Vaccinated against Covid 19 with Pfizer shots and keep taking vitamins.

[bookee_sk]

Can I keep taking Vitamin D, Zinc after being fully vaccinated against Covid 19 with Pfizer shots?
I was vaccinated 2 and a half months ago, received both Pfizer shots (my 2nd dose was after 42 days), is it okay to have Vitamin D as supplement, or would interfere with my immune system

[Paxiled]

De;pending on where you live and how you live, most docs today recommend D supplements.  Make sure it's D3 or it will be useless.  Unless someone has told you there's a deficiency, don't take more than 1000iu a day.  The reason it is being recommended so much these days is because modern urban humans are almost never in the sun at peak times anymore and if they are they cover up too often with clothing.  We spend most of our work lives indoors nowadays and docs have advised us to avoid the sun to prevent skin cancer or use so much sunscreen we don't absorb the D.  If you're someone who does go outside at peak sun a lot and don't cover up your skin all the time, you probably don't need it but it won't harm you.  If you take it though, do know you have to make sure you get plenty of magnesium.  D potentiates calcium, but that means the other electrolytes that are supposed to be in balance with calcium can get out of balance.  The main one of these is magnesium.  As for zinc, you can take a small amount daily, such as what's in a multi, but too much can be harmful, do do be careful.  It's mainly used in higher doses for short periods of time when we get sick, and then it's taken sublingually.  

[AnnieBrooke]

It's OK to take vitamin D as a supplement whether you have had any vaccinations or not. (Or, if you expose your skin to at least 15 minutes of sunlight daily, that also gives you the vitamin D you need.) The thing is not to take too much vitamin D. Because it's a fat-soluble vitamin (as opposed to water soluble), if you took too high of a dose, it would build up in your body and could be dangerous. Recommended dose is 400 IU to a maximum of 4,000 IU daily.