VITAMIN D: EVERYTHING YOU ARE MISSING BY NOT TAKING IT.

There are times when we have the evidence in front of us, and we don't see it...

The evidence about the importance of Vit D in respiratory infections was already well known and just when we are in the middle of a global pandemic, it has taken us too long to realize the importance of this vitamin.

Studies on the levels of Vit D in patients who had COVID-19 had to be published for us to start paying attention to it again...

If you have many doubts about this vitamin or if you have not even heard about its importance, do not miss this post.

It is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a fundamental role in our body as it helps in the formation of bones, teeth, the absorption of calcium, the immune system...

It can be obtained mainly in two ways:

• With exposure to sunlight (UV).
• Through the consumption of foods rich in this vitamin.

Foods with the highest Vitamin D content are:

• Fatty fish, especially trout, mackerel, salmon or tuna.
• The eggs
• Milk and its derivatives.
• Some fungi, for example mushrooms.

Evolutionarily we got enough Vit D because we got sun during the day, or else, like during the last ice age, our diet was very rich in this vitamin.

But the modern world brings its consequences, sometimes not so good...

Spain is one of the countries with the most hours of sunshine throughout the year, but its inhabitants are deficient in this vitamin because in general we spend much more time at home or in the office than outdoors.

Our diet is no longer as nutritionally rich, we eat a lot of processed foods and even if this is not the case, the foods are not as rich in nutrients as they once were.

And what happens when you don't have something that is essential for many physiological processes in the body?

Your health is weakening.

Your immune system, your bone health, your cardiovascular health suffer...

But hey, we've already talked about the bad things. Since you are a person who cares about your health (otherwise you wouldn't be here), let me tell you about the good things that come from having your Vit D in normal ranges.

• It could have anti-tumor properties. In fact, it is curious to see how African Americans in the US have a higher rate of cancer and there are researchers who clearly associate this with the fact that, since they have dark skin, they need to be exposed to the sun for longer to synthesize a correct amount of Vit D.
• Helps in skeletal development
• It has anti-aging properties.
• It helps fight viral processes such as Covid-19. I'll give you a fact: all immune system cells have Vit D receptors. Coincidence? Surely not... It's as if all soldiers in an army had a compartment in their uniform to store bullets that they will never use. It doesn't make sense...

Maybe you didn't know it, but different studies have shown overwhelming evidence of the importance of Vit D in fighting COVID-19.

• The Spanish Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology recommends Vit D supplements to prevent and treat COVID 19 ( study )
• This retrospective study of all Covid patients hospitalized in Andalusia between January and December 2020 demonstrates that a significant reduction in mortality was associated with Vitamin D supplementation 15-30 days before hospitalization ( study )
• A meta-analysis of 43 observational studies found that low levels of Vitamin D were associated with a higher risk of infection, mortality and severity due to COVID-19. In such cases, supplementation can be considered as an advisable preventive and therapeutic measure.

There are two types of Vit D.

1) Vitamin D3 produced in the skin of humans and other animals, from 7-dehydrocholesterol (derived from cholesterol) by the action of UVB rays.

2) Vitamin D2 is produced in plants, fungi and yeasts by solar radiation from ergosterol.

Neither of these vitamin D compounds can be used by our body. Once absorbed, they must be transformed to produce several compounds (their metabolites), which are the active compounds responsible for the multiple functions of vitamin D in the body.

The first biologically active metabolite is 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] (calcidiol), which is produced in the liver from either vitamin D ₂ or D _{3 forms.}

This is precisely the parameter 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] that is measured in the analytics to see the levels of Vit D.

However, levels of this vitamin have traditionally been considered normal to be between 15 and 25 ng/ml, but this does not mean that these figures are optimal. It is just the level that shows a normal distribution in a modern society in which most people do not get enough time in the sun every day or consume foods rich in this vitamin.

Recently, field studies have been conducted on people who live exposed to the sun - just as our ancestors did - such as farmers, lifeguards, athletes who train outdoors and it was observed that their levels exceeded 40 ng/ml, reaching optimal levels of between 60-90 ng/ml.

Try to keep your levels high and supplement if necessary.

Vit D is too important.

As we have seen, vitamin D plays an essential role in our health, so if we want to be healthy (in addition to having a balanced diet and following healthy habits) we must take enough of this vitamin.

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Also, we have good news, we have made some changes to the formulation to make it even more effective: adding vitamin D3.

The evidence that this vitamin has in the prevention and treatment of respiratory infections is very large (as we have seen in the studies mentioned) so we have preferred to add the vitamin from algae through a patented ingredient Vita-algae D that has a high content of vitamin D.

Like everything we do at Baïa, this reformulation is designed to take better care of you and, at the same time, the environment.

Most animal-derived Vitamin D comes from the fat in sheep's wool and if we all got our Vitamin D supplementation from this source the impact on the environment would be very large .

We also want to take care of your wallet, so although the formula has improved, the price is exactly the same!

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