Can you do anything to prevent getting infected with COVID or decreasing its virulence if you get infected,. There are many lifestyle and environmental factors that play a significant control in getting infected or being “ not so sick” if you get COVID
In my opinion, as with all disease the gut microbiome must be healthy in order to prevent disease. The “ gut” is the gateway to a healthy life.
. In the past one year there have been so many published studies on the integrity of the microbiome and COVID 19
This was not just any respiratory virus. We have found out that the gut’s microbiome can influence the individual’s infectability after they have been exposed. This is why some people did well and some did not. In general those that had a good gut microbiome faired much better.
Those patients with diabetes were at risk at diabetes alters the gut microbiome. Those diabetics with a healthy lifestyle in regards to the food they consume, and the anti oxidants they consume faired better with the infection as those had a healthy gut microbiome. Countless articles showed this connection
Those individuals who take a large numbers of prescription drugs were at risk. These drugs disrupt the microbiome making the individual more susceptible. These could be antibiotics, antacids, steroids and many more.
From the very beginning of the pandemics I wrote that individuals should take Vitamin D, Zinc, Vitamin C, and N acetyl cysteine ( or reduced glutathione) to prevent he / she from getting COVID and decreasing symptoms if you had COVID
There is so much to be learned from this pandemic., We must learn about the gut microbiome and other disease as this is only the beginning of future pandemics yet to come.