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Are you worrying about getting colds, flu or the dreaded Covid this year? Do you want to avoid the inevitable mood drop some of us get when the weather gets 'mizzly' as we call it here in Cornwall? Yep. Me too. My number one top tip for Winter Wellness is to check and get your …
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Quote of the week for you this week comes from Datis Kharrazian when he was launching the new respiratory course. I've learned something new just from this intro! Chronic respiratory conditions lead to functional hypoxiaIt's crucial to understand that respiratory conditions like chronic asthma or chronic sinusitis can lead to functional hypoxia. Functional hypoxia can result …
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One of you shared the following article with me from the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons: Clinical Rationale for SARS-CoV-2 Base Spike ProteinDetoxification in Post COVID-19 and VaccineInjury Syndromes It makes for very sober reading, but at least give some rationales for offsetting the vaccine injury. As the authors say: in normal infection and …
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I'm always on the look-out for quick(er) fixes for people still suffering the effects of Covid - of whom there are many, sadly. Check out this recent study in Rome below. The authors concluded: Oral supplementation with 3.2 g L-arginine and 1 g liposomal vitamin C for 28 days significantly improved exercise capacity, muscle strength, …
The perennial question I am always asked here: should I have the flu jab? Of course, now that also applies to the Covid vaccine. As the booster texts are rolling out now, some of you are asking should you have it, or not? It's always a tricky one to answer, not least because it is …
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Things change with Covid as the virus develops, waxes and wanes and it's useful that the Zoe app is still tracking those changes. Throughout the pandemic, they have done sterling work to advise us what to look for - which often does not correlate with official guidance from the NHS, sadly. So, what's the current …
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I keep seeing reports that Long Covid sufferers are having cognitive issues like brain fog and neurological/brain/nervous system issues like anxiety, depression and PTSD. Here's one for a start: More Evidence COVID 'Brain Fog' IsBiologically Based (which basically says it is neuroinflammation in many cases) Treating Long Covid Trauma & PTSD The PTSD is totally …
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With many thanks to our friend Michelle at Foodsmatter for providing us with an excellent and very useful summary of the recent Long Covid Conference run by Biolab. Some excellent up to date information detailing several expert views on what's going on and potential strategies for treatment. I am happy to say that I have …
I've been thinking this for a while. Given what we know about viruses and how they mutate and perform, I have long been hoping that a much more infectious, milder variant would come along and push the more serious variants out. I wonder if that is what is happening with Omicron? And it seems I …
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Just to let you know, Christine and I have researched the latest med approved for Covid patients, Sotrovimab, and I've added it to the free Covid factsheet for you. Here's what's been added, and you can download the whole 50 page factsheet here. Sotrovimab This has been approved for mild to moderate Covid patients at …