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Sunshine, salmon and a Spanish study: How Vitamin D affects the coronavirus – The New Daily
The role of vitamin D in combatting the effects of the coronavirus has grown more contentious. But there’s more science on the subject than you’d think.
You might have missed it, but last week the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that his government was recommending vitamin D supplements as a protective measure against the coronavirus.
But most of the attention focused on Mr Hancock’s stumbling around on the issue. One moment he dismissed vitamin D’s usefulness, saying there was no good evidence as to its efficacy.
The next he was touting it as a must-take prophylactic because the evidence was pretty good, after all.
There’s certainly been…
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