and I missed this one https://academic.oup.com/ndt/article/38/3/746/6596294 from Canada (our centre was a site)
#VitaminK #Dialysis #RCT

Referenced link: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-reveals-vitamin-diabetes.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-reveals-vitamin-diabetes.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/medical_xpress/status/1659268883872731136#m

RT by @physorg_com: New research reveals how #vitaminK helps protect against diabetes @CellReports https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S2211124723005119 https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-05-reveals-vitamin-diabetes.html

TITLE: Vitamin D and COVID-19 -- Another Video Reminder and New Research
Paper

Another video from Dr. John Campbell on the advantages of Vitamin D
(taken with Vitamin K-2) in helping with COVID-19 (and likely other
viruses).  Based upon the linked research paper from prestigious authors
at major institutions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbUm5FyrHRk

/*PAPER:*//*
*//Association between vitamin D supplementation and COVID-19 infection
and mortality//
/*/https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-24053-4//
/*/(12th November 2022)//
//Johns Hopkins//
//University of Michigan//
//National Bureau of Economic Research//
//Department of Medicine, University of Chicago//
//Department of Veterans Health Affairs//
//Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago//
//
//*TOPICS:*//*
*//Vitamin D deficiency, associated with reduced immune function, can
lead to viral infection//
//Vitamin D deficiency, associated, increases the risk of COVID-19//
//But is it a treatment / prognosis improver?//
//Population of US veterans, we show that Vitamin D2 and D3 fills//
//Associated with reductions in COVID-19 infection//
//After applying all restrictions//
//220,265 supplemented with vitamin D3//
//34,710 supplemented with vitamin D2//
//407,860 untreated patients.//
//Study design//
//Retrospective cohort//
//Supplemented (before and during the pandemic),//
//versus untreated controls//
//One to one matches//
//D2, D3, or calcifediol//
//Veterans Administration Corporate Data Warehouse (CDW) electronic
health records. //
//Vitamin D levels typically respond to treatment following two months
of exposure//
//D3 cohort//
//COVID-19 rates for the treated = 2.66%//
//COVID-19 rates for the untreated = 3.30%//
//D3 20%, reduction//
//D2 28% reduction//
//Mortality within 30-days of COVID-19 infection//
//Infection ending in mortality within 30 days//
//D3 group//
//Treated group death rate after infection = 0.23%//
//Untreated group death rate after infection = 0.35%//
//Vitamin D3 33% mortality lower (HR, 67%)//
//P  less than  0.001//
//Vitamin D2  25% lower (HR, 75%) (but not significant)//
//Veterans receiving higher dosages of Vitamin D obtained greater
benefits from supplementation than veterans receiving lower dosages. //
//Vitamin D blood levels between 0 and 19 ng/ml, exhibited the largest
decrease in COVID-19 infection and mortality following supplementation//
//(0–19 ng/ml, 20–39 ng/ml, and 40 + ng/ml)//
//Dosage options, 20 IU, 40 IU, 100 IU, 125 IU, 200 IU, 250 IU, 400 IU,
500 IU, 800 IU, 1000 IU, 2000 IU, 5000 IU, 8000 IU, and 50,000 IU//
//Black veterans received greater associated COVID-19 risk reductions,
with supplementation than White veterans//
//As a safe, widely available, and affordable treatment, Vitamin D may
help to reduce the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.//
//More background//
//Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency affect approximately half of
the US population, //
//with increased rates in people with darker skin, reduced sun exposure,
people living in higher latitudes in the winter, //
//nursing home residents, and healthcare workers//
//Populations with low levels of Vitamin D have also experienced higher
rates of COVID-19//
//New mechanism//
//Vitamin D is needed to allow T helper cells to control and reduce
Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) production//
//Conclusions//
//These associated reductions in risk are substantial and justify more
significant exploration and confirmation using RCTs. //
//This is particularly important given the high rates of vitamin D
deficiency in the US population and COVID-19.//
//Extrapolate, D3 supplementation to the entire US population in 2020//
//4 million fewer COVID-19 cases (19,860,000 actual cases)//
//116,000 deaths avoided (351,999 actual deaths)//
//Given our findings, the absence of severe side effects, the widespread
availability of vitamin D3 at low cost, //
// vitamin D3 presents a unique opportunity to reduce the spread and
severity of the COVID-19 pandemic.//
//K2, MK-7: Supplement, probably 100 micrograms per day//
//Nato, 1,000 micrograms per 100 g//
//Cheese, typically 50 micrograms per 100 g//
//Safe and effective//
//UK, GP incentives to vaccinate//
//Home, £30//
//Standard reimbursement to Primary Care Networks (which then gets
passed to GPs) £15 //
//New contract, £12.58 each//
//Lawrence//
//I have heard that Dr. John Campbell is in the pocket of Big Overhead
Projector Lobby.//
//Rumour is that he has accepted tens of dollars of under the table
expenses. //
//Anyone else notice that he always seems to have an endless supply of
A4 paper and fountain pens?//
/
#vitamind #covid #longcovid #psychology #socialwork #psychiatry
#mentalhealth #psychotherapy @psychotherapists
@psychology @psychiatry @socialwork
#vitamink-2
--
*Michael Reeder, LCPC
*
*Hygeia Counseling Services : Baltimore / Mt. Washington Village location*
*http://www.hygeiacounseling.com - main website.
*

Here’s How Your Body Is Telling You You’re Not Getting Enough #VitaminK
https://www.wellandgood.com/vitamin-k-deficiency/
#health