80 Percent of Hospitalized COVID Patients Are Deficient in This Vitamin - msnNOW

Now, yet another study has found that being deficient in vitamin D could make you more likely to be hospitalized with COVID, increasing your chances of severe illness by 80 percent.

Read on to learn about how this vitamin plays an important part in the fight against coronavirus, and for more on everyday items that could help your health, check out This Common Medication Could Save You From Deadly COVID Complications.

"One approach is to identify and treat vitamin D deficiency, especially in high-risk individuals such as the elderly, patients with comorbidities, and nursing home residents, who are the main target population for the COVID-19," study co-author José L.

"Vitamin D treatment should be recommended in COVID-19 patients with low levels of vitamin D circulating in the blood since this approach might have beneficial effects in both the musculoskeletal and the immune system.".

According to researchers at Augusta University in Georgia, analyses of over 30 other studies into the long-trumpeted immune-boosting vitamin C show that it appears to be lacking in many patients who develop serious cases of COVID-19.

Researchers say that coronavirus almost acts as accelerated aging, and that the drop in vitamin C levels elderly patients experience as part of the aging process could be a sign as to why they're more susceptible as a population to the disease.

If you've been looking for an excuse to order a dozen oysters, you may be in luck: A study conducted in Spain over March and April found that patients who had higher levels of zinc in their blood were more likely to survive COVID-19 than those who had much lower levels.

The B vitamin study also points out that low levels of pyridoxine "have been noted in patients with type-2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and in the elderly, groups who are at higher risk of poorer COVID-19 outcomes." The researchers say that supplementing your diet with this vitamin can mitigate COVID-19 symptoms by both regulating your body's immune response and decreasing cytokines.

The authors of the B vitamin study point out among the litany of other benefits that the group has on the body, B12 specifically can help regulate the respiratory, gastrointestinal, and central nervous systems.