- Vitamin D Cofactors in a nutshell includes Magnesium, Vitamin K, Vitamin B12, Boron, Iodine, Omega-3, etc.
- Vitamins and Metals needed by the Immune System – Jan 2020
- Immune-boosting role of vitamins D, C, E, zinc, selenium and omega-3 fatty acids: could they help against COVID-19? - Aug 2020 PDF in Vitamin D Life
- Reports on TREATMENT - for which there are many RCT underway
- Paper does not seem to mention that Zinc and Vitamin C need to be taken frequently each day for both TREATMENT and PREVENTION (which is unmentioned by the paper?).
- Micronutrients for COVID-19: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Melatonin, Zinc, Se, etc. - Dec 2020
- The Role of Vitamins on the Prevention and/or Treatment of COVID-19 Infection; a Systematic Review - July 27, 2020 PDF__
- Importance of Dietary Changes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: How to Upgrade Your Immune Response
- Cytokines
Grassroots Health: Nutrients needed by Immune System - Sept 2020
Link to GRH/Immuneboost
Some Selenium and COVID-19 items as of Aug 9, 2020
- Observations that Vitamin D, Zinc, and Selenium separately reduce COVID-19 – Aug 7, 2020
- Fight COVID-19 with Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, Selenium, Resveratrol, etc. - Sardi May 12, 2020
- COVID-19 possible therapies: Vitamin D, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin C, Potassium, Resveratrol , etc.– Aug 5, 2020
Enhancing innate immunity against virus in times of COVID-19: Dec 2020
Trying to untangle facts from fictions
Download the PDF from Vitamin D Life
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Table of contents
- COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos
- Vitamin D clinical trials for COVID-19
- Items in both categories Magnesium and Virus
- Items in both categories Zinc and Virus
- Items in both categories Vitamin K and Virus
- Items in both categories Omega-3 and Virus
- Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Virus
- Items in both categories Resveratrol and Virus
- Items in both categories Magnesium and Immunity
- Items in both categories Zinc and Immunity
- Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Immunity
- Items in both categories Virus and Immunity
- Preposed Vitamin and Mineral Concentrate to prevent and treat COVID-19
COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos
As of March 31, 2024, the Vitamin D Life COVID page had: trial results, meta-analyses and reviews, Mortality studies see related: Governments, HealthProblems, Hospitals, Dark Skins, All 26 COVID risk factors are associated with low Vit D, Fight COVID-19 with 50K Vit D weekly Vaccines Take lots of Vitamin D at first signs of COVID 166 COVID Clinical Trials using Vitamin D (Aug 2023) Prevent a COVID death: 9 dollars of Vitamin D or 900,000 dollars of vaccine - Aug 2023
5 most-recently changed Virus entries
Vitamin D clinical trials for COVID-19
Items in both categories Magnesium and Virus
- Long-COVID 3.1 X more likely if insufficient amounts of Magnesium and Vitamin D – March 2024
- COVID appears to be treated by many antioxidants (Vitamins D, C, E, K, and Quercetin, Curcumin, etc) – Jan 2023
- Fatigue and other long-haul problems appear to be associated with low Magnesium - Chambers Oct 2022
- Low Magnesium associated with severe COVID – many studies
- COVID and Magnesium - hypothesis, clinical trials, Long-Haul - Oct 2021
- COVID treatment patent applied for - using Rutin, Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Magnesium, etc. – April 2022
- COVID death 6.9X less likely if high Magnesium to Calcium ratio – April 2022
- Hypothesis: 2 long-haul COVIDs: had mild symptoms and had needed ICU - April 2022
- Excess Magnesium is bad for health (COVID hospital days in this case) – April 2022
- Vitamin D, Zinc, Magnesium etc. are needed to fight COVID – April 2022
- Long Covid, Short Magnesium - Chambers April 2022
- Lower Magnesium, 6 percent more COVID - Feb 2022
- Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT - Jan 2022
