Oregon State University Researcher: Vitamins C, D Can Help Prevent COVID-19
April 25th, 2020Woh, they better not make a YouTube video about this. REMOVE! REMOVE! REMOVE!
Via: Salem Statesman Journal:
Supplements containing vitamins C and D, along with other micronutrients, can be a “safe, effective and low-cost” means to fight off COVID-19 and other acute respiratory tract diseases, according to an Oregon State University researcher.
Adrian Gombart of OSU’s Linus Pauling Institute, along with his collaborators at universities across the world, said public health officials should issue a clear set of nutritional guidelines to complement the existing advice about washing hands to prevent the spread of infections.
Findings were published Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Nutrients.
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Because people are simply not getting enough of these vital nutrients through their diets, researchers are urging people to not only a take a daily multivitamin but doses of 200 milligrams or more of vitamin C — higher than the suggested federal guidelines of 75 milligrams for men and 50 for women — and 2,000 international units of vitamin D.
