Vitamin D: Everything you are missing for not taking it.

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

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

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

If you have many questions about this vitamin or if you haven't even heard of its importance, don't miss this post.

It is a fat-soluble vitamin that plays a fundamental role in our body since Help to the formation of bones, teeth, calcium absorption, 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.

The foods with the highest Vitamin D content are:

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

Evolutionarily, we obtained enough Vit D because we received sunlight during the day, or else, as in 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, however, suffer from a deficiency of this vitamin because we generally 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 that's not the case, foods aren't as nutrient-dense 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 weakens.

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

But hey, we've already talked about the bad stuff. Since you're a health-conscious person (otherwise you wouldn't be here), let me tell you about the benefits of having a normal Vit D level.

• It could have antitumor 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 expose themselves to the sun for longer periods of time to synthesize the correct amount of Vit D.
• Help in the development of the skeleton
• It has anti-aging properties.
• Help to combat viral processes such as Covid-19. I'll give you a fact: all immune system cells have Vit D receptors. Coincidence? I'm sure not... It's as if every soldier in an army had a compartment in their uniform to store bullets they'll never use. It doesn't make sense...

You may not have known it, but several studies have shown overwhelming evidence of the importance of Vit D in combating 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 prior to hospitalization (study)
• A meta-analysis of 43 observational studies found that low vitamin D levels were associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection, mortality, and severity. In such cases, supplementation may be considered 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 (a cholesterol derivative) by the action of UVB rays.

2) Vitamin D2 that occurs in plants, in the medicinal mushroom and in yeasts by solar irradiation from ergosterol.

Both vitamin D compounds cannot be used by our bodies. When absorbed, they must be transformed to produce various compounds (their metabolites), which are the active ingredients responsible for vitamin D's multiple functions in the body.

The first biologically active metabolite is 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] (calcidiol), which is produced in the liver from both forms, vitamin D₂ or D_3.

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

But traditionally, levels of this vitamin have been considered normal at between 15 and 25 ng/ml, but this doesn't mean these values ​​are optimal. It's simply the level that shows a normal distribution in a modern society where most people don't get enough daily sunlight or eat foods rich in this vitamin.

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

Try to maintain high levels 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 eating a balanced diet and following healthy habits), we must consume sufficient amounts of this vitamin.

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Also, we have good news, we have done some changes in 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 of the Vitamin D from animals comes from the fat in sheep's wool and if we all got our Vitamin D supplements 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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