Immune System Health and Covid-19
Boosting Your Immune System During the Pandemic: Natural Approaches
Hi, I’m Dr. Jane Hendricks, a physician in downtown Scottsdale. I want to share important information about supporting your immune system during this pandemic because I believe immune health is key to long-term sustainability during these challenging times.
The Power of Our Immune System
Humans have faced many severe epidemics and plagues throughout history, yet we’ve survived thanks to our immune system. Today, we’ll discuss mitigating COVID-19 complications and potentially preventing viral attachment.
Internal Protection Strategies
While exposure prevention through masks and sanitization is important, we need to focus on internal protection.
Most of us naturally carry various bacteria and viruses in our throats and stomachs.
Our immune system’s job is to keep these in check and prevent them from becoming pathogenic.
Key Strategies for Immune Support
1. Internal Protection
- Use herbal throat sprays (like echinacea or golden seal) as an “internal mask”
- Spray after outings or when children return from playing
- Choose quality brands with no side effects
2. Lifestyle Habits for Immune Health
- Reduce toxic load in the body
- Minimize processed foods
- Avoid refined sugar (one teaspoon suppresses immune system for 12 hours)
- Choose natural sugars from fruits like pineapple, dates, or figs
3. Anti-inflammatory Diet
- Focus on whole, fresh foods
- Eat colorful fruits and vegetables
- Include various phytochemicals for immune support
- Practice intermittent fasting
4. Sleep and Stress Management
- Aim for 8-10 hours of sleep
- Exercise to manage stress
- Practice meditation
- Avoid news before bedtime
- Don’t eat late at night
5. Hydration
- Drink plenty of fluids, especially in desert climates
- Choose herbal teas for natural electrolytes
- Avoid sugary drinks
- Aim for a gallon of water and herbal tea daily
- Use stevia as a natural sweetener if needed
Additional Benefits
Following these guidelines can lead to multiple health benefits:
- Potential weight loss of 20-30 pounds
- Better diabetes management
- Reduced aging effects
- Increased energy levels
- More efficient immune response
By following these guidelines, we can support our immune system’s ability to respond efficiently to viral exposure while avoiding overreaction and complications from COVID-19.
We offer safe and effective treatments for the flu and COVID-19. We also treat COVID-19 sequela with NAD IVs. This therapy helps replenish the immune system, reduce pain, and improve sleep and mental clarity.
The products and services discussed regarding COVID-19 are solely to enhance immune function or help manage systems and are not offered to prevent or cure the novel infection causes by SARS-CoV-2. Our clinical experience suggests that products or services offered may mitigate the consequences and alleviate some of the complications of the illness. The FDA has not approved these therapies expressly for use in COVID-19 or any viral disease and suggested use may be “off-label” or may lack approval for and are not intended to treat any disease indication but only offer symptomatic relief. While thereis evidence supporting such use, that evidence may not rise to the level necessary for acceptance by medical associations, health institutions, or regulatory bodies. There may be active professional disagreement and some professionals and regulatory bodies may be of the opinion that some recommendations are not helpful or appropriate.