Vitamin D and the Immune system

Vitamin D and the immune system work together. You might be surprised that vitamin D can boost and suppress the immune system. Vitamin D can boost primitive defenses of macrophages (Cathlecidin, LL-37, and Beta Defensins. However it reduces classic inflammatory cytokines like IL-1beta, Il-6, and TNF-a. Vitamin D also suppresses the adaptive immune system, B and T cells. This means that high levels of vitamin D (10,000 IU) can be prescribed by a doctor to treat autoimmune diseases like lupus, MS, and psoriasis.

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