Better Late Than Never

 Early this year I got really sick with a viral illness. I was talking to a friend and stated, with covid spreading folks needed to better support their immune system by eating nutritionally well. She said, " it sure didn't do you much good". "After all", she said, "you eat well and look how sick you are."I said yes, but how much sicker would I have gotten if I didn't eat well to begin with?

A nutrient-dense diet may or may not keep you from getting sick but it will bolster your immune systems ability to help you get well.

We have been complacent and lazy about supporting our immune systeum. That complacency and laziness will kill us if a worse bug comes along. Even before Covid, the flu bug should have aimed us at self-care. We should be eating nutritionally well and normalizing our weight. Instead we have an epidemic of diabetes, obesity, auto-immune conditions and heart disease.

Diabetes is not a disease. It's a dietary problem. Most diabetics can reverse their situation. Read Dr Jason Fung's book "The Diabetes Code." Then do what he suggests (with your doctors blessing). Dr Fung's patients are reversing their diabetes thru keto and intermittent fasting.

Dr Dean Ornish (and others) have shown how healthful dietary changes can reverse heart disease. Look up his YouTube "Gene's Are Not Your Fate."

Dr. Terry Wahls (and others) have shown how diet can reverse auto-immune disease. Check out the Wahls diet.

How does diet reverse illness? A healthy diet bolsters the immune system. Your body has an ability to fix itself if given the tools it needs.

It's never to late to improve your self-care. It's better late than never.

Did You Feel A Kick In The Butt?

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We have lots of data from the Covid situation now. The data tells us people with co-morbidities had a greater chance of dying from covid. That would be people with diabetes, heart disease, obesity, and autoimmune disorders.

And this is true of any virus.

Do you fit into any of those categories?

If the answer is yes, covid should have been a wake-up call and not a little one, but a HUGE KICK IN THE BUTT (not yelling, just emphasizing) to improve your nutrition status.

Just getting any three meals a day does not automatically give you a healthy immune system. You have literally been shown you ARE what you eat. The quality of your food matters. A steady diet of junk food snacks, fast food and processed foods all of which are nutrient-poor leaves you malnourished with a weakened immune system.

Covid isn't the last virus. The only thing stupider than wearing a useless cloth mask (and I'm a respiratory therapist retired after 34 years so don't argue with me) is wearing a mask and social distancing without working at reversing your health issues. Sorry, hmmm, not sorry, to be blunt.

Where do you start?

This:
1. Stop eating drive-thru fast food.
2. Increase your intake of fresh fruit and fresh/frozen veggies. If you must eat meat make it grass-fed.
3. Drink water. Cut out soda. Yes, even diet soda.
4. Cut out sugar.
5. Get some fresh air and sunshine daily
6. If you don't know your vitamin D level get it checked and get it up to par. (Note government recommendation is to low. Check out Dr. Mercola's recommendation at mercola.com )
7. While you are there check out what he says about vitamin C and zinc.
8. If you need to lose weight read "The Obesity Code" or if diabetic, "The Diabetes Code" by Jason Fung MD. You can catch him on YouTube.

If you will commit to planning your next days eating every evening you will automatically upgrade the quality of your nutrition. Excuse my ego... but this is a super tip. Do this. Look in a mirror and tell yourself you are worthy. You are. You must love yourself like you love your best friend. Love yourself healthy!

Make the commitment to a healthier lifestyle! You can do it!

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