How Glucose Is Required For Viral Infections. In order to replicate itself a virus hijacks the cell and it’s glucose using machinery for energy. This is a great, but highly technical article that describes exactly this process. Viral Hikacking Of Cellular Machinery Conclusions (from article cited below): “Many studies have demonstrated that viruses reprogram cell […]
90% of Adults Hospitalized For COVID-19 Have Significant Chronic Health Problems
Good News, Bad News. 90% of those adults hospitalized for severe COVID19 complications have a significant underlying health condition with a significant skew towards older people. The most common risk factors are being older (particularly older than 65), hypertension, obesity, chronic lung disease, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease. The hospitalization rate during the four-week period […]
Nutrition Factors To Consider for Immune Function
Key Nutritional Factors For The Immune System, Diet and Supplementation. Keeping blood sugar down is critically important (as you can see in many other articles on this blog). High insulin levels will cause changes in your immune system that can drive problems including inflammation. Avoid spiking blood sugar. This means eliminating sugar (especially added sugars […]
Susceptibility factors for getting very sick with the Corona Virus.
Susceptibility factors for developing more severe complications with the Corona Virus. Age Genetics Immune system problems Chronic disease (particularly mentioned often are: diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and lung diseases (including the very common – asthma). Stress Nutritional deficiencies You can’t control some of these, but you can control others. Focus on those, focus […]
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