- How Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega-3 and Zinc prevent and treat COVID-19 etc. – June 2021
- Elderly nutrition and COVID-19 – systematic review July 2021
- Magnesium in Infectious Diseases in Older People - Jan 2021
- COVID-19 Cytokine storms attenuated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Mg, Resveratrol, etc – April 2021
- 6X less risk of COVID-19 ICU if Vitamin D and Vit B12 and Mg – Jan 2021
- Cytokine storms (COVID-19, etc.) eliminated by Vitamin D (Magnesium helps)
- Magnesium and Vitamin D deficiencies associated with worse COVID-19 – Jan, 2021
- Excessive insulin decreases vitamin D in 4 ways – problems for diabetic COVID-19 – Dec 2020
- Magnesium (which increases vitamin D) may fight COVID-19 - Oct 2020
- COVID-19 1.8 X more likely if proton pump inhibitor (decreases Mg and Vitamin D) – Aug 2020
- COVID-19 might be treated with Mg IV and Potassium – July 2020
- COVID-19 prompts awareness of deficiencies of Vitamin D, C and Magnesium - April 6 2020
- Obesity pandemic since 1975 - is it due to Vitamin D, Magnesium, Iodine, adenovirus, or what
Items in both categories Zinc and Virus
- COVID booster: 3.9 X better response if good levels of both Vitamin D and Zinc – March 2025
- Measles is a Nutritional Deficiency Disease (Vit D, Vit A, Zinc, etc) - March 2025
- 10 of the top 15 COVID treatments increase cellular Vitamin D
- COVID was associated with low Vitamin D or Zinc – umbrella review Feb 2023
- 23 COVID mitigation strategies: at least 6 of which increase Vitamin D in cells - Sept 2022
- COVID and Zinc - many studies
- Surviving COVID with vitamins and minerals is not a myth – June 2022
- Vitamin D, Zinc, Magnesium etc. are needed to fight COVID – April 2022
- How vitamins D, C, Zinc, and Selenium might fight COVID - Dec 2021
- Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT - Jan 2022
- COVID-19 decreased risk if add Vitamin D, A, C, NAC, Se, Zn, or Omega-3 – Dec 2021
- COVID-19 patients had low levels of Zinc, Vitamin A, Vitamin D, and Vitamin C – Sept 2021
- COVID-19 risk reduced 4X by each of: Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Zinc (each increases D in cells)
- Vitamin D, C, A, and E, as well as Iron, Se, and Zinc each augment vaccine response – July 2021
- How Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega-3 and Zinc prevent and treat COVID-19 etc. – June 2021
- COVID-19 treatment outside of hospital – Vitamin D, zinc, etc. – May 2021
- Important Role of Micronutrients during COVID-19 (Zinc, Vitamin D, C, Folate) – May 5, 2021
- Many supplements appear to fight COVID-19 – vitamin D cited 52 times – May 2021
- Zinc therapy for COVID-19 – Feb 2021
- COVID-19 alternative treatments - real-time database
- Overview of reviews of COVID-19 and vitamin D, etc. – April 2021
- COVID-19 what it is, prevention by Functional Nutrition doctor - Feb 2021
- Vitamin D, Zinc, etc. look promising for COVID-19 (Holick) - Jan 25, 2021
- Less than 10 dollars of Vitamin D per COVID-19 life saved in Myanmar - Jan 2021
- Micronutrients for COVID-19: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Melatonin, Zinc, Se, etc. - Dec 2020
- Zinc (which increases vitamin D in tissues) may both prevent and treat COVID-19
- COVID-19 possible therapies: Vitamin D, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin C, Potassium, Resveratrol , etc.– Aug 5, 2020
- 7 reasons to think that Zinc should fight COVID-19 – July 2020
- Observations that Vitamin D, Zinc, and Selenium separately reduce COVID-19 – Aug 7, 2020
- Mild COVID-19 quickly treated by Zinc lozenges in 4 people – June 6, 2020
- Zinc, respiratory tract infections and COVID-19 – July 2020
- Fight COVID-19 with Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, Selenium, Resveratrol, etc. - Sardi May 12, 2020
- Common cold prevented and treated by Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Echinacea – review April 2018
- Loss of smell may be related to low Zinc or perhaps low vitamin D
- Dengue fever immune response and micronutrients (vitamins D, E, A, and Zinc, Iron, Chromium) – Nov 2015
- Overview Colds and flu and Vitamin D
