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Long COVID

Treatment

Lifestyle

  • Sleep- Regular schedule, sleep more than you think you need

  • Water - Stay hydrated

  • Salt - Be liberal if symptoms of orthostatic intolerance such as dizziness, weakness, or racing heart rate when standing or walking

  • Exercise - Critical, start gently and build up

    • Start with a walk every day and gradually increase the distance. Can be as simple as walking the dog for 5 minutes. Then walk around the block. Walk 1km. 2km. Walk to the shops. Walk 5km.

    • If walking is too hard consider other options. Resistance bands whilst lying down. Exercise bike. Gentle swim.

Diet

  • Eat all the vegetables

  • A large-scale study at Johns Hopkins found that a 40% increase in vegetable consumption produced a 70% decrease in the likelihood of severe or moderately severe illness in people with Covid-19.

  • Subgroup of ths study showed those eating low-carb, high-protein diet were 4 x more likely to develop a severe illness than those of mostly plant-focused whole foods.

  • Foods high in antioxidants and polyphenols (berries, dark chocolate, nuts, spices, green tea)

  • Fermented foods (yoghurt, sauerkraut, kimchi)

  • Consider intermittent fasting or fasting mimic diet protocols

  • Herbs and spices

    • Rosmarinic acid (Rosemary, basil, sage, thyme, oregano)

    • Curcumin (Tumeric)

  • Vitamin D

    • Ideally through sunshine but can take orally

  • Omega-3 Fatty acids (EPA DHA)

    • Mackerel, Salmon, Walnuts, Chia seeds

  • Mitochondrial support

    • CoQ 10 (Meat, fatty fish, whole grains, nuts, seeds)

    • B-vitamins

    • L-Carnitine

Healthy gut microbiome

  • High-fibre, plant-focused diet

  • Vitamin D

  • Resveratrol

  • Butyrate

  • Reishi mushrooms

  • Zinc

References:

Long COVID Prevention and Treatment - Dr Leo Galland