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Vitamin D

How to avoid Vitamin D deficiency while at home

Strangely enough, one cannot get too much Vitamin D from the sun but can overdo the supplements causing various problems. Vitamin D toxicity is, thankfully, quite rare but it can lead to hypercalcemia symptoms of which are: nausea, increased thirst and urination, and poor appetite.

Science v quackery~I I

Social media, particularly, WhatsApp , is abuzz with ‘magic‘ remedies. Remedies vary from the queer to the eccentric, to the plain nauseating ~that regular saline nasal wash will prevent virus from entering the lungs and eliminate them from the nasopharynx, that Vitamin D supplements will improve immunity and prevent Covid-19 infection and that drinking whiskey frequently will kill the virus.