About COVID-19:
We are all going to be exposed to this virus eventually.
A virus is just a virus, it lacks morality, or politics.
A virus only expresses itself based upon the host’s biochemical capacity.
This particular virus hijacks hosts that are predisposed to metabolic inflammation and have a pre-existing cytokine storm.
We are already getting blood samples for IgG and IgM, which measure the antibody to the virus.
Testing for the virus is mandatory to define its prevalence and spread potential, but the actionable tests are of host biochemistry.
What we should also be evaluating is:
HgBA1C
Insulin Level
Fructosamine
GGT
HS-CRP
ESR
LDL-P
LPIR
Omega 6:3 ratio
We need these tests to determine what the true at risk population, to reduce the damage from the virus. Because we are all going to be exposed to the virus eventually.
Exposure, infection, morbidity, and mortality vary widely based upon the host biochemistry.
This virus is merely the spark igniting a bonfire in the presence of accelerants. Let’s take away the accelerants because we live in a world of potential sparks all the time.
Human behavior controls the accelerants, we don’t control the sparks.
I think hospital workers may be getting more infected because of the design of the ventilators. They are an open loop.
They are not like an anesthesia ventilator which is a closed-loop. This virus is airborne and exhaled.
There is no scavenger in the normal ICU ventilator.
For Type 2 Diabetes to occur, both insulin resistance and comparative inadequate insulin secretion must co-exist. For example, overweight individuals may have insulin resistance, but diabetes only develops in those who cannot increase insulin secretion sufficiently to compensate for their insulin resistance.
Unfortunately, this period of hyperinsulinemia prior to the collapse of insulin production permits is the cause of significant tissue damage.
The problem is that the disease of hyperinsulinemia is highly inflammatory and leads to almost all of the metabolic diseases of Western Society. Treating hyperinsulinemia with more insulin only accelerates the disease.
The correct treatment should be geared to reducing the insulin requirement, by reducing carbohydrate consumption.
Are only 1 in 8 adults considered healthy? According to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2016, less than 12.2% of the US population is now considered metabolically healthy. This should give everyone pause.
We spend a ton of money on healthcare, yet the population seems to be getting sicker. Our entire healthcare system is incentivized to treat disease.
Maybe the problem is not the care of the patient after they are sick. Maybe the solution is to keep them from getting sick in the first place.
“Prevalence of Optimal Metabolic Health in American Adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2009-2016,” was published online Nov. 28 in the journal Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders.