South Koreans - half take supplements, Vitamin D levels dropping, COVID-19

Dietary supplement use and its effect on nutrient intake in Korean adult population

in the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey IV (2007–2009) data

_27.4% in men and 40.5% in women aged 19 or older in 2009 took supplements

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Dietary supplement use by south Korean adults: data from the

National Complementary and Alternative Medicine use Survey (NCAMUS) in 2006

"Aboutsixty two percent of adults had taken any dietary supplement during the previous 12-month period in 2006."

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• Supplement usage - US 50 percent, China 0.7 percent - 2018

• Every single Taekwondo (indoor) Korean teen had low Vitamin D – Sept 2019

• 9X increase in Koreans seeking help with vitamin D deficiency in just 4 years – Jan 2015

• Virtually all young Koreans had less than 30 ng of vitamin D – 2012

• Women around the world want whiter skin

• Vitamin D levels continue to fall in Korea– June 2018

• Senior Korean women have much less vitamin D than men (possible reasons) Jan 2014 - including parasols to keep skin white

Web - COVID-19 in South Korea

• Korea COVID Update New York Times March 4

  • South Korea has tested more than 130,000 people for the virus, and is operating 48 drive-through testing centers,

• Drive-thru COVID-19 testing in Korea - Feb 27

• See also:*Drive-thru testing in the UK start Feb 24

  • More than 800,000 South Koreans call for President Moon to be impeached over virus Washington Post Feb 26

• "Moon has been widely criticized by his conservative opponents for failing to suspend travel from China, with restrictions applying only to people from the worst-affected province of Hubei and its capital, Wuhan."

• "South Koreans are fond of petitions and demonstrations, but with legislative elections in April, this could mark the first time that the international coronavirus epidemic becomes an active election issue."

  • South Korea 763 cases CNBC Feb 23

  • 435 in S Korea NYT Feb 22, 2020

• "...with more than half of them among members of a secretive religious sect, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus. Most are centered in and near Daegu, the country’s fourth largest city, which has been locked down."

• "The number of coronavirus cases in South Korea also set off alarms in Israel, after nine South Korean visitors tested positive for the virus upon returning home. They had spent a week touring popular, often-crowded Israeli religious sites. On Saturday, Israel tightened its border and barred South Korean travelers."

  • South Korea Cases Surge to 204 Infections NYT Feb 21, 2020

  • Coronavirus in South Korea – Daily Updates

• 1,000 in Quarantine as of Feb 12

  • South Korea Tracks Virus Patients’ Travels—and Publishes Them Online WSJ Feb 17, 2020

• masks worn during Feb 9 figure-skating championships

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Some S. Korean Vitamin D Life studies - perhaps they would be interested in Vitamin D to prevent viruses

• Diabetes 50X less likely if 30 ng of Vitamin D and intense exercise – April 2018

• Pneumonia acquired in hospital – 3X more likely to die if low vitamin D – June 2015 works in a hospital

• 5X more likely to be vitamin D deficient if anemic - Dec 2012 works in a hospital