Garlic vs Vitamin D for immunity
Short answer: For immunity, users rate them about the same: 100% report improvement with Garlic (8 reports) and 98% with Vitamin D (94 reports).
Garlic has 142 meta-analyses and 194 randomized trials on PubMed; Vitamin D has 3,251 and 4,560.
Based on 133 reports about Garlic and 3,058 about Vitamin D. Not medical advice.
| Garlic Supplement | Vitamin D Supplement | |
|---|---|---|
| Users say it helped | 77%helped40 reports · medium confidence | 67%helped1,101 reports · high confidence |
| Verdict | Mostly positive | Mostly positive |
| Research | AResearch: Strong | AResearch: Strong |
| Meta-analyses / RCTs | 142 / 194 | 3,251 / 4,560 |
| Mainly used for | ||
| Mood % reporting improvement | — | 88% (393) |
| Energy % reporting improvement | 100% (2) | 87% (255) |
| Sleep % reporting improvement | — | 52% (119) |
| Immunity % reporting improvement | 100% (8) | 98% (94) |
| Anxiety % reporting improvement | — | 64% (90) |
| Common side effects | nausea, headache, garlic smell, constipation | insomnia, anxiety, hypercalcemia, nausea |
| Typical dose reported | 500 mg / 2x daily | 10,000-20,000 IU / daily |
Conclusion: There is moderate to high level of evidence from randomized controlled trials that the Ayurvedic herbs guggulu, garlic, and black cumin are moderately effective for reducing hypercholesterolemia. In addition, minimal evidence was found for any side effects associated with these herbs, positioning them as safe adjuvants to conventional treatments.
Medicina (Kaunas), 2021 ↗“For me, it's garlic that works. I use these capsules called Allacin Max, and at the first hint of a cold or a bug I start taking them and the cold never develops into anything.”
These results indicate that the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was more elevated in obese subjects. The vitamin D deficiency was associated with obesity irrespective of age, latitude, cut-offs to define vitamin D deficiency and the Human Development Index of the study location.
Obes Rev, 2015 ↗“First thing I noticed was my mood & libido, I have more 'feeling/sensitivity' down there.”
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