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  The Role of Metabolic Health in Better COVID-19 Outcomes Analysis by  Dr. Joseph Mercola STORY AT-A-GLANCE Your metabolic health has a significant impact on COVID-19 severity, and at least 9 in 10 Americans are metabolically unhealthy One of the classic changes associated with insulin resistance, obesity and metabolic syndrome is overactivation of the innate immune system, with decreasing activity in the adaptive immune system When it comes to healthy aging, it's not your biological age that matters but, rather, your immune and metabolic age, both of which are malleable and can be improved through simple lifestyle changes Research shows that when blood sugar is well-controlled and there's less glycemic variability, people do better when contracting COVID-19. When they have high levels of glycemic variability, which is indicative of insulin resistance, they fare much worse Dr. Mercola Interviews the Experts This article is part of a weekly series in which Dr. Mercola intervie...

  Hello Natural Health Family. Today I wanted to share more on how our thoughts can play a factor in our health. I think many people understand to a certain degree that our thinking can influence our health. Therefore, I wanted to further inform you on just how that works and why it is important to realize the power of our thought in regards to our health and well being.  What is an important difference between humans and animals in regards to brain activity? It is our ability to think. Animals tend to be focused on what is going on around them at the present time. Humans have the ability not to just think about what is happening now but to reason what will happen next based on past experiences. This was a unique ability that helped humans survive many events. However, this once great tool has now become a hindrance to our own health because we have lost our correct reasoning abilities. We tend to reason what will happen negatively rather than positively. You might say, well...

  Hello Everyone in Natural Health Nation-             What a great weekend, again! It got pretty warm on us but we had some cloud cover and it seems that we better enjoy the warm weather while it’s still here. I noticed a couple of yellow leaves on a tree in our yard today so were headed towards Fall eventually. This time of the year is so great with everything being so green yet but we know that Fall is coming and the beautiful temperatures and harvest during that time will be endearing. The only problem is what comes after but we will be healthy and ready.             Our topic for this month is brain health and we will be talking about how to help students learn more in school during our health shop’s this week. There is so much that parents can do to help their children have an easier time at school, and especially this year with the virus junk, it’s going to be a ...

STORY AT-A-GLANCE Your metabolic health has a significant impact on COVID-19 severity, and at least 9 in 10 Americans are metabolically unhealthy One of the classic changes associated with insulin resistance, obesity and metabolic syndrome is overactivation of the innate immune system, with decreasing activity in the adaptive immune system When it comes to healthy aging, it's not your biological age that matters but, rather, your immune and metabolic age, both of which are malleable and can be improved through simple lifestyle changes Research shows that when blood sugar is well-controlled and there's less glycemic variability, people do better when contracting COVID-19. When they have high levels of glycemic variability, which is indicative of insulin resistance, they fare much worse Return guest Dr. Paul Saladino is a board-certified psychiatrist and also board certified in nutrition. He wrote “The Carnivore Code,” which just came out in an updated second edition. In this int...