Micronutrients for COVID-19: Vitamin D, Vitamin C, Melatonin, Zinc, Se, etc.
Micronutrients for COVID-19 and Viral Infections
international Society of Orthomolecular Medicinen
Additional articles: https://isom.ca/micronutrients-viral-infections/
Vitamin C
Vitamin C: An adjunctive therapy for respiratory infection, sepsis and COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020; 12(12) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123760
The use of IV Vitamin C for patients with COVID-19: A case series. Expert Rev Anti Infect Thera. 2020; 18(12) – https://doi.org/10.1080/14787210.2020.1794819
The emerging role of Vitamin C in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113286
Vitamin D
The benefits of Vitamin D supplementation for athletes: Better performance and reduced risk of COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020; 12(12) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12123741
Vitamin D3 as potential treatment adjuncts for COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113512
Vitamin D supplementation associated to better survival in hospitalized frail elderly COVID-19 patients: The GERIA-COVID Quasi-Experimental Study. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113377
Evidence regarding Vitamin D and risk of COVID-19 and its severity. Nutrients. 2020; 12(11) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12113361
The role of micronutrients in support of the immune response against viral infections. Nutrients. 2020;12(10) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12103198
Role of Vitamin D in preventing of COVID-19 infection, progression and severity. J Infect Public Health. 2020; 13(10) – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiph.2020.06.021
Melatonin (many references added by Vitamin D Life)
Melatonin usage was found to lower the chance of a positive COVID-19 test by 28% - Feb 2021 FREE PDF
Melatonin is significantly ( 7x ) associated with survival of intubated COVID-19 patients - preprint Oct 18 , 2020 📄 PDF
Melatonin may decrease risk for and aid treatment of COVID-19 and other RNA viral infections - March 2021- 📄 PDF
Evaluation of the efficacy and safety of melatonin in moderately ill patients with COVID-19: A structured summary of a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. NTrials. 2020; 21(1) – https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-04737-w
COVID-19 protocol proposed in India includes Vitamin D - Nov 12, 2020 includes Melatonin
Melatonin potentials against viral infections including COVID-19: Current evidence and new findings. Virus Res. 2020; 287– https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.198108
Is melatonin deficiency a unifying pathomechanism of high risk patients with COVID-19? Life Sci. 2020; 256 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2020.117902
Some reasons to believe that Melatonin could work ( from M.M Jan 2021)
HMGB1 inhibition
NFkB suppression
Nrf2 up regulation
4.TNFa, IL-1b, IL-6 IL-8 reduction
IL-10 elevation
NLRP3 inhibition
N-acetylcysteine (NAC)
N-Acetylcysteine: A potential therapeutic agent for SARS-CoV-2. Med Hypotheses. 2020; 143 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109862
Selenium
Selenium deficiency is associated with mortality risk from COVID-19. Nutrients. 2020; 12(7) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12072098
Selenium supplementation in the prevention of coronavirus infections (COVID-19). Med Hypotheses. 2020; 143 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2020.109878
Zinc
COVID-19: Poor outcomes in patients with zinc deficiency. Int J Infect Dis. 2020; 100 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.09.014
Micronutrients and Nutrition
Effective immune functions of micronutrients against SARS-CoV-2. Nutrients. 2020; 12(10) – https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12102992
Nutritional status of patients with COVID-19. Int J Infect Dis. 2020; 100 – https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.018
Mini-review on the roles of Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and selenium in the immune against COVID-19. Molecules. 2020; 25(22) – https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25225346
Vitamin D Life believes that the others help, but,
only Vitamin D can QUICKLY PREVENT & TREAT COVID-19
COVID-19, flu, virus, Selenium, Vitamin D, Glutathione - Interview Sept 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
Deficiencies in nutrients needed for a healthy immune system (Vitamin D, etc.) – June 2020
COVID-19 treated by Vitamin D - studies, reports, videos
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