Bonus Immune Boosting Episode with Dr. Terry Wahls

<p>Today I had 30-minutes of Dr. Wahls time to get an update on ways we can improve our resiliency and self defense system.</p> <p>You can learn more from Dr. Wahls website and social media blog posts including this <strong><a href= "https://terrywahls.com/nutrients-required-for-effective-immune-system-function/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">one we review in this episode here </a></strong> </p> <p>Dr. Terry Wahls is a clinical professor at the University of Iowa where she conducts clinical trials testing the efficacy of therapeutic lifestyle to treat multiple sclerosis related symptoms.</p> <p>In addition, she is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions.          </p> <p>The new information scientists are learning and publishing each day is constantly changing how integrative/functional/conventional medical practitioners administer patient care. Information is vital for you—but it has never been harder for the public to access it.</p> <p>Here are the key points about cytokine storm in the C OVID -19 pandemic that I want you to know. When our immune cells are working to kill the virus, the virus activates the NLRP3 inflammasome. If NFKappaB has been excessively activated, the immune cells will then initiate excessive release of inflammation producing cytokines. This leads to a cytokine storm and a massive of fluid into the lungs.</p> <p>This is why people with CV may develop worsening shortness of breath, chest pain, air hunger and steadily declining oxygen. This is when people present to the emergency room with difficulty breathing, needing oxygen and sometimes ventilator support.</p> <p>What can we do to reduce the risk of NLRP3 inflammasomes activation and excessive NFKappaB?</p> <p>The literature I am reading is circling around this question. I actually discuss this in the revised Wahls Protocol® on page 189 and