Professor Roger Seheult, MD explains the important role Vitamin D may have in the prevention and treatment of COVID-19. Dr. Seheult illustrates how Vitamin D works, summarizes the best available data and clinical trials on vitamin D, and discusses vitamin D dosage recommendations.

Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at https://www.medcram.com​
He is an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine and Assistant Prof. at Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Dr. Seheult is Quadruple Board Certified: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Interviewer: Kyle Allred, Producer and Co-Founder of MedCram.com

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Aging decreases the capacity of human skin to produce vitamin D3 (The J. of Clin. Invest.) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2997282/​

Racial differences in the relationship between vitamin D... (Osteoporosis Int.) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...​

Decreased bioavailability of vitamin D in obesity (The American J of Clin. Nutrition) | https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article...​

Vitamin D Insufficiency and Deficiency and Mortality from Respiratory Diseases ... (Nutrients) | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/8/2488​

Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections: systematic review and meta-analysis... (BMJ) | https://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i...​

Randomized trial of vitamin D supplementation to prevent seasonal influenza A... (The American J.of Clin. Nutrition) | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20219...​

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Vitamin D Fortification of Fluid Milk ... A Review (Nutrients) | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...​

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