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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 05:47
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Some 97 per cent of those killed by COVID-19 in Louisiana had a pre-existing condition, according to the state health department. Diabetes was seen in 40 per cent of the deaths, obesity in 25 per cent, chronic kidney disease in 23 per cent and cardiac problems in 21 per cent.


Don't these all have their roots in inflammation?

Ever since reading The Wahls Protocol, where she explains all autoimmune disease is the same, it simply manifests in different ways in different people, I've seen how chronic inflammation is the real root cause.
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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 06:16
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Don't these all have their roots in inflammation?

Ever since reading The Wahls Protocol, where she explains all autoimmune disease is the same, it simply manifests in different ways in different people, I've seen how chronic inflammation is the real root cause.


That changed my way of viewing things also. People tend to treat individual diseases as individual independent entities when in fact, at least as far as autoimmune diseases, they seem to be manifestations of the same underlying cause, inflammation. That's why dietary changes, such as Wahl's suggests, can take care of a host of supposedly different conditions. At least that's the way I see things now.
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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 07:48
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Good points and the experiences many of us have rectifying many, seemingly random and disconnected health conditions confirms for me that inflammation from metabolic syndrome is really the thing we need to treat.
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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 09:02
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Inflammation from metabolic syndrome......

Level of inflammation damage seems to be on a spectrum. More damage over time.



Watched a youtube video yesterday about skin tags. Dr Ken Berry. He says he makes a packet removing tags from clients. He says, As a sign of IR, changing the diet to keto would make current skin tags go away and prevent future ones.

Looks like the people at greatest risk have a diagnosed disease. There is a small group that die or get very sick without a diagnosis of heart disease, etc.......which begs the question, is the disease subclinical or perhaps otherwise undiagnosed.

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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 10:14
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Watched a youtube video yesterday about skin tags. Dr Ken Berry. He says he makes a packet removing tags from clients. He says, As a sign of IR, changing the diet to keto would make current skin tags go away and prevent future ones.


Mr WereBear's skin tags are going away with thyroid supplementation and keto diet.
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Old Mon, Jun-15-20, 14:36
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Mr WereBear's skin tags are going away with thyroid supplementation and keto diet.
Hmm, I still have plenty of skin tags and continue to get new ones. I always hope they will go away but despite my eating habits the Skin-Tag Fairy Godmother has not yet showed up at my house.
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Old Mon, Jul-06-20, 02:06
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Fatty liver disease increases the risk of COVID-19 severity

https://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/202...9-severity.html

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People with fatty liver disease are more than twice as likely to become seriously ill with COVID-19, researchers have said.

The study, carried out by teams from UK BioBank and a diagnostic imaging company called Perspectum, involved looking at more than 42,000 liver scans.

One of the most interesting findings showed that obesity itself does not increase the risk of severe coronavirus complications, which some prevous findings had suggested.

What does raise the risk is if someone’s liver fat is more than 10 per cent. Those with less than five per cent life fat had no extra risk at all.
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Dr Aseem Malhotra, leading cardiologist, who specialises in diet related health said: “It is increasingly clear that excess body fat in many people even those who have a normal BMI is a significant risk factor for COVID-19 complications.

“Fatty liver is one of the earliest manifestations of poor diet and lifestyle and this is being predominantly driven by diets high in refined carbohydrates and sugar. The message is very clear cut. Cut down the refined carbs.”
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Old Mon, Jul-06-20, 08:18
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More reason to keep dumping the carbs..... and practise IF.
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Fatty liver disease increases the risk of COVID-19 severityhttps://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/202...9-severity.html
Fatty Liver Disease and Ketogenic Diets

Lack of Saturated Fat Consumption: At least two studies, one from Duke University , and one from Cambridge University have shown that reducing carbohydrate consumption and increasing saturated fat intake helps the liver shed excess fat in as little as three days.
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Old Sat, Jul-11-20, 02:39
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Abnormally high blood sugar linked with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020...gar-linked.html
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Old Sat, Jul-11-20, 02:56
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Abnormally high blood sugar linked with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020...gar-linked.html


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Prevalence: In 2018, 34.2 million Americans, or 10.5% of the population, had diabetes. Undiagnosed: Of the 34.2 million adults with diabetes, 26.8 million were diagnosed, and 7.3 million were undiagnosed.


From the ADA. That's a lot of people.
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Old Sat, Jul-11-20, 13:13
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I just found out that I may even have been exposed to Covid on Monday. A woman came over to my house to pick up a bunch of papers and documents I'm handing over to her as the new president of my Art Guild (I'm the outgoing president). She assured me she takes all precautions as she spends a lot of time helping out her elderly (late 80s) parents. We kept pretty much socially distanced, didn't touch one another, she wasn't here that long. But just yesterday she posted on FB that BOTH her elderly parents have just been diagnosed with Covid. This is too damn close. I feel perfectly fine, she feels perfectly fine. I could go to the county offices on Monday and do a drive-through test, but it takes 8-10 days to get results they say, and by then I'd be well past my 2-week quarantine. I guess if I start to feel ill I'll go get the test.

Bummed as I was looking forward so to seeing my grandkids today after their return from vacation yesterday, and now can't see them.
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Old Sat, Jul-11-20, 15:52
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Well, My bet is you have a really good immune system. And if the grandkids are older than toddlers and have no underlying issues , they are better posed to fight off a virus.

I know you are very concerned with getting it. But remembet, many many many people have had it and didnt know. Their symptoms so very mild.

Got word recently that 96 year old woman(mother to step siblings) who is in a nursing home and has been for years, tested positive. Yet no obvious symptoms. I have so many questions. What does she eat? Can she get outside? How did her immune system fight it off?


Im sorry you cant see your cherished little ones.

Here I am pushing my teens to have a robust immune system. Its not IF they get sick, but when. Neither of my kids have missed a day of school in years.....Im sure that will change this year.....the teens want time with their friends face to face.

Then I work on beefing up my immune system. Have I done enough to have a robust immune system. Ivor Cummins suggests a four prong defense: take vit D3, eat high quality food sources, decrease stress, get body inflammation reduced.

The longer I can delay exposure, the more effort/time to tackle my health issues.

IM NOT WAITING FOR A VACCINE. Im acting now.
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Old Sat, Jul-11-20, 18:38
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I never had skin tags, but I did use to get tiny hard skin bumps on my thighs and outer upper arms (AKA keratosis pilaris) every winter when I was eating SAD and low cal diets. It was not until I was reading one of ~100 LCHF accounts that someone mentioned that keto made their skin bumps disappear and I realized mine had disappeared too, despite the fact that keratosis pilaris is typically described as being "genetic" and "incurable".

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Old Sun, Jul-12-20, 06:43
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Then I work on beefing up my immune system. Have I done enough to have a robust immune system. Ivor Cummins suggests a four prong defense: take vit D3, eat high quality food sources, decrease stress, get body inflammation reduced.

The longer I can delay exposure, the more effort/time to tackle my health issues.

IM NOT WAITING FOR A VACCINE. Im acting now.


Good plan. More or less my own.
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