What are some of the specific roles nutrients play in immune function? The immune system is essential for health and well-being, something we are keenly aware of in the current pandemic. Over the past...
Vitamin C has been well known for decades as an important immune boosting nutrient that can help fight the flu and the common cold. One of the major roles of vitamin C is as...
Being exposed to viruses, bacteria, and toxins is a part of a normal day. They are in the air we breathe, the food we eat, in the water we drink and on surfaces we...
Vitamin D is essential for immune health, due to its many roles in the immune response and in the regulation of the inflammatory response. Vitamin D deficiency has also become recognized as a risk...
We have shared and will continue to share a wealth of information on vitamin D and numerous other nutrients (such as omega-3s, vitamin C, magnesium and zinc) that are important for immune system function....
As of now, there has been much talk about vitamin D and its possible role in decreasing the risk of COVID-19 infection, and while there has not yet been a published randomized controlled trial...
There is evidence to support that maintaining a vitamin D level of at least 40-60 ng/ml (100-150 nmol/L) is protective against influenza and at least 30 ng/ml (75 nmol/L) to protect against COVID-19 has...
In a review article published recently in Nutrients, GrassrootsHealth presented evidence surrounding the clinical usefulness of vitamin D supplementation for reducing the risk of influenza and respiratory tract infections which may be useful in...
As COVID-19 continues to quickly gain pandemic status, it is essential to recognize a pandemic that has been slowly growing in the background of this and many other diseases over the past several decades...
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS, aka wet lung) is a condition resulting from severe respiratory injury or illness, such as pneumonia, in which the air sacs of the lungs fill with fluid, preventing the...