We, functional medicine practitioners, have been talking about the importance of taking vitamin D for a decade but still, conventional medicine has not caught up. My health insurance did not cover the yearly vitamin D test last year. I found it out when I received the bill for $275-.
I have been a huge advocate about taking vitamin D effectively along with K and Zinc Citrate (the most desirable form of Zn for Covid-19) 23-55 mg/day. This open letter might interest you and your family members to read. Please educate yourself and others. Wearing the mask, washing hands, isolating ourselves at home is not enough to stop this madness in the cold winter time in New England.
I suggest people who are dark skin and who have VDR gene mutation. Surprisingly, I found a lot of my patients have this mutation. It is better to take any vitamin D than not taking any but there is a highly absorbable form of vitamin D out there. A lot of people who have gut permeability issues (leaky gut, malabsorption issues, autoimmune diseases) have known to have poor absorption rates.
