Vitamin D Treatment Improved Condition of COVID-19 Patients, Study Finds

A deficiency of vitamin D was found to be ‘highly prevalent’ among infected patients.

Modern life has taken us away from the sunlight and deprived us of our primary source of vitamin D, a nutrient critical to our health and immune function. Aleksandra Gigowska/Shutterstock

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients exhibited improved outcomes after being given vitamin D treatments, according to a new study from Japan.

The study, published in ScienceDirect, aimed to evaluate how vitamin D could help in preventing severe illness and mortality among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. It found that vitamin D deficiency was “highly prevalent” among COVID patients, and supplementing their diets with vitamin D improved symptoms and aided in recovery.