[LifeStyle] Healthy lifestyle, key to overcome Covid-19

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Optimal levels of vitamin C and vitamin D are related to a better prognosis against Covid-19, according to a prestigious endocrinologist

Leading a healthy lifestyle could be essential to overcome Covid-19. Food rich in vitamin C and vitamin D or physical activity are key elements to reduce the risk in case of infection by SARS-Cov-2, according to the prestigious endocrinologist Carlos Rodríguez.

Carlos Rodríguez is one of the leading experts in endocrinology in Spain and at 83 he can boast of having overcome Covid-19 after spending 25 days in the Hospital. His experience with the disease and his more than reputable knowledge lead him to affirm that one of the key factors to overcome Covid-19 is to develop a healthy lifestyle.

Carlos Rodríguez himself assures that he has been able to defeat Covid-19 thanks to the healthy lifestyle that he has carried out for many years throughout his life. Thus, he explains that "we are like a ball, everything in our body is interrelated."

The importance of feeding the microbiata
In this sense, this expert in endocrinology points out that nutrition is a factor with great importance in the prognosis of patients hospitalized with Covid-19. "The intestinal microbiota is responsible for 85% of our entire immune system, and it is nutrition, after all, that is going to feed the microbiota so that it prepares the metabolites that are going to create the immune network."

Thus, in some way, Carlos Rodríguez agrees with the request made by many experts to increase the consumption of foods rich in vitamin C and vitamin D to deal with Covid-19 and as a protection measure against the virus.

"Knowing that the immune system is modulated by 85% in the intestine, it is obvious that nutrition and food have a huge implication in our entire defensive process, against viruses, bacteria and, in this specific case, against the Coronavirus", adds Carlos Rodríguez.

As the doctor explains, all human beings are born with an innate immunity for the mere fact of being living beings. Although, as we grow, each person has developed a certain acquired immunity, which can vary depending on the lifestyle and the diet we carry out.

 

Adequate hydration and vitamin C
In this sense, Carlos Rodríguez, from his perspective as an expert in endocrinology, describes a series of guidelines to carry out a healthy diet that helps our immune system. Thus, he recommends that our nutrition be based on 40% carbohydrates, 30% fat and 30% protein. In addition, he adds that nutrition should not lack different vitamins such as vitamin C and D; and adequate hydration of one and a half liters of water daily.

For this doctor, water is our best medicine. «The water serves as a diluent, improves the concentration of the elements in the intestine to be absorbed. In addition, it has a "radiating effect" that balances the temperature in the blood. We, for the mere fact of living, spend 1 liter and a half of water a day for perspiration. It is something that we must bear in mind ».

In this way, he warns of the health dangers of leading a life based on poor nutrition. «A poorly managed nutrition, together with a sedentary lifestyle, is the beginning of chronic diseases such as diabetes, and of a large number of cardiovascular, autoimmune, metabolic or neurological diseases. Hence the importance of taking maximum care of our lifestyle.

 

In favor of vitamin C supplements
Finally, Carlos Rodríguez is in favor of the use of vitamin supplements, such as Omega 3, vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin D, selenium or zinc. "All of them provide certain minerals and vitamins that serve as coferments and can benefit us, regardless of what a good diet can contribute," he concludes.

However, he makes it clear that any nutritional supplement must be carried out under the supervision of a specialist in the field.

In short, Carlos Rodríguez, as an expert in endocrinology, guarantees that a healthy lifestyle and a correct diet are two transcendental factors when it comes to overcoming Covid-19. In addition, he tells it from the experience of a person who has struggled to defeat the virus.