Items in both categories Vitamin K and Virus
- COVID associated with less Vitamin K2-7 - many studies
- How vitamins A, B, C, D, E, F (Omega), K fight COVID - Feb 2022
- Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT - Jan 2022
- Vitamin D and a Dr. in Israel - Campbell video and transcript - Dec 11, 2021
- COVID is also associated with low Vitamin K - many studies
- COVID-19 patients are deficient in both Vitamin D and Vitamin K – Oct 2021
- Vitamin K1 or Vitamin K2 may decrease COVID-19 deaths - Feb 2021
- More Vitamin K and fermented food associated with fewer COVID-19 problems
Items in both categories Omega-3 and Virus
- How vitamins A, B, C, D, E, F (Omega), K fight COVID - Feb 2022
- Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT - Jan 2022
- Omega-3 decreases heart disease and COVID: Harris and Patrick, video and transcript - Dec 2021
- COVID-19 decreased risk if add Vitamin D, A, C, NAC, Se, Zn, or Omega-3 – Dec 2021
- High-dose Omega-3 fought COVID in 2 hospital trials (6x reduction in ICU, reduced time) – Masterjohn Oct 2021
- COVID-19 risk reduced 4X by each of: Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Zinc (each increases D in cells)
- Omega-3 reduces risk of COVID-19 - many studies
- How Vitamin D, Magnesium, Omega-3 and Zinc prevent and treat COVID-19 etc. – June 2021
- Many supplements appear to fight COVID-19 – vitamin D cited 52 times – May 2021
- COVID-19 Cytokine storms attenuated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Mg, Resveratrol, etc – April 2021
- COVID-19 ICU survival rate increased 7X by daily Omega-3 – RCT March 2021
- 4X fewer COVID-19 deaths in those having high Omega-3 index – Jan 6, 2021
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Virus
- Increased risk of Childhood COVID: 4.9X if low Vitamin D, 3X if poor receptor - July 2025
- Many viruses deactivate the Vitamin D Receptor - perhaps measles too
- 10 of the top 15 COVID treatments increase cellular Vitamin D
- Metformin appears to activate the Vitamin D Receptor (more D to kidney cells, etc,) - March 2025
- Vitamin D preventing and treating COVID - 30,000 publications – Oct 2024
- COVID maximum downregulation of Vitamin D receptor and CYP27B1 resulted in death - Feb 2024
- COVID in hospital stopped by Vitamin D Receptor activators (curcumin, quercetin) – RCT June 2023
- Children with COVID 4X more likely to have poor Vitamin D Receptors (Note: COVID deactivates VDR) – April 2023
- Diabetes 3X more likely if had COVID ICU (VDR was deactivated) - April 2023
- COVID variants protect themselves by deactivating different VDR variants– March 2023
- Dengue Fever decimated by Vitamin D - many studies
- COVID kids were more likely to have a poor VDR (4.3 X), than low Vitamin D (2.6 X) – Sept 2022
- Cancers are associated with low vitamin D, poor vaccination response and perhaps poor VDR – July 2022
- COVID 3X more likely if a poor Receptor (cells get less Vitamin D from the blood) – July 2022
- Long-COVID is now the biggest COVID concern - many studies
- COVID death 12X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor (less D gets to cells) - many studies
- COVID severity, ICU, and mortality all associated with poor vitamin D receptor (but not D, everyone had low D) -Dec 2021
- Different Vitamin D Receptor problems cause different COVID problems - Dec 2021
- COVID-19 severity associated with 3 vitamin D genes – Oct 2021
- Poor Vitamin D receptor blocked Vitamin D from fighting avian influenza viruses (in mice) – July 2021
- Epstein-Barr is yet another virus that deactivates the Vitamin D receptor (COVID later suspected as well)– 2010
- COVID-19 symptoms and comorbidities associated with the type of Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2021
- Enveloped virus infection (RSV, coronavirus, HIV, etc.) 1.5X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – meta-analysis Dec 2018
- COVID-19 outpatients getting Quercetin nanoemulsion had excellent outcomes (Q increased Vitamin D in cells) – RCT – June 2021
