Vitamin D is crucial to the overall health of the body, as it helps to keep muscles, bones and teeth healthy, said the NHS. You could be at risk of the condition if you are more susceptible to being struck down with a cold or flu. Why?
In fact, the sunshine vitamin may be more than just a home remedy for a cold.
New research has suggested that those lacking in vitamin D are more likely to catch a cold or be struck down with a flu than those with adequate amounts.
The effect of the vitamin was strongest in people with asthma and other lung diseases who are predisposed to respiratory infections.
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People with the worst vitamin D deficiency were 36 percent more likely to suffer respiratory infections than those with sufficient levels, according to the research in this week’s Archives of Internal Medicine.
Among asthmatics, those who were vitamin D deficient were five times more likely to get sick than their counterparts with healthy levels, said Scientific America.
The health site continued: “And the risk of respiratory infection was twice as high among vitamin D-deficient patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease than in lung patients with normal levels of the vitamin.”
How much vitamin D do you need?
“In light of the current global situation, we recommend taking 5000 IU per day,” recommended Konstatin Karuzin, co-founder and Medical Director at Bioniq.
Karuzin added that vitamin D synthesis requires a bit of sunshine and exercise.
“To produce this microelement,” he began, “a person shouldn’t only be in direct sunlight from 11am until 2pm (without any UV protection on the skin).
“But also needs to be physically active for several hours.”
Karuzin continued: “When this vitamin is being developed in the skin under ultraviolet radiation, it needs to enter the bloodstream. This is only possible when exercising.”
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