If you are concerned about getting covid-19, the absolutely best thing you can do is to improve your health, especially metabolic health by eating better, exercising daily, reducing stress (ie. quit paying attention to all the doomsday news), improve sleep, get outside in the sun, and do some things you love doing. The greatest risk […]
Does a Ketogenic Diet protect against viral infections ?
Does a Ketogenic diet protect against viral infections? There is no specific evidence that nutritional ketosis will help specifically protect against COVID-19. It’s too new of a virus to have done the research on COVID-19. HOWEVER, there is evidence that a ketogenic diet can improve immune system function against other viruses. Animal studies published in […]
Low Cholesterol Reduces Immune Function
A potential concern during the covid19 pandemic. Low cholesterol, viral immunity, and risks associated with an earlier death. These studies are not specific to the new coronavirus, but to other infectious respiratory viral diseases (and in all cause mortality). Patients taking a cholesterol lowering statin had 38-67% lower titers for influenza which indicates an immunosuppressant effect on […]
How Glucose Is Required For Viral Infections
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 […]
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