Boosting Immunity and Reducing COVID Risk with Dr. Aseem Malhotra PH164

<p style="text-align:center;">“I think a lot of doctors kind of know this but don’t really… it’s never really been at the forefront of their minds until now. We know, for example, that people who have high blood glucose or type 2 diabetes have worse outcomes from any infection - specifically respiratory infections. So, when I started looking at the literature and also looking at how immune health links to excess body fat, obesity, and type 2 diabetes pre-COVID, the data was very clear that this was a big risk factor for a dysregulated immune system, an immune system that isn’t going to function properly. So, it wasn’t just about the associations that we were drawing from COVID-19 and worse outcomes.” - Aseem Malhotra</p> <p class="p1"><a href='https://doctoraseem.com/'>Dr. Aseem Malhotra</a> is a cardiologist with the U.K.’s National Health Service and a world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease.</p> <p class="p1">He is a visiting Professor of Evidence Based Medicine at the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health in Salvador, Brazil, an honorary council member to the Metabolic Psychiatry Clinic at Stanford University School of Medicine California, and is Cardiology MSc examiner at the University of Hertfordshire, U.K.</p> <p class="p1">Dr. Malhotra is a longtime health activist and a founding member and lead campaigner of Action on Sugar, an initiative which highlights the the harm caused by excess sugar consumption.</p> <p class="p1">Most recently, he has been a vocal advocate for improving metabolic health to reduce vulnerability to disease, including COVID-19, and has authored the book <a href='https://www.amazon.com/21-Day-Immunity-Plan-bestseller-transforming-ebook/dp/B089Q81QQ1'>The 21-Day Immunity Plan</a>: <a href='https://www.amazon.com/21-Day-Immunity-Plan-bestseller-transforming-ebook/dp/B089Q81QQ1'>How to Rapidly Improve Your Metabolic Health and Resilience to Fight Infection.</a></p> <p>Dr. Aseem and I recently sat down to chat about the link b