The Medical Advisor

Feeding your body certain foods may help keep your immune system strong. According to the International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine, the foods listed below contain substances that are believed to be beneficial in the prevention and risk reduction of COVID-19. The substances are also available in supplement forms. Quercetin - Zinc Ionophores Kale, Lettuce, hot green peppers, cranberries, blueberries, citrus, cherries, grapes, apples, onion, asparagus. EGCG - Zinc Ionophores Green Tea Zinc Red meat, crab, beans, seeds, nuts, eggs, oats, potatoes, dark chocolate Vitamin D Eggs, Tuna, salmon, castor oil and sun exposure . Melatonin Fruits, vegetables, grains, nuts and seeds, tart cherries, corn, asparagus, tomatoes, pomegranate, olives, grapes, broccoli, cucumber, rice, barley, rolled oats, walnuts, peanuts, sunflower seeds, mustard seeds, flax seeds Iodine Eggs, tuna, cod, lima beans Luteolin Celery, broccoli, green pepper, parsley, thyme, dandelion, perilla, chamomile tea, carrots...

Feeding your body certain foods may help keep your immune system strong. If you’re looking for ways to prevent colds, the flu, and other infections, your first step should be a visit to your local grocery store. Plan your meals to include these 15 powerful immune system boosters. 1. Eggs Eggs are among the most nutritious foods on the planet. They are so nutritious that they're often referred to as "nature's multivitamin." They also contain unique antioxidants and powerful brain nutrients that many people are deficient in. With the exception of vitamin C, an egg contains varying amounts of all the essential vitamins plus many minerals. An egg yolk is one of the few foods which naturally contain vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin. 2. Citrus fruits Most people turn straight to  vitamin C  after they’ve caught a cold. That’s because it helps build up your immune system. Vitamin C is thought to increase the production of white blood cells, which are key to fighting infection...

This  review article  explores a superbly designed, highly navigable website that has continuously updated the evidence-based research on early COVID-19 treatments since June 2020. The website is so exhaustively comprehensive that it could be considered a journal in itself, produced by a team of competent, committed editors. While out in the open, some of these physicians and researchers were  victimized by media attacks , de-certification, and firings from their jobs. Incredibly, some have even been banned from Twitter and Facebook for spreading “misinformation” — in the form of published peer-reviewed journals indexed by the world-leading US National Library of Medicine. Although this singular resource has been developed and posted anonymously, one observer commented on Reddit, “It doesn’t really matter who built it, imo. All studies are referenced/linked.” The Website Itself: The Home Page is at c19study.com The studies for Covid’s readily-available, low-cost, and evid...

Zinc is a powerful immune nutrient known for its benefits for providing immune health support and inflammation reduction as well as for improving cold and respiratory symptoms, wound healing, acne reduction, and lowering the risk of age-related diseases. Research on atherosclerosis and diabetes mellitus suggests that zinc deficiency may contribute to low-grade systemic inflammation. Even more popular at the moment is the role of  zinc and the potential benefits against COVID-19 . This is probably one of the reasons that's driving the demand on zinc related products. In a  ConsumerLab survey  of 9,647 people who use dietary supplements shows that the supplements which experienced the greatest growth in popularity in 2020 were those being promoted to prevent or treat infection with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Zinc supplements achieved the highest growth with 13.5% points. Does zinc help treat COVID 19? In order to answer that question, there are many z...

On January 30, 2021, India completed one year since the first Covid-19 case was detected in India from Kerala. At the start of the pandemic, India as a country was very vulnerable for a major coronavirus outbreak. Not only is India the world’s second most populous country, it has some of the most congested cities with an average population density of around 470 people per square km. Add to it, the lack of a robust healthcare infrastructure which was already overburdened. From the beginning, many experts from the western countries have been predicting doom for India. The US-based Center for Disease Dynamics and Economic Policy (CDDEP), had in its report dated April 20 said India’s total SARS-CoV-2 infections up to September 2020 could be as high as 1.11 billion, even with “hard lockdown, continued social distancing and isolation of cases”. There were worries expressed by them about the entire Indian healthcare infrastructure crumbling under the burden of the outbreak, while central gove...