The latest research on vitamin D and Corona 19 comes out.. Hospitalization for vitamin D deficiency increases by 81% and mortality by 82%.
Experts recommend intake of vitamin D-rich’soy milk’
[위클리서울=우정호 기자] In the context of the global pandemic of Corona 19, there is increasing interest in the benefits of vitamin D in the prevention and treatment of diseases.
Since vitamin D plays an important role in building a healthy immune system by inducing the expression of antimicrobial peptides on the surface of immune cells and epithelium, it is known that the body must have a sufficient amount of vitamin D in order for the immune system to function normally.
A research team from Professor Marcos Pereira of the Federal University of Bahia in Brazil recently published a study published in the latest issue of “Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition,” an international journal in the field of food. According to the report, in patients with vitamin D deficiency, Corona 19 worsened.
According to the study, a systematic literature review and meta-analysis was conducted to confirm the correlation with vitamin D in adult and elderly subjects with COVID-19, and vitamin D deficiency was not directly related to the likelihood of COVID-19 infection.
However, it was found that the proportion of patients with vitamin D deficiency was 64% higher in the severe corona19 group than in the mild patient group. In addition, it was confirmed that corona 19 patients with vitamin D deficiency increased their hospitalization rate by 81% and mortality by 82% compared to patients without vitamin D deficiency. Therefore, the research team revealed that there is a close correlation between vitamin D deficiency and the severity of Corona 19 disease.
In addition, recently, 100 experts, including scientists and doctors from around the world, made a joint statement on the need for vitamin D intake in the journal’Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement’. <비타민D 보충제와 코로나 19: 전문가 합의 및 지침>Also announced.
Vitamin D deficiency (serum 25-OH vitamin D concentration of 50 nmol/L (20 ng/mL) or less) is associated with severe Corona 19. Experts recommend sufficient efforts to achieve serum 25-OH vitamin D concentrations of 75 nmol/L (30ng/mL) or higher in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19, and recommend daily intake of 4000 IU (100㎍) of vitamin D. have.
Vitamin D has the specificity of being supplied from sunlight in addition to food, and the time for vitamin synthesis without causing erythema on the skin suggested by experts is 20-40 minutes a day. However, it is difficult to expect a supply of vitamin D from the actual sunlight during a difficult time to go out.
Therefore, it is necessary to take vitamin D through foods or supplements, and foods that naturally contain vitamin D include blue-green fish, fish liver oil, and egg yolk. Foods that have enhanced vitamin D such as soy milk and yogurt will also be a major source I can.
In particular, soy milk is a food made from soybeans, and according to a review study published in The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, an SCI-level scientific journal, soybeans are rich in genistein, which inhibits the infection and proliferation of viruses. . In addition, soybeans contain soybean saponin, which is known to be good for improving immunity, so it can be helpful in health care at the same time these days.
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