Your Date with Covid – Exercise is your best protection
From an article in the New York Times (12/23/2021)โฃ:
โ๐๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง: ๐๐ฆโ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ.โย
‘๐ ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ถ๐ด,’ ๐๐ณ. ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณโฃ.
“๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต,โ ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ต๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด, ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ.
This is what all the evidence and data is supporting, and why all of us at Epic Fitness are more committed than ever to help as many people as possible to discover that becoming strong, healthy and fit will only help in their ability to fight this off when their โdateโ comes.ย ย
If you knew that you had the power to control your outcomes with this disease based so much on how physically fit you were going into it, would you take action and start taking those small steps towards a healthier you?ย ย
Let me use an analogy – If you lived in New Orleans, and knew a hurricane was barreling down and coming towards your house, would you prepare for it?ย
This is the same thing. It’s coming.โฃ
Prepare your house (your body).โฃ
Here’s what we know:โฃ
Vitamin Dโฃ:
There’s an abundance of evidence that Vitamin D reduces covid-19 infection, severity, ICU admission and mortalityโฃ.
โฃCollectively, studies show Vitamin D, is a far more effective basal covid-19 treatment, than any additive pharmaceutical available to dateโฃ
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Body Composition:
Losing excess body fat is like building armor against Covid.โฃย The craziest part?ย The CDC, WHO and other organizations are FINALLY coming out and saying this after 2 years in this pandemic.ย
The 2020 CDC Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps1 show that obesity remains high โ sixteen states now have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent. This is up from twelve states in 2019. ย In just one year, look at the map below to see what is happening in our country. ย We are the “fattest” we have ever been, and at the most inopportune time, ever.ย
Here is some information from the CDC that barely came out after 2 years:
Adults with excess weight are at even greater risk during the COVID-19 pandemic:
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Having obesity may triple the risk of hospitalization due to a COVID-19 infection.
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Obesity is linked to impaired immune function. (2,3)
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Obesity decreases lung capacity and reserve and can make ventilation more difficult. (4)
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A study of COVID-19 cases suggests that risks of hospitalization, intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, and death are higher with increasing BMI.5
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The increased risk for hospitalization or death was particularly pronounced in those under age 65. (5)ย
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More than 900,000 adult COVID-19 hospitalizations occurred in the United States between the beginning of the pandemic and November 18, 2020. Models estimate that 271,800 (30.2%) of these hospitalizations were attributed to obesity. (6)
Children diagnosed with obesity may suffer worse outcomes from COVID-19. In a study of COVID-19 