Many are confused about the rising number of COVID-19 cases and information about the new vaccination rollout. With the pandemic still sweeping the world, information about ways to boost your immune system and stay safe & healthy dominates our news. Internationally recognized and award-winning surgeon Dr. Leslie Ray Matthews has launched a new campaign to educate the global community of the benefits of daily intake of Vitamin D. Dr. Matthews has revolutionized the use of “high-dose” Vitamin D in the frontline treatment of coronavirus and other diseases of chronic illnesses such as traumatic brain injuries, heart attacks, strokes, concussions, ventilator-associated pneumonia, sepsis, ARDS and infections.
Here are five facts about Vitamin D:
- Vitamin D3 is a steroid hormone and not a true vitamin
- Melanin in dark-skinned people blocks 95% of vitamin D3 production produced by the sun striking the skin.
- Vitamin D3 modulates the immune response and inflammatory response systems.
- Vitamin D3 is the most common nutritional deficiency in the world.
- 50%-80% of the world’s population is vitamin D3 deficient.
