Vitamin D Supplements May Weaken Your Immune System, But Only If You Take This Type

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68eccba71600004eaa48394a.jpg?ops=scalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Vitamin D" data-caption="Vitamin D" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="Michele Blackwell via Unsplash" />Vitamin D</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p>Though the <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/do-supplements-work-immune-system-colds_uk_6718c9eae4b0ede6b2bfafe8">NHS is pretty sceptical about the use</a> of vitamin C, garlic, or echinacea supplements to prevent or speed up recovery from colds, they do <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/nhs-vitamin-advice-winter_uk_66deb37ce4b05e7aac7c431a">reccomend all adults</a> “consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement during the autumn and winter”.</p><p>That’s because our body doesn’t make enough of the stuff in the darker months as sunlight decreases. Vitamin D <a href="https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/vitamins-and-minerals/vitamin-d/#:~:text=Vitamin%20D%20helps%20regulate%20the,condition%20called%20osteomalacia%20in%20adults." target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">is key to </a>keeping our bones, teeth, and muscles healthy, and <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3166406/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">can help to keep our immune system </a>in good nick.</p><p>But a recent review published in <a href="https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/advance-article/doi/10.1093/nutrit/nuaf166/8256613?searchresult=1&amp;login=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nutrition Reviews</a> suggested that not all vitamin D supplements are created equal.</p><p>In fact, they write, vitamin D2 might actually reduce the vitamin D type linked to better im