| All these articles about different individual nutrients start to feel like heath whack-a-mole. How about this: to be in the best possible position to beat any serious infection, you need to be in generally good health. That means having adequate levels of all essential nutrients - i.e., all the vitamins, minerals, amino acids, enzymes etc that you get from maintaining a good diet and healthy lifestyle over the long term. To focus on just one nutrient as a pandemic looms just isn't the answer; it's not how health works. That said, I've personally researched what nutrients (note the plural) are most important for beating an infection like this, and have adjusted my nutrient intake somewhat, and recommended to close relatives they do the same. But this is after I and they have spent many years researching and maintaining good health practices. Update: if I was in not-so-good health (and not in medical treatment for a diagnosed condition, in which case, consult your doctor), my approach would be: - boost my amino acids, fatty acids and minerals with a few spoonfuls of hemp seeds every day - take extra supplements of vitamins A, B complex, C and D (and perhaps K?) - do plenty of walking in the fresh air and sun, - keep a generally healthy diet of good quality protein and veg. Update 2: Others are mentioning Vitamin K, which seems like a good idea to supplement if you're generally nutrient deficient, but may not be necessary if you have a good diet. [1] Disclaimer: not a health professional, but have had personal reasons to get very knowledgable about health and diet over many years. [1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/foods-high-in-vitamin-k |
When you get your vitamins/minerals from a pill, you run the risk of your body not absorbing it because that's not how our bodies adapted to absorb those things for millions of years.
If you're eating a healthy diet (90%+ plant based whole foods), you will get more than enough minerals/vitamins and amino acids.
Taking a few spoon fulls of hemp seeds is an excellent idea: it's super high in magnesium which is a mineral that most of us are greatly lacking. But, I would consider hemp seeds as just another food part of a plant based whole foods diet. personally, i add it to salads, smoothies, etc.
And you don't need Vitamin K supplements. Greens are extraordinarily high in Vitamin K. Even, just 20 calories of Spinach will provide over 400% of your daily Vitamin K intake!
People, be especially careful with supplements, they're very much unregulated and can put almost anything they want in those things.
Nature makes the best supplements: it's called food (plant based whole foods with a variety of grains and beans, lots of vegetables and fruits and some meat) and it has everything our body needs. Yes, for vitamin D, you'll need to go outside and get some exposure to the sun. Actually, doctor's tell us, Vitamin D isn't even a Vitamin, it's actually a hormone that your body makes all on it's own with enough exposure to sun. But, based on your skin pigmentation, you may need more or less exposure.