According toNutrition Business Journal,sales of immunity supplements are projected to increase by 51 percentin 2020 alone.
The connection between immunity and COVID-19 is complicated, so here they set the record straight.
The information they share could just be the most important news you read all winter.
Slightly more promising, however, is the potential of vitamin D to protect against COVID-19.
This is really vital to know because most Americans are not getting enough vitamin D, Dr. Parikh says.
(You want to aim to get between400 and 800 IU or 10 to 20 microgramsa day.)
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(And be extremely skeptical of any products that explicitly claim to do so.)
The biggest elephant in the room is exposure, Dr. Desai says.
But taking other precautions related to your immunity by no means mitigates the risk of exposure.
Dr. Desai says it really all comes down to basic math.
The goal is to minimize the amount of exposure to the virus you get, he says.
Will going to get a flu shot put me at risk of contracting COVID-19?
But both doctors saygetting your flu shotthis year is vital to protecting your health.
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Over-using hand sanitizer will make it less effective, right?
But its a double-edged sword because its really important to stay clean right now, Dr. Parikh says.
Her advice: Hedge on the side of staying clean.
Dr. Desai whole-heartedly agrees.
As we work to navigate the latest wave of COVID-19, being armed with the facts is crucial.
After all, were in this together.
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