Dear friends,

I don’t post very often, but I felt it was necessary to share with you some information that I have started paying some attention to over the last couple of years.

You are all aware of vitamin D which is also known as the sunshine vitamin. You may not be aware though that it’s technically not a vitamin at all and is a steroid hormone produced by the body and is an essential part of the body’s immune response.

I first started hearing about the benefits of supplementing with Vitamin D3 in a podcast I regularly listen to which is presented by a guy called Steve Gibson. The podcast is called Security Now and is usually targeted at the tech community. However, Steve mentioned that he has started looking into Vitamin D supplementing. This was before the Covid19 pandemic. Here is the link to Steve’s research. https://www.grc.com/health/vitamin-d.htm 

A couple of years later, during the Covid19 lockdown, also listened to a podcast hosted by Joe Rogan where his guest for the day was Dr Rhonda Patrick. She confirmed a lot of what Steve Gibson said in his podcast about the subject. Here is a shortened version for you to listen to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBSfIckPV44 In short, a correlation study in Indonesia found that over 98% of patients who died from Covid 19 were Vitamin D deficient. Only 4% of Covid 19 patients were Vitamin D Sufficient.

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock recently lied in the House of Commons where he stated that the government-led research found Vitamin D “did not appear to have any impact”, on alleviating the virus. Officials then admitted that no such study has taken place. The Queen Mary of London is said to be launching a study of 5000 volunteers this Autumn.

Youtube has since obviously picked up on my interest in the subject and one of the channels it recommended to me is by Dr John Campbell. Here is one of his videos to watch, but I would urge you to have a look at a few more of his videos as he regularly gives updates with new numbers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyMFsLFAE5o

I have since started supplementing daily with 4000 IU of Vitamin D and 40mg of Zinc. I have now upped my Vitamin D supplementation to 8000 IU and will do so for about a month before dropping back down to 4000 IU. Amazon is probably the most convenient way of getting yours, so here is a link to the one I take. https://amzn.to/2Tkf1i6 

I would urge you to do your research and those of you in a position, get your GP to test your Vitamin D levels.