COVID-19
Mexico obesity: Oaxaca bans sale of junk food to children
The Mexican state of Oaxaca has banned the sale of junk food and sugary drinks to children in an attempt to reduce high obesity and diabetes levels. Oaxaca is the ...
Fermented Foods May Lower Your Risk of COVID-19 Death
Story at-a-glance Countries that consume higher amounts of traditionally fermented foods have lower COVID-19 mortality rates. According to German researchers, significant changes in the microbiome caused by modern life and ...
Does your Autoimmune Disease Increase Risk for COVID-19?
Many of my patients with an autoimmune disease have asked if it puts them at a higher risk of contracting COVID-19 or developing more serious complications if they were to get ...
Dr. Joseph Mercola: UV Radiation Protects Against Coronavirus
According to a British observational study1 posted July 6, 2020, on the preprint server medRxiv, ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure appears to lower COVID-19 mortality rates. As reported by News Medical ...
COVID-19 Severity Associated With Abnormal Thyroid Function
Serum levels of thyrotropin (TSH) and total triiodothyronine (T3) are significantly lower in individuals with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to results of a retrospective study published in Thyroid. Much ...
Why We Shouldn’t Socially Isolate: The Empowering Neurologist – David Perlmutter, M.D., and Drs. Danilo Bzdok and Robin Dunbar
One of the most pervasive recommendations these days centers on the benefits related to socially distancing ourselves from others. And while this may be a meaningful recommendation, an unfortunate consequence ...
Melatonin Inhibits COVID-19-induced Cytokine Storm by Reversing Aerobic Glycolysis in Immune Cells: A Mechanistic Analysis
The pathogenesis of a COVID-19 respiratory infection, in a major way, is related to what is referred to as the cytokine storm [cytokine storm syndrome (CSS, hypercytokinemia, etc.], i.e., it ...
What does junk food have to do with COVID-19 deaths?
CDC cites high levels of obesity and diabetes in victims. Each story is heartbreaking. A five-year-old Michigan girl died on April 19 after being diagnosed with COVID-19. A 50-year-old bus ...
The Essentials: Nourishing Your Body During a Pandemic
Now more than ever it is important to continue nourishing your body with foods that satisfy you. But with many localities currently requiring that you “hunker down” at home as ...
Crops from U.S. food supply chains will never look nor taste the same again
Some paradigm shifts happen with the slow accumulation of evidence that challenges business-as-usual, and sets society on another trajectory. Other shifts come in the aftermath of catastrophes that cause severe ...
FDA Recommends Not Using These 9 Hand Sanitizers Considered Toxic
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this weekend advised people to not use certain hand sanitizers that are manufactured in Mexico, saying the sanitizers can be toxic when absorbed through ...
The Most Likely Cause of Serious Manifestations and Death in COVID-19 Patients
Background Data: Glutathione is a small protein composed of three amino acids – cysteine, glutamic acid, and glycine. It exerts a central role in cellular metabolism and is intricately involved ...