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The Swiss Society for Nutrition recommends taking a higher dose of vitamin D as a precaution against Covid disease. What speaks for and against.
A panel of experts “strongly” recommends supplementing with up to 50 micrograms of vitamin D a day.
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Scientists from the Universities of Lausanne, Zurich and ETH Zurich, together with the Swiss Society for Nutrition (SGE), have produced a position paper on the corona pandemic that makes one sit up and take note: the expert panel recommends ” emphatically ‘a dietary supplement’ with vitamin D, vitamin C and omega-3 fatty acids, as well as selenium and zinc for the population that does not follow the Swiss dietary recommendations, especially for those aged 65 years and over.
Vitamin D is mentioned separately in the document in relation to Covid 19 diseases: “Current studies show that in patients with a severe course of the disease
and increased mortality, a low level of vitamin D was found in the blood. “Vitamin D also plays an important role in reducing the risk of respiratory infections and in the winter months
Less exposure to the sun increases the risk of vitamin D deficiency.
