Immunologic effects of vitamin D on human health and disease

N Charoenngam, MF Holick - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Vitamin D is responsible for regulation of calcium and phosphate metabolism and
maintaining a healthy mineralized skeleton. It is also known as an immunomodulatory …

Vitamin D sources, metabolism, and deficiency: available compounds and guidelines for its treatment

LJ Dominguez, M Farruggia, N Veronese… - Metabolites, 2021 - mdpi.com
Studies on vitamin/hormone D deficiency have received a vast amount of attention in recent
years, particularly concerning recommendations, guidelines, and treatments. Moreover …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin D sufficiency, a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D at least 30 ng/mL reduced risk for adverse clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 infection

Z Maghbooli, MA Sahraian, M Ebrahimi, M Pazoki… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background To investigate the association between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels and
its effect on adverse clinical outcomes, and parameters of immune function and mortality due …

Vitamin D and survival in COVID-19 patients: A quasi-experimental study

C Annweiler, B Hanotte, CG de l'Eprevier… - The Journal of steroid …, 2020 - Elsevier
Vitamin D may be a central biological determinant of COVID-19 outcomes. The objective of
this quasi-experimental study was to determine whether bolus vitamin D3 supplementation …

[HTML][HTML] IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete

RJ Maughan, LM Burke, J Dvorak… - … journal of sport …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Nutrition usually makes a small but potentially valuable contribution to successful
performance in elite athletes, and dietary supplements can make a minor contribution to this …

The role of micronutrients in support of the immune response against viral infections

F Pecora, F Persico, A Argentiero, C Neglia, S Esposito - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Viral infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the importance
of public health practices including handwashing and vaccinations in reducing their spread …

The vitamin D deficiency pandemic: Approaches for diagnosis, treatment and prevention

MF Holick - Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders, 2017 - Springer
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency is a global health issue that afflicts more than one
billion children and adults worldwide. The consequences of vitamin D deficiency cannot be …

Thyroid-gut-axis: how does the microbiota influence thyroid function?

J Knezevic, C Starchl, A Tmava Berisha, K Amrein - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
A healthy gut microbiota not only has beneficial effects on the activity of the immune system,
but also on thyroid function. Thyroid and intestinal diseases prevalently coexist …

Antioxidant activity of milk and dairy products

M Stobiecka, J Król, A Brodziak - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Consumption of food products that are rich in natural antioxidants
improves the antioxidant status of an organism through protection against oxidative stress …

Vitamin D supplementation guidelines

P Pludowski, MF Holick, WB Grant… - The Journal of steroid …, 2018 - Elsevier
Research carried out during the past two-decades extended the understanding of actions of
vitamin D, from regulating calcium and phosphate absorption and bone metabolism to many …