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A randomized controlled trial finds that magnesium is important for modulating vitamin D levels by both increasing and lowering them.

Feb 19, 2019

“Both in vitro and animal studies have indicated that magnesium deficiency affects enzymes which synthesize and metabolize vitamin D metabolites. Based off of recent NHANES data ~45% of the US population does not meet the daily requirement for magnesium which is 310 mg/day for adult females and 400 mg/day for adult males.”

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Adults moderately or severely deficient in vitamin D had a 53% or 125% increased risk of dementia.

May 10, 2016

“FTA: > Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a substantially increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to the most robust study of its kind ever conducted. An international team found that study participants who were severely vitamin D deficient were more than twice as likely to develop dementia and Alzheimer's disease.”

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People with severe brain trauma were 2.4 times more likely to have a favorable recovery if given progesterone & vitamin D.

Oct 7, 2026

“Progesterone alone was 1.8 times more effective than placebo but vitamin D and progesterone had the greatest impact on recovery. Considering that up to 70% of the US population has inadequate vitamin D levels, this could pose an unfavorable outcome for many TBI patients. Doses given: progesterone (1mg/kg body weight twice a day). vitamin D (5micrograms/kg body weight once per day).”

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A combination treatment of ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and doxycycline induces metabolic inflexibility in cancer stem cells.

Mar 22, 2020

“From the article: > The Salford team recently showed Vitamin C to be up to ten times more effective at stopping cancer cell growth than pharmaceuticals such as 2-DG [an inhibitor of glycolysis], but they say that when Vitamin C is combined with an antibiotic, it is up to ten times more effective, making it nearly 100 times more effective than 2-DG.”

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Vitamin D may reduce susceptibility to COVID-19-associated lung injury

Apr 19, 2020

“Vitamin D and respiratory tract infections Robust evidence suggests that vitamin D is protective against respiratory tract infections. Data from 25 randomized controlled trials from around the world demonstrate that daily or weekly supplementation of vitamin D reduced the risk of acute respiratory infection by more than 50 percent in people with low baseline vitamin D levels.”

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