Dr. Fauci says to take vitamin D if you’re deficient — here’s how to know
Published Sat, Sep 26 20209:30 AM EDT
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/26/how-to-know-if-you-have-a-vitamin-d-deficiency.html
While Dr. Anthony Fauci admits most “so-called immune boosting” supplements being marketed amid Covid-19 mostly do “nothing,” he does believe in the benefits of vitamin D.
“If you are deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. So I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself taking vitamin D supplements,” Fauci, 79, said during an Instagram Live on Sept. 10.
But figuring out whether you are vitamin D deficient and how much of the supplement you need to take is complicated. In fact, medical professionals have been debating the efficacy of routine vitamin D screenings and supplementation recommendations for years.
“You’re wandering into a maze,” Dr. Clifford Rosen, an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at Tufts University’s School of Medicine, who has studied vitamin D for more than 30 years, tells CNBC Make It.
Here’s what you need to know from three experts...
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Published Sat, Sep 26 20209:30 AM EDT
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/26/how-to-know-if-you-have-a-vitamin-d-deficiency.html
While Dr. Anthony Fauci admits most “so-called immune boosting” supplements being marketed amid Covid-19 mostly do “nothing,” he does believe in the benefits of vitamin D.
“If you are deficient in vitamin D, that does have an impact on your susceptibility to infection. So I would not mind recommending, and I do it myself taking vitamin D supplements,” Fauci, 79, said during an Instagram Live on Sept. 10.
But figuring out whether you are vitamin D deficient and how much of the supplement you need to take is complicated. In fact, medical professionals have been debating the efficacy of routine vitamin D screenings and supplementation recommendations for years.
“You’re wandering into a maze,” Dr. Clifford Rosen, an endocrinologist and professor of medicine at Tufts University’s School of Medicine, who has studied vitamin D for more than 30 years, tells CNBC Make It.
Here’s what you need to know from three experts...
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