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CRN Foundation’s Vitamin D & Me! Campaign Wins NutraIngredients-USA Award for Best Industry Initiative
CRN Foundation’s Vitamin D & Me! Campaign Wins NutraIngredients-USA Award for Best Industry Initiative Vitamin D & Me! was the only campaign supported by the supplement
One big thing: Soak up the rays
Nearly half of us — regardless of age, race, and home state — are deficient in the sun’s vitamin.
Many are turning to vitamin D
Many are turning to vitamins and supplements to protect themselves from COVID-19 Studies make a strong case for upping your intake of vitamin D, selenium, zinc, quercetin, and even probiotics. View
COVID-19: Optimize Your Health
COVID-19: Optimize Your Health Florida’s COVID-19 response includes statewide and grassroots initiatives to educate on prevention and treatment of COVID-19. View Article
Vitamin D may have save thousands from dying of COVID-19
Vitamin D supplements might have saved thousands from dying with COVID-19 This opinion article discusses the potential benefits of Vitamin D supplementation and suggests its related to the cytokine storm. View
Doctors Call For Action To Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiencies To Help Fight COVID
Doctors Call For Action To Eliminate Vitamin D Deficiencies To Help Fight COVID Could an over the counter capsule be a key in fighting COVID-19? More doctors say yes, and they’re urging
Higher vitamin D status linked with better COVID-19 outcomes, reveals CRN
Higher vitamin D status linked with better COVID-19 outcomes, reveals CRN. Thirteen recent meta-analyses covering 100 studies reveal that vitamin D status may lead to better COVID-19 outcomes. However, it is important
Vitamin D Campaign Has Reached 5.6 million consumers
CRN vitamin D website with content developed by Nutrasource reaches 5.6 million consumers. The vitamin D website and social media outreach regarding vitamin D and COVID-19 includes informative scientific information about potential
Reduced Vitamin D Levels Associated with Increased COVID-19–Related Deaths
Reduced Vitamin D Levels Associated with Increased COVID-19–Related Deaths Lower levels of vitamin D are linked with a higher rate of deaths related to COVID-19, according to researchers from the Department of
Meet The Expert
Dr. Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D.
Vatsal G. Thakkar, M.D. is a physician founder and chief medical officer of Reimbursify, has a decade-long background in academic medicine, and has studied and treated vitamin D deficiency in over 1000 patients as an integrative psychiatrist. Since the coronavirus pandemic, he’s published two op-eds on vitamin D’s effects on the novel coronavirus, including one coauthored with former Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, MPH. He’s a signatory to the Vitamin D for All open letter, signed by over 200 international doctors and scientists. Find a copy of the letter, his Op-Eds, and a personalized vitamin D dose calculator on his website: www.vatsalthakkar.com
