Hello everyone: This newsletter is a cautionary warning, and that is that this pandemic is likely to last for at least another 6 to 10 months, with some estimates of up to 2 years. This means that we all need to keep being vigilant with our health. In the last couple of newsletters/blogs that I have posted, I was speaking about the Elephant In The Room, which represents our pre-existing health status if/when we get ill. In that regard, the fact that our overall health is a major factor as to whether we get this virus, how serious it may be for each of us, and how well and fast we might recover, and if we have any long term residual health problems from such an illness…it becomes paramount to use this crisis as an opportunity to make steps to become optimally healthy. In other words, if you thought that it is too late to put efforts into upgrading your overall health, please think ... Read more
Archives for June 2020
CΟVID-19 UPDATE: Nutrition and Immune Strength, More Evidence of Need
Hello again everyone: As this pandemic moves along, there are many people behind the scenes doing research on how to help us survive and thrive. Unfortunately, this does not make the evening news, even though it could make all the difference in how your system handles this virus. Read more
COVID-19 Update: What You Eat Could Make or Break Your Immune System
Hello everyone: As you know, we have been talking about the Elephant In The Room, and this means that the Elephant (how healthy and resilient we are) needs to be super strong if we are to avoid SARS-CoV-2 infection and/or keep the infection as mild as possible. In the medical literature, there are hundreds of papers on the role of nutrition/diet and optimal/excellent immune response and regulation or poor/inadequate immune function. Here is a great paper on the Standard American Diet (SAD) and immune function: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4074336/ Here are several highlights: “The Western diet is characterized by a high intake of saturated and omega-6 fatty acids, reduced omega-3 fat intake, an overuse of salt, and too much refined sugar [Read more
COVID-19 UPDATE: Importance of Keeping Vitamin D Optimized
Hello once again: I know that previously in my very first COVID-19 blog, I mentioned that Vitamin D was a crucial component of your supportive care routine during the rise and fall of this pandemic, and I want to re-emphasize this point. Why? In this article the authors review findings that showed that those with the lowest Vit. D levels had the worst outcomes and more serious COVID-19 infections. https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/5/1359/htm Abstract: Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), with a clinical outcome ranging from mild to severe, including death. To date, it is unclear why some patients develop severe symptoms. Many authors have suggested the involvement of vitamin D in reducing the risk of infections; thus, we ... Read more
COVID-19 Update : Exercise as Medicine Addendum
Hello again to everyone: Last newsletter I started the conversation with these words: We talked about the elephant in the room, which is that everyone agrees that your pre-existing health status has everything to do with if you get COVID-19, how severe it may be, and how long it may last…yet no one talks about how to improve your health/pre-existing condition…unfortunately, no one is talking about how to increase resiliency and wellness as a component of prevention and recovery. Today, I found this paper that strongly re-enforces what I went over last time. In fact, this paper does it so well and so much better, that I thought it was important to share this with you. Read more
