Vitamin

A review from health experts in the United Kingdom has found no evidence that vitamin D deficiency is an independent risk factor for COVID-19. However, the country’s National Health Service recommend taking a daily vitamin D supplement to compensate for any lack of sunlight exposure during lockdown.Share on PinterestA review of existing studies finds no…

Scientists have recently found that mice with diabetes that received treatment with a vitamin A analog had significantly improved eyesight.Share on PinterestNew research in mice suggests that vitamin A treatment may improve eyesight in diabetes.New research has shown that a single dose of the chromophore 9-cis-retinal, an analog of vitamin A, can significantly improve reduced…

Public health officials in the United Kingdom have launched an urgent review into the potential role of vitamin D in protecting people against the coronavirus, exploring whether vitamin D deficiency could help explain why Black and Asian citizens are more likely to die of the virus.This review comes in the wake of an alarming revelation…

Vitamin B12 is best gained from foods of an animal origin, such as meat and dairy, so people who follow a vegan or vegetarian diet may be at risk of vitamin B12 deficiency. Also, certain medical conditions, such as pernicious anaemia, can affect a person’s absorption of B12 from foods. Vitamin B12 is vital in…

Some patients who have died or have been hospitalized as a result of the novel coronavirus have reportedly been found to be deficient in vitamin K, according to scientists in the Netherlands who hope to further explore if taking a vitamin K supplement could help prevent severe COVID-19 infection.Researchers studying coronavirus patients at the Canisius…