Vitamin D: the New Covid-19 Chloroquine?
Did my masters on Vitamin D - It is very difficult to extract CLINICALLY RELEVANT information from retrospective epidemiological studies.<p>However, there a a few things that are clear:<p>1. Calcium absorption from the intestine increases with vitamin D supplementation dose up to around 8-10,000 IU D3 daily.<p>2.  15 minutes of full body exposure in noon sun is equivalent to a dose of ~20,000 IU D3<p>3.  There are few cases of vitamin D overdose in the literature - doses in the 1,000,000 IU+ range within days is generally where symptoms are noted - this excludes people with kidney disorders.<p>Personally, I take 10k IU D3 a day.  The D3 is important because D2 has 1/2 to 1/3 the effect per dose in raising calcium absorption levels.<p>I would recommend this level of supplementation to anyone who doesn’t have a kidney disorder.