Coronavirus Song , Hormone Effects on Covid 19, A Grocery List

4-2-20 Coronavirus Song ,  Hormone Effects on Covid 19, A Grocery List

Sent to me from Pakistan, I’m happy to be able to share this especially uplifting Covid 19 song  to brighten your day.

Today I wanted to stress the importance of nutrition during this time, as nutrition is the foundation for our hormones.  Both nutrients and hormones help us fight infection and we see that again with Covid 19.  Two hormones helping us to survive exposure to Covid 19 are Estrogen and Growth hormone, in particular growth hormone metabolite IGF-1, as it has been shown to regulate acute inflammatory lung damage by viruses.

It is apparent now as it was with SARS and MERS, Men suffer more lung damage, die at a higher rate, have lower immune response, and are slower to clear the virus. The death rate in males is 2.8%, and females 1.7% across all age groups similar to SARS and MERS infections.

Part of the reason is thought to be a decreased Estrogen levels.  Whether estrogen is our own innate estrogen or bio-identical estrogen given exogenously, estrogen protects us from Covid 19 especially in the lungs as it sits on the ACE2 portal  of lung cells preventing the Covid 19 virus to enter the cell.  So off to the grocery store to help protect yourself!

Foods that Boost Estrogen:

• • Non-GMO soy and soybeans containing isoflavones
  • Strawberries, peaches, cranberries and raspberries
  • Pistachios, peanuts and walnuts
  • Dried apricots, prunes and dates
  • Organic red wine
  • Flax seeds, sesame seeds
  • Cauliflower, broccoli. Brussel sprouts and cabbage

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Vitamins and Minerals that Boost Estrogen:

• • B Vitamins, especially vitamin B-2 and B-6
  • Vitamin D
  • Boron

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Herbs that Boost Estrogen:

• • Black cohosh
  • Chasteberry
  • Evening primrose oil
  • Red clover
  • Dong quai

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Foods that Boost Growth Hormone are mostly Proteins:

• • Organic grass fed red meat
  • Salmon sahimi
  • Turkey breast
  • Eggs
  • Nuts, Coconut oil
  • Raspberries, Pineapple, watermelon, goji berries

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Nutrients to Boost Growth Hormone:

CDP-choline, arginine, glycine, glutamine, ornithine, niacin.

• • https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/3/29/1932348/-Estrogen-a-possible-hedge-against-COVID-19
  • https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04264533
  • https://www.msn.com/en-in/foodanddrink/foodnews/estrogen-rich-foods-you-should-include-in-your-diet/ar-BBN7CiP
  • https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02541/full

Have an awesome day!   Dr.  D