Vitamin D Boosts Immunity

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has been proven to be the most dangerous to the “immune-compromised.” There is no guarantee that we won’t get the virus, but we can control it our immune system is strong. Researchers have found that Vitamin D is one of the most important and powerful vitamins to strengthen the immune system. 

Taking a good Vitamin D nutritional supplement, like Natural Athlete’s Vitamin D3 & K2, can only increase the immune systems’ ability to find, fight, and kill viruses.

With the coronavirus still spreading, it’s more important than ever to make sure your immune system is in tip-top shape. Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), recommends two vitamins you should take to boost your immunity: vitamin C and vitamin D. Dr. Fauci said, "If you're deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. I would not mind recommending—and I do it myself—taking vitamin D supplements.”

There has been tons of research done in the last six months to test if vitamin D really does decrease the risk of getting ill. A recent study published on Sept. 3 by the Journal of the American Medical Association found that having a “vitamin D deficiency increases your risk of testing positive for the coronavirus by nearly 80 percent. This was after studying 489 subjects, 60 percent of whom had adequate vitamin D levels. Out of that 60 percent, only 12 percent had the virus. But among 25 percent of patients with a vitamin D deficiency, 22 percent tested positive.”

Not only can vitamin D help strengthen the immune system to keep you from getting sick, but another study also found that vitamin D could even help those already infected with the virus. The report, published in The Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, found that “patients treated with a high dose of vitamin D were significantly less likely to be hospitalized in the intensive care unit (ICU) than those who were not.”

Healthy adults should be taking 2500-5000 IU per day. Our Natural Athlete Vitamin D level comes in a potent 5000 IU per day dosage so you can quickly and efficiently get your numbers to the ideal range.