The best protection against Coronavirus enhances metabolic health

 The best protection against Coronavirus enhances metabolic health

Winter is coming and the current mass of Coronavirus-related news is not encouraging: the epidemic is destroying Europe, effective treatment is still very close, and many predict that the second wave will hit us even harder than the first. But amidst this evil and darkness, Dr. Aseem Malhotra's book, The 21 Day Immunity Plan

 (1), is a much-needed spirit of fresh air.Malhotra is a common name for European Scientist students - in one of our most widely read topics of the year, Covid-19 and the elephant in the room, Dr. Malhotra delighted the mainstream media for their failure to see the role of healthy eating in the Covid-19 case. Obesity, diabetes and other metabolic diseases have led to increased hospital admissions, defeats the NHS:

The message of public health media developed by the media to stay home, protect the NHS and save lives has been strong and effective. Given the speed at which the health symptoms of metabolic syndrome develop from dietary interventions, a equally strong human message if not essential now should be "eating real food, protecting the NHS and saving lives."

To drive that point home, Malhotra has now followed the story with a strong 21-day plan on how to make the best use of body fonts.

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The book begins with a strong and clear commentary on the epidemic: The shortcomings in the mainstream media and the public health messages surrounding the virus, were that the underlying cause of these conditions was related to lifestyle. But Malhotra's point is not about morality but about providing solutions, and the book quickly jumps on a quote from one of the great endocrinologists, prof. Robert Lustig:

Prevention is not just better than cure, prevention IS TREATMENT.

This powerful mantra is important in understanding what went wrong with Covid. If public health systems everywhere are most affected by this disease, it is because our society has not yet found a way to «cope with the growing burden of chronic diseases». This not only resulted in the deaths of millions of people, but also put our health care system under pressure. The main scientific statement of the book is that

«Many chronic conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and even cancer and dementia, are based on poor health. »This concept is defined as« the state of balance that you maintain between storing fat and burning energy. When this balance is disrupted, health can have a detrimental effect. »

According to Canguilhem's view «General and Pathological Theory», one might ask if there is any "familiarity" to explain this concept, however, for sure there are five signs to measure it:

Blood glucose level;

Blood pressure;

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Cholesterol profile (levels of triglycerides - a type of dangerous fat found in the blood)

High-density lipoprotein (HDL-C), a beneficial molecule that carries cholesterol

In view of such limitations, author of the Pioppi Diet states that «with some lifestyle changes, we can significantly improve and may normalize levels within 21 days. »

This bold claim can offer hope to people suffering from metabolic health worldwide (1) - while such illnesses may not always be caused by obesity, but they are related (2). So how does the high frequency of unequal metabolism programs relate to the growth of Covid cases and hospitalization? The explanation seems obvious to Malhotra:

«If a person has a history of chronic inflammation and then gets the virus, the cells that are resistant to this attack do not work as well as they should. These cells, called macrophages, are a type of white blood cell that replenishes and digests foreign invaders (cancer cells), cancer cells, and other cells that are not known to be healthy. In addition, excess body fat in the abdomen around the liver, pancreas and subcutaneous fat (lower fat) releases many invading cytokines. Cytokines are a group of proteins released from immune cells to help regulate the body's response to interactions with other cells in the body. It is a ‘cytokine’ storm resulting from an abnormal immune response that leads to respiratory depression resulting in severe lung injury and death for many of those killed by COVID-19. International statistics also show that for those under 50 years of age, overweight became a major risk factor for hospitalization and death. »

Age, therefore, is not the only factor affecting the outcome of Covid cases. Other risk factors «are related to high blood glucose or poor body health driven by high body fat, and chronic inflammation. Taken together it all leads to a much smaller immune response. We should therefore think of metabolic syndrome as an autoimmune disease. »

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Considering that 80% of chronic illnesses are caused by lifestyle (3), Malhotra thinks we can easily change this, and that is the plan he suggests in his book: bringing back harmful substances to physical health in 21 days of diet and lifestyle changes.

Anyway, at least I didn't go down without explaining myself first. Why three weeks will suffice? As it happens, the number 21 is long defined by the author, who refers to many (4) subjects and his initial knowledge of the program. In the context of the book, this is correct for good reasons such as:

«For most people it takes three weeks to break free from any habit, or for many it is a form of ultra sugar and food addiction. »

" Most people