Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Severity of Covid-19

Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by deng on Friday May 15, 2020 @02:29AM (#23189509)

While that may be true, I'd really like a better source than a channel which otherwise deals with "supplements that lengthen telomeres" or the age-old sauna-detox myth.

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by todd8 on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:22AM (#23190339)

I was surprised to learn a few years ago that saunas might actually have significant health benefits.

See the references below from The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), and Dr. Patrick who has interviewed the original researcher.

[1] https://media.jamanetwork.com/news-item/sauna-use-associated...

[2] https://www.jwatch.org/fw109897/2015/02/24/sauna-use-linked-...

[3] https://www.foundmyfitness.com/episodes/sauna-heart-presenta...

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by deng on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:46AM (#23190455)

I explicitly said "sauna-detox myth", i.e., the myth that you can "detoxify" your body through sweating.

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by shijie on Friday May 15, 2020 @09:23AM (#23191853)

I’m surprised to hear that you believe this to be a myth. The only sources claiming this to be a myth seem to be popular news sites referencing each other in a circular fashion. Here’s a detailed study on the matter: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3312275/

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by jamisteven on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:57AM (#23189935)

There are at least 3 randomized studies on D and its affects on respiratory diseases.

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by gridlockd on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:28AM (#23189793)

If you actually watch the video, they are not uncritical regarding the idea of lengthening telomeres due to a hypothetical cancer risk.

Then they point to two studies that show that Omega 3 and Vitamin D lenghtened or maintained telomere length against control groups.

The benefits of sauna are supported in a similar fashion.

You can argue that the studies are of poor quality, but that is true for most studies regarding medicine and especially nutrition. You gotta take a chance either way.

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by shibeouya on Friday May 15, 2020 @07:49AM (#23191058)

I've seen at least 6 or 7 research studies coming to the same conclusion that vitamin D deficiency leads to more severe outcome. It's not just from a random channel.

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Re:Vitamin D and Inflammation: Potential Implications for Se... by pjc50 on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:12AM (#23189726)

Yeah, YouTube is an anti-source for health information; far too many people selling something.

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