vitamin D Cuts SARS-CoV-2 Infection Rate by Half Mercola Sept 28
  • 47% lower SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate if > 50 ng vs < 20 ng
  • 58% lower risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 if > 30 ng vs < 30 ng
  • 2X higher risk of hospitialization if <30 ng
  • ICU patients got semi-activated Vitamin D - death rate dropped to 2% from 50%
• Virtually no COVID-19 cases in countries having more than 30 ng of Vitamin D - Sept 17, 2020
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• Studies on Vitamin D and COVID-19 (11 categories) - Sept 20, 2020
• Rate of COVID-19 test positive is 40 pcnt lower if high vitamin D (192,000 people) - Holick Sept 2020
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• 14.7 X more likely to die of COVID-19 if less than 12 ng of Vitamin D (185 Germans) – Sept 10, 2020
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• Low D increases risk of infection. Dr. Fauci Sept 11
  • "If you're deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself, taking vitamin D supplements,..." 32 minutes into Instagram interview
  • Dr. Fauci takes 6,000 IU of Vitamin D daily – Sept 2020
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• COVID-19 defeated by activated Vitamin D in Spain - pilot RCT Aug 29, 2020
• WHO – Severe COVID-19 mortality reduced by hormones (should consider hormone D too) - Sept 2020
• Vitamin D in Prevention and Treatment of COVID-19 (16 reasons) – Sept 1, 2020

Search Google Scholar for COVID-19 Vitamin D 20,000 publications Oct 10, 2020

Vitamin D clinical trials for COVID-19