Vitamin D supplementation to prevent acute respiratory tract infections (2017)
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#2Can any physicians or researchers here verify the credibility of this site, to prevent misinformation?
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#3Can any physicians or researchers here verify the credibility of this site, to prevent misinformation?
British Medical Journal? Impact factor 27.604 in 2018. But in scientific publishing the intended audience is not lay people. You really have to know how to read the articles to determine what they mean. I liked their series of articles called "How to Read a Paper."[0] But keep in mind [1].
0. https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications...
1. https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo...
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#4Can any physicians or researchers here verify the credibility of this site, to prevent misinformation?
Assuming it's the BMJ that I know of that's the 'British Medical Journal' which is highly regarded.
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#6Interesting! Anecdotally I used to get very, very bad respiratory infections once a year when working in an office full time, getting at best an hour in the sun a day. Now I remote work and get anywhere from 2-6 hours sun most days, and I haven't had a serious infection for more than a year and a half. Could still be coming, but I feel 200% better overall so regardless, highly recommend getting outside more.
Edit: maybe this came off as a humble brag? Getting a downvote or two, which I don't mind, but I wouldn't want to give off the wrong impression. I only work from home, I am not a jetsetting nomad, I can just work around my outdoor activities now.
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#7Unfortunately I can't find the source, but I read somewhere that it wasn't proven that Vitamin D supplements can improve outcomes after infection has occurred. Can anyone find the source on this and verify?
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#8Hacker News has gone from the anger to the bargaining phase of grief. 4chan, ahead of the curve naturally, is currently in full blown depression phase.
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#9What’s the connection between calcium and D?
I recall someone telling me you had to be careful of supplementing D or you could promote calcification in arteries. You had to take with a calcium shop or something. Is that true?
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#10Interesting! Anecdotally I used to get very, very bad respiratory infections once a year when working in an office full time, getting at best an hour in the sun a day. Now I remote work and get anywhere from 2-6 hours sun most days, and I haven't had a serious infection for more than a year and a half. Could still be coming, but I feel 200% better overall so regardless, highly recommend getting outside more. Edit: ma…
Sounds like your exposure to other people might have changed dramatically: working in an office full time -> remote work.