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Health Tip from a Covid-19 (Severe Case) Survivor

Hi friends and family! As most of you know, Papa spent 88 days in the hospital from severe complications of Covid-19. This post is to highlight the value of Vitamin-D sufficiency in the healthy population (that's the rest of us) to increase immunity and decrease severe C-19 cases even as the government extends GCQ and eases travel restrictions.

Along with all the other medications, the only vitamin prescribed to my dad during this period of recovery is Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol). This led me to do research that eventually became a personal awareness advocacy and a side line. Whatever multivitamin you're already taking today, I strongly recommend that you add vitamin D separately on top of it. If you live in developed countries you likely already have sufficient public health advisory on D3 along with vitamin C & Zinc awareness, so this is mainly for friends and family in the Philippines.

6 Reasons to add Vitamin-D to your supplementation:

> 7 out of 10 Filipinos are Vitamin D deficient
> The ongoing quarantine, along with rainy weather, have further decreased our exposure to sunlight which helps our body produce the Vitamin D hormone naturally
> 96% of severe Covid-19 cases are vitamin D deficient. While this is a correlation and not a causal link, you are simply much less likely to turn into a severe case (needing intensive care, high mortality risk) if you are Vitamin D sufficient
> Vitamin D promotes calcium absorption in the gut and maintains adequate serum calcium and phosphate concentrations to enable normal mineralization of bone (reducing risk of fractures and bone injuries)
> Its other roles in the body include modulation of cell growth, neuromuscular and immune function, and reduction of inflammation. Many genes encoding proteins that regulate cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis are modulated in part by vitamin D
> Vitamin D3 is very affordable. For the basic 1000 IUs / day you can get 60 softgel capsules at only P550, which will last one person for 2 months. As it is a fat-soluble vitamin, I highly suggest taking it separately in this soft-gel form.

If you want to act on this information and add vitamin D to your family's daily supplementation, I'm distributing Fern-D in support of Papa's continued recovery:

Fern-D 60 softgels = P550
Fern-D 120 softgels = P1000

Disclaimers:
- This is just one health tip, to be applied along with all the other existing health & safety measures we are encouraged to pursue
- Greater vitamin D3 deficiency potential in certain persons (aging population, darker skin, poor diet, breastfeeding moms, hepatic/renal failure) may need significantly greater than 1000 IUs / day of supplementation to normalize vit D levels in the body. Please seek medical advice for an accurate prescription.

References:
- https://technology.inquirer.net/101234/more-evidence-that-lack-of-vitamin-d-is-linked-to-covid-19-severity
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798924/
- https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminD-HealthProfessional/
- https://www.unilab.com.ph/forti-d/forti-d-the-vital-vitamin

Videos:
- https://youtu.be/tBSfIckPV44
- https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2905139946242684

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