{"id":316,"date":"2020-04-21T01:25:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T01:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=316"},"modified":"2020-04-21T01:25:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T01:25:42","slug":"immune-support-vitamin-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=316","title":{"rendered":"Immune Support &#8211; Vitamin D"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sunshine&nbsp;Vitamin&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vitamin D3&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 42% of the American Population is Vitamin D deficient.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our bodies require adequate vitamin D3, the biologically active form of vitamin D to produce proteins that kill viruses and bacteria.&nbsp; Maintaining adequate D levels is protective against Acute Respiratory infection and will likely benefit your immune system.&nbsp; During this time of social distancing isolation can lead to depression and&nbsp;anxiety&nbsp;adequate vitamin D levels can help prevent this.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vitamin D&nbsp;Deficiency has been linked to&nbsp;increased risk of respiratory infection&nbsp;while&nbsp;supplementation has been shown to reduce overall risk of Acute&nbsp;Respiratory&nbsp;Infections&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A&nbsp;2019 study of 21,000 people looking at risk of Community&nbsp;Acquired&nbsp;Pneumonia showed a 64% higher risk in people with low&nbsp;vitamin&nbsp;D levels.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Another&nbsp;study looking at Acute Respiratory&nbsp;infections&nbsp;in people with low D levels showed that daily administration of Vitamin D supplementation reduced risk of disease from 60% to 32%.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;D3 is&nbsp;immuno-supportive&nbsp;and is anti-inflammatory&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It has been shown that people with pre-existing lung conditions and obesity which are shown to have high levels of Vitamin D deficiency.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How to get your D??&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SUNSHINE!!!&nbsp; Get outside into the sun without sunscreen for 15-20 minutes per day.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food sources include:&nbsp;&nbsp;Oily fish such as&nbsp;Salmon&nbsp;and&nbsp;sardines, cod liver oil,&nbsp;eggs and liver.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the immune benefits Vitamin D also helps in prevention of depression,&nbsp;fibromyalgia,&nbsp;fatigue,&nbsp;osteoporosis, cancer,&nbsp;obesity&nbsp;and diabetes and promotes both&nbsp;bone&nbsp;and muscle&nbsp;health.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We would love to be part of your wellness journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tilda.tcd.ie\/publications\/reports\/pdf\/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdf\">https:\/\/tilda.tcd.ie\/publications\/reports\/pdf\/Report_Covid19VitaminD.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6075634\/\">https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6075634\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sunshine&nbsp;Vitamin&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp;&nbsp;Vitamin D3&nbsp;&nbsp; Roughly 42% of the American Population is Vitamin D deficient.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our bodies require adequate vitamin D3, the biologically active form of vitamin D to produce proteins that kill viruses and bacteria.&nbsp; Maintaining adequate D levels is protective against Acute Respiratory infection and&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/?p=316\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-functional-nutrition","category-healthy-tips"],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wholeselfnutrition.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}