- A virus that most adults have (Cytomegalovirus) decreases the amount of Vitamin D which gets to the cells – Jan 2017
- COVID virus alters the activation of 100 vitamin D related genes in the lung – April 2021
- Common sense COVID-19 risk reduction - masks, social distancing, vitamin D - Oct 2020
- AI is examining 170,000 potential COVID-19 treatments, Vitamin D is one of only 6 found – Sept 4, 2020
- Vitamin D Receptor activation should reduce ARDS associated with COVID-19 - June 2020
- Dengue viral production decreased 1000X if activate Vitamin D Receptor (in lab) – July 2020
- Vitamin D, Quercetin, and Estradiol all increase vitamin D in cells and increase genes which reduce COVID-19 – May 21, 2020
- Quercetin and Vitamin D - Allies Against COVID-19
- Risk of enveloped virus infection is increased 50 percent if poor Vitamin D Receptor - meta-analysis Dec 2018
- Hand, foot, and Mouth disease is 14X more likely if poor Vitamin D Receptor – Oct 2019
- Treating herpes reduced incidence of senile dementia by 10 X (HSV1 reduces VDR by 8X) – 2018
- Severe hand, foot, and mouth virus is 2.9 X more likely if poor Vitamin D receptor – Oct 2018
- Hepatitis B virus reduced by 5X the Vitamin D getting to liver cells in the lab – Oct 2018
- Some enveloped virus are 1.2 X more likely if have a poor Vitamin D Receptor -Aug 2018
- Severe Pertussis is 1.5 times more likely if poor vitamin D receptor – Feb 2016
- Dengue Fever associated with poor vitamin D receptor – July 2002
- Dengue virus 2X to 4X more likely if vitamin D receptor gene problems
Items in both categories Resveratrol and Virus
- Nutritional supplementation during COVID hospitalization helped - RCT - Jan 2022
- COVID-19 appears reduced by Resveratrol plus 100K IU of vitamin D – Small RCT Sept 2021
- COVID-19 risk reduced 4X by each of: Vitamin D, Omega-3, Curcumin, Zinc (each increases D in cells)
- Many supplements appear to fight COVID-19 – vitamin D cited 52 times – May 2021
- COVID-19 Cytokine storms attenuated by Vitamin D, Omega-3, Mg, Resveratrol, etc – April 2021
- COVID-19 what it is, prevention by Functional Nutrition doctor - Feb 2021
- Vitamin D Receptor activation should reduce ARDS associated with COVID-19 - June 2020
- COVID-19 possible therapies: Vitamin D, Selenium, Zinc, Vitamin C, Potassium, Resveratrol , etc.– Aug 5, 2020
- Fight COVID-19 with Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, Selenium, Resveratrol, etc. - Sardi May 12, 2020
Items in both categories Magnesium and Immunity
Items in both categories Zinc and Immunity
- Vitamin D and Zinc are crucial for the immune system (viral infection, etc.) – March 2024
- Mild COVID-19 quickly treated by Zinc lozenges in 4 people – June 6, 2020
- Deficiencies in nutrients needed for a healthy immune system (Vitamin D, etc.) – June 2020
- Vitamins and Metals needed by the Immune System – Jan 2020
- Common cold prevented and treated by Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Echinacea – review April 2018
- Dengue fever immune response and micronutrients (vitamins D, E, A, and Zinc, Iron, Chromium) – Nov 2015
- Zinc and Vitamin D
Items in both categories Vitamin D Receptor and Immunity
- Vitamin D and it’s related genes regulate the immune system – Aug 2023
- The vitamin d receptor and T cell function- June 2013
- Infant and child immunity depends on Vitamin D and two Vitamin D genes – Review April 2020
- Helicobacter pylori infection and low vitamin D – many studies
- Vitamin D Receptor, the gut, the immune system, and the Middle East – May 2019
- MRSA Carriers not helped by 4,000 IU of Vitamin D (probably poor Vitamin D Receptor) – RCT Sept 2018
- Resveratrol improves health (Vitamin D receptor, etc.) - many studies
- Inflammation and immune responses to Vitamin D (perhaps need to measure active vitamin D) – July 2017
- Immune system is aided by red grapes, blueberries, both of which increase Vitamin D receptor – 2013
- Progesterone activates vitamin D receptor - many studies
- Liver and interactions with vitamin D deficiency - Review July 2013
- The vitamin D receptor and T cell function – June 2013
Items in both categories Virus and Immunity
- 4.4 X INCREASE in other respiratory infections in children with influenza vaccinations – RCT June 2012
- Need better COVID drugs for immunocompromized (ignores Vitamin D) - Sept 2024
- Many viral diseases can be fought by immune system-augmented Vitamin D - Sunil Aug 2024
- Pfizer COVID vaccinations resulted in altering immune systems (increased IgG4 ) – Aug 2024
- Viral infections reduced 40% by monthly 100,000 IU Vitamin D – RCT review Aug 2024
- Global surge in infectious diseases as over 40 countries report outbreaks 10-fold over pre-pandemic levels - June 2024
- Vitamin D: Viral infections, Infectious diseases, EBV and MS, Virus and Cancers – Grant March 2024
- Immune System tolerance is inversely related to the number of COVID vaccinations (PubMed analysis) - Oct 2023
- Fight infections such as COVID with 50 ng of Vitamin D – Sunil Dec 2022
- The vitamins and minerals that help the immune system respond to respiratory viruses – Dec 2022
- A year after 2nd COVID vaccination, stems cells not available to fetus immune system – Nov 2022
- Vitamin D, immune System, Infection, and COVID- Video Oct 2022
- Vitamin D energizes the innate and adaptive immune systems to fight lung inflammation – Sept 2022
- Long-Haul more prevalent among seniors - June - 2022
- Vitamin D, Immune function, and SARS-CoV2 – May 2022
- Innate immune suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccinations - April 2022
- Immune system both activates and uses vitamin D (in brain, fight COVID, etc.) - March 2022
- COVID can be fought by healthy immune systems (vitamins, etc.) - Feb 2022
- Vitamin D helps both the innate and adaptive immune systems fight COVID-19 – Jan 2022
- Vaccine definition by the CDC seems to now include Vitamin D - Sept 2021
- Immune system - great 11-minute animated video - Aug 2021
- Vitamin D for infections and COVID (50,000 IU weekly for 3 months) – July 2021
- Vitamin D and COVID-19 both affect immune cells – June 2021
- T-cells need at least 40-50 ng of Vitamin D to fight COVID-19 - June 2021
- COVID-19 activates and Vitamin D de-activates 12 cytokines (mini-review)– May 2021
- Long-haul COVID-19 - another hint that Vitamin D should help - Dec 2020
- Strong innate immune systems do not get viral symptoms (COVID-19) – April 2021
- How healthy innate immune systems adapt to viral mutations - Feb 2021
- immune system charts (vitamin D, virus, mutation, etc)
- 600,000 IU of Vitamin D (total) allowed previously weak immune systems to fight off a virus antigen - Nov 2020
- Ways to boost immune system to fight COVID-19 (no protocol) - Oct 2020
- COVID-19 patients with low vitamin D had far fewer natural killer cells – Dec 2020
- Protect your immune system from COVID-19, flu, colds, etc with 10,000 IU of vitamin D etc. - Nov 2020
- 19X fewer COVID-19 infections if innate immune system activated – trial Oct 21, 2020
- Nutrients etc, which fight viruses and fortify the immune system
- Covid-19, T cells, and Vitamin D
- Mild COVID-19 quickly treated by Zinc lozenges in 4 people – June 6, 2020
- Clear Association between Influenza and low Vitamin D - March 2020
- Immune system is capable of producing 1 Quadrillion unique antibodies - Jan 2019
- Immune system is fortified by micronutrients such as vitamin D – Review Jan 2020
- Vitamin D probably can both prevent Influenza and augment vaccine effectiveness – Aug 2018
- Common cold prevented and treated by Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Zinc, and Echinacea – review April 2018
- Immunity increased by Vitamin D via cells and genes (HIV etc.) – March 2018
- Flu
- Congenital Zika Syndrome (more than microcephaly) – Spring 2016
- Dengue fever immune response and micronutrients (vitamins D, E, A, and Zinc, Iron, Chromium) – Nov 2015
- Adaptive immunity (cancer, viruses, autoimmune) and vitamin D – April 2016
- Many Infectious diseases (virus) treated and prevented by Vitamin D – review July 2009
- Immune response to respiratory viruses – vitamin D connection – review May 2015
- Vitamin D may protect against Ebola