COVID-19 Update : Thinking About the Possible Second Wave

RVAchironeuro • July 20, 2020

Hello again everyone:­­

Here is a very pertinent quote from a very recent article from MedPage:

“As we begin to think about the next wave, about what the coming months may hold for us, it seems like having rapid flu testing available in the office, as well as rapid point-of-care testing for COVID-19, may be what we need to safely diagnose, safely treat, safely send home, safely quarantine, and safely track contacts, to prevent the second wave from being as devastating as the first. We need to begin now preparing for the next, not reacting after it’s already here…”

This is actually what we would hope will be in place by the fall so that we do not quarantine the healthy, only those that are truly sick with the virus, so that the economy and our lives can keep going and not be more stressful.

Once again, I am failing to find any mention of what each of us can do to optimize our health so that we can either avoid the disease altogether, or if we become infected then the course of the illness is mild. This appears to me to be gross negligence by our public health authorities in light of the foundational information about Vitamin D. I know I mentioned this before, however, it is worth re-iterating and going over the basic facts as they become available.

As of June 2020, there are around 20 Vitamin D trials being done in relationship to Vitamin D and COVID-19. Right now, the use of Vitamin D to assist in prevention and amelioration of SARS CoV-2 is not ‘proven’ but does have some basis in evidence from data from multiple countries who have examined Vitamin D status in relation to severity of illness of infected patients. Here are a few links:

Bottom Line:

Once again, please bear in mind that using Vitamin D is part of supportive or adjunctive care and is not considered primary care or primary treatment for SARS CoV-2. Emerging evidence supports using Vitamin D as the literature shows a strong relationship between Vitamin D status and severity of infections: the better your Vitamin D status, the better your outcome. It is that simple (yeah!). So, get your Vitamin D level tested and take adequate Vitamin D (always take your D3 with Vitamin K2!!!) to get your Vitamin D levels to around 80 ng/ml, and keep it there as this pandemic can possibly last well into next year!! With strategies like this, we may be able to keep the second wave to a minimum.

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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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