India, Sept. 4 -- Vitamin D deficiency makes people more susceptible to COVID-19;countries with high levels of vitamin D deficiency reported higher mortality due to the disease, according to studies

It is a link that could lead to an unnecessary and unfortunate assault on the food we eat: Observational studies suggest that vitamin D deficiency makes people more susceptible to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). And countries with high levels of vitamin D deficiency reported higher morbidity and mortality due to the disease.

Spain and Italy, for example, have high prevelance of vitamin D deficiency in their population and reported a higher COVID-19 mortality and morbidity. Countries such as Sweden, Norway and Finland - where people...