Strengthen your immune system against Covid with help of Vitamin D, zinc and pickles

 Boosting your own immunity makes sense, and studies show there is lots you can do. Some scientists believe it’s no ­accident that countries where cabbage and fermented ­vegetables, such as sauerkraut and kimchi, are popular, have reported lower coronavirus death rates.

“Nutrition may play a role in the immune defence against Covid and may explain some of the differences seen in Covid across Europe. I’ve now changed my diet, and it includes raw cabbage three times a week, sauerkraut once a week and pickled vegetables.”

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China Aims to Prove It Wrong.

•  China’s approach to keep Covid-19 at bay has helped restore confidence and allowed businesses to reopen. But it is a strategy steeped in authoritarianism. China has demonstrated that the way to open the economy is to first safeguard public health.China moved aggressively to stop the virus. The result: China’s economy is growing and life there is returning to a semblance of normal. Residents are once again flocking into malls, bars, concert halls and hair salons, while schools, subways and offices are crowded.
• China’s authoritarian government has the ability to act in a way that democracies that must be accountable to the public cannot. But it has demonstrated that the way to open the economy is to first safeguard public health. In China, a word from a superior can be heard immediately and implemented quickly,” “It’s the difference between individualism and collectivism.”
• Communist version of a highly managed, scientifically backed approach that has worked in South Korea, Japan, New Zealand, Taiwan and other democracies.
• The New York Times

Vitamin C could be the secret weapon in the fight against coronavirus

 VITAMIN C could be a key weapon in the fight against COVID-19, research reveals. A study of 54 intensive care patients with coronavirus carried out in China found there were 68 percent fewer deaths among those given high doses of the supplement through a drip, compared with those given a dummy dose. Express

Covid and vitamin D: What is vitamin D? How does a deficiency impact covid?

 

What is vitamin D?

Vitamin D helps to regulate the amount of calcium and phosphate in your body.

This vitamin is needed to keep your bones, teeth and muscles healthy.

A lack of vitamin D can lead to bone deformities in children.

Bone pain caused by a lack of vitamin D is called osteomalacia in adults.

The body creates vitamin D from direct sunlight on the skin when outdoors.

However, during the winter months, people are unable to get sufficient levels of vitamin D from sunlight.

Instead, people can top up their vitamin D levels from a small number of food sources including:

• Oily fish such as salmon, sardines, herring and mackerel
• Red meat
• Liver
• Egg yolks
• Fortified foods

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The ‘effective’ natural supplement to protect against arthritis pain

 

Ginger may help to reduce some of your arthritis pain, according to the Arthritis Foundation.

It's a natural anti-inflammatory which has similar painkilling-properties as ibuprofen, it said.

Inflammation is a key cause of arthritis flare-ups, which is why ginger may be effective in relieving pain.

Both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis patients could benefit from taking ginger supplements, it added.

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Face masks that LIGHT UP under a scanner if you have coronavirus could be used to identify infected people in hospital waiting rooms and airports

Researchers from MIT and Harvard are working on adapting a technology first developed in 2016 to quickly and cheaply detect signs of the Zika virus.

• Sensors in masks are able to detect signs of the virus in saliva after three hours
• When they detect the virus the mask then emits a very faint fluorescent glow 
• This glow can then be picked up by cheap handheld scanners called fluorimeters
• Developers of the masks hope to have them ready for distribution at the end of the summer but say they have a small team so it may take longer than that . MIRROR
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