Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections (2017)

Re:Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tr... by drgoodvibe on Monday March 02, 2020 @08:47AM (#22464350)

I had a genetic test done (not 23andme or other retail genetic tests) and it turns out I have genes that essentially cause me to have low absorption for vitamins d, b6 and b12 and vitamin e. According to my bloodwork I also had extremely low Vit d in the blood (way below average). I started megadosing and honestly I feel like a different person, when I got a cold before it would last for 7 days, and twice it led to bronchitis and then pneumonia this year since megadosing I’ve had two colds and both lasted no more than 2 days. So I’m not superman, I still get sick but the severity of the colds have been significantly lower than before megadosing.

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Re:Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tr... by 52-6F-62 on Monday March 02, 2020 @11:33AM (#22465880)

My B12 deficiency was discovered because of a routine blood test. Low hemoglobin, but since anemia runs in the family the rest was simple enough for my GP to put together.

Eat more red meat (I rarely touched it in the past), and take a daily supplement was the charge. The mental clarity and well-being improvements are palpable.

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Re:Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tr... by jmnicolas on Monday March 02, 2020 @09:04AM (#22464492)

As someone that mega dose vitamin C in summer because it helps with my allergies, I'd be wary to mega dose vitamin D (more than 3k UI a day).

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Re:Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tr... by md2020 on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:41PM (#22469363)

Do you mind sharing the test you used? Curious to try this myself.

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