Friday Health and Wellness Buffet
Is COVID coming back again and more, much more.
Is COVID coming back again and more, much more.
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Back to COVID, yet again, unfortunately.
I have recently read about increasing COVID cases with a new Moronic variant strain supposedly sweeping Asia and Europe.
What do they always say?
What goes around comes around!
Unfortunately COVID is a infinitesimally small respiratory virus so there is no stopping it from spreading regardless of any government public health interventions.
For all you spell checkers out there, I used a 15 letter word. Did I spell it and use it correctly in the sentence???
“A virus is going to do what a virus is going to do.”
otherwise said as
"Virus gonna virus"
I haven’t yet heard whether the new variant is affecting our area as of yet.
I also haven’t seen verified reports that the new variant, let’s call it Moronic-Take-2, is causing increased deaths. Unfortunately people will get sick and some may die. But what I have seen so far is that these rates of hospitalization/death are no worse than a normal flu season.
So before everyone panics and allows government and public health to try and close society again, let’s sit back and wait a bit, until we have enough independent and true data to determine if and when we need to do anything, and if those "anythings" help more than harm.
The worlds governments have waged war on COVID for over two years now. Let me ask you a question.
“How’s that working out for you?”
“And it's been known for a long time but there is nothing more permanent than a temporary government programme.”
I saw a quote while reading this morning that I’d like to share. Think about it in respect to COVID.
“The first casualty in war is truth.”
COVID break time again
Here is a really neat Twitter thread I encourage you to read through.
If we have learned anything over the past two years, our government and public health response to COVID was as or more devastating than those harmed or worse by COVID itself. I truly don’t believe there was any preplanned or malicious intent. I think it just came down to PAMPERS.
Politics
Arrogance
Money
Power
Eagerness to do something to show you care
Refusal to admit what you are doing isn’t working
Societal trust in government even if it is not working as planned
So yes, I believe our government and societal response is like Pampers, a very well known diaper. What do we all know about diapers? I think we all know they get messy, stinky and need to get changed often. So how bout we handle future COVID like strains different before we step in something we don’t want to.
This can be debated freely, or more likely it should be allowed to be debated freely. But sometimes I’m not sure what world we are living in and at times it seems like a dystopian movie. I may need to start practicing crossbow. But first I’d have to get one. So everyone Keep your eye eyes open.
My views when it comes to your health:
“We want to get our response correct, not prove our initial strategy, politics or bias correct. “
So what can we do instead?
Here are some ideas to think about and you decide for yourself if you agree. You do NOT need to agree. But I hope you think through for yourself and even if you disagree you remain open and friendly to others who feel different. That’s a much healthier world to live in than the cancel culture that is presently spreading.
1- Do not allow government to again impose their emergency powers that still have not been fully lifted. I prefer individuals making decisions that are best for themselves over government imposing their power/control. Imposing power/control over individual freedoms rarely ends well.
2- As there has been plenty of data and research implying that the present COVID mRNA vaccines are no longer working against the new strains, you might want to think twice before getting further vaccinated. That being said vaccination should always be your decision to make, not your doctor, employer or government. Who knows, and by “Who” I do NOT mean the World Health Organization, perhaps a new safe vaccine that actually protects with sterilizing immunity will be discovered. You know, a vaccine that prevents you from not only getting sick, but also prevents you from spreading the virus, as well as prevents hospitalization and death. I think there would be much less vaccine hesitancy if that occurred.
Your body your choice, right?
I just suggest you read all sides to this issue, not just one narrative that you presently agree with. I am very willing to change my views as I see/hear/read about things occurring in reality. I have changed my advice throughout COVID as I learned more from real life experience and reading many different theories on treatments. If I read one thing in a paper but see mostly the opposite in real life, well …..
3- Here is the biggest intervention you can do yet you do not hear much about it from government or public health.
Get yourself as healthy as possible.
Some suggestions to consider include:
Getting your metabolism In good shape. If you are overweight start losing weight.
Lower carb and ketogenic-like diets appear to help your immune system.
Intermittent Fasting, like our March 2022 #IMWChallenge also improves your immune system in a similar way.
Get your Vitamin D levels to healthy balanced levels. I generally prefer your 25-Hydroxy Vitamin D blood levels between 50-80 on your IMW-AWT.
Decrease your stress as stress harms your immune system.
Get your COVID treatment pack ready before, just in case you get COVID. Preparation is key.
Tell your local politicians to get off the backs of treating healthcare professionals and let us treat with whatever we deem fit, as long as it is safe and we give full informed consent. Do you want politicians and media treating you or your doc who knows you well?
The best offense is a good defense. We need to unleash everything we have and not be held back by the politics of healthcare.
Make sure you speak to your healthcare professional before starting on this journey.
Back to the March #IMWChallenge of Intermittent Fasting. I have heard from many of you who are now using Intermittent Fasting well how much it has helped.
May I kindly ask those of you who have started Intermittent Fasting to leave a comment on how it has helped you?
May I also ask what you did at first to get used to Intermittent Fasting to make it successful?
Let’s use the power of the IMW community to get everyone as healthy as possible.
Meme Time
Comments and Questions please….
I have no emotional space left for contemplating COVID. I just need to stay as healthy as possible and Dr.H convinced me that intermittent fasting and a lower carb diet was a means to that end. To me low carb means no processed foods and minimal amounts whole grains a couple of times a week. Protein, fruits and vegetable comprise my diet. I am not trying to lose weight so I eat three meals a day within an eight hour period each day. I do not feel hungry between meals. I feel better (though would not have said I did not feel well before!), sleep better and find that I react better to stress.
It’s amazing how easy intermittent fasting is once it becomes a habit.
This actually didn’t take much time or effort for it to become a habit. I feel fuller faster and am eating less and have lost a few pounds. Don’t want or need 3 meals a day. I’m a believer