Hey Black folk...

Humans get vitamin D either by eating it, or from when sunlight hits your skin.

Darker skin makes less vitamin D than light skin. Northern hemisphere has less sunlight than equator. Winter less than summer.

Vitamin D is lowest, in Black folk, in winter.

Low vitamin D is correlated with decreased immune function. Which means it could make you vulnerable to Covid.

I asked my pops (head of Emergency Medicine at one of the Houston hospitals overrun with Covid earlier) to confirm.

He said. Yup.

My mom sent me articles earlier in the year about how vitamin D is related to muscle performance and retention.

She knows I do natural powerlifting / bodybuilding, and was bummed about not going to the gym.

Vitamin D every day "For your health!" Vs "For gains!"

She knows me.