Covid-19 & Health Update: Exercise as Medicine During the Pandemic

RVAchironeuro • January 24, 2022

Hello again friends:

  As I recover from Covid, I had some time to think about what I might have done differently regarding prevention and recovery strategies. As a normal part of my lifestyle, I routinely perform around 4 hours of yoga every week. After doing a bit of research, I think I will add a bit more exercise. Here is why I think that this information is critical for all of us, and especially those of us over 50 as this demographic was the hardest hit by Covid-19 and its variants:

“Physical exercise is seen as the main ally for health promotion, preventing and protecting the organism from several diseases. Additionally, it is well-established that the practice of physical exercise is essential for well-being in the elderly population. 

  Recently, the world population started the confrontation against (COVID-19), which today is the most significant public health challenge in the world.

  Determined as a pandemic (when on a large scale of severity in most parts of the world), organizations responsible for the prevention, maintenance, and treatment standards related to human health outlined some measures: social distancing. Since then, this has been the primary strategy in the fight against COVID-19 in several countries in the world. As a result, the limited practice of physical exercise became a significant concern for the elderly population.

  However, physical exercise is a powerful ally for improving health, as it acts efficiently on the elderly immune function. It was reflected in better systemic functioning, mainly preventing infectious diseases .”

Bottom Line:

As this article states, Exercise is Medicine for Health Promotion. While this paper focuses on the most at risk part of our population and the one that suffered the most deaths, this information applies to most of us and all ages. Recently, research has revealed that the “prevalence of metabolic health in American adults is ‘alarmingly low’, even among people who are a normal weight.” The researchers state that only 12% of us can be considered metabolically healthy and to restore oneself to metabolic health does not mean spending all day in the gym. It means eating right (avoid sugar, bad carbs, bad fats, toxins, and pesticides in foods by going organic, going plant based and reducing all animal products as a starter) and moving right and lowering stress. The links below give you more information and additional strategies to recover your metabolic health, thus improving your immune system and reducing risks from all infections. Now is a good time to upgrade your lifestyle patterns to optimize your health and safeguard your future as it relates to all aspects of your health and wellbeing.

 

 

By Mark Smith March 23, 2026
Health News Update: How To Fight Inflammation and Chronic Disease 3.23.26 Hello again everyone: You might wonder why I keep focusing on food…so here are some of the reasons: food choices are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and spreading around the world. Poor food choices lead to inflammation which slowly destroy health. It is that simple, plain, and clear and backed by research. The next question: how do we fight back? Introduction The positive impact of food on health was postulated by the ancient Hippocrates, father of modern medicine with his famous quote: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” [1]. In the 21st century, scientists have focused on the effect of nutritional habits in diseases. Nowadays, it is well documented that food plays a noteworthy role in the pathogenesis of chronic diseases namely cardiovascular diseases (CVD), metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus type II, and cancer [2–5], as it correlates with others with the lipid pattern, the blood pressure, and the endothelial function. The scientists examine the effect of nutritional habits on disease emergence and progression in both individual nutrient intake and dietary patterns models. Worldwide, two dietary patterns are usually compared—the Mediterranean diet (MD) and the Western diet (WD) [3,6]. The Mediterranean diet reflects the food culture of most Mediterranean countries based on olive oil consumption, seasonal fresh vegetables, cereals, and plants in balance with low consumption of meat [7]. The Western diet, on the contrary, is dominated by high-fat dairy products processed and red meat [8]. However, discordance in the different MD patterns and consumed food doses had been recognized. Without any doubt, those discrepancies could confine and restrict our knowledge on the health benefit mechanisms of the MD [9]. Due to the above, the medical community along with nutritionists and dieticians take a keen interest in MD and its traits [7]. https://www.academia.edu/45378994/biomedicines_Mediterranean_Diet_as_a_Tool_to_Combat_Inflammation_and_Chronic_Diseases_An_Overview?email_work_card=view-paper food choices can fight inflammation and chronic disease Bottom Line: This is a 2020 paper and since then literally hundreds of papers on the MD have emerged showing how the food plan lowers inflammation and the risk for developing multiple chronic illnesses. Even still, lots of research needs to be done to elucidate the many mechanisms of how food impacts our system and how to optimally individualize dietary recommendations. At this point, our best strategy to prevent and/or recover from any chronic condition is to eat as clean and natural as possible. It has become rather obvious that the further away from a natural diet we get, the sicker we become. On top of that, I have yet to see a full recovery from any health issue without the foundation of a predominantly plant-based, unprocessed, whole foods approach…which is why I keep posting about this subject. All the best to you and yours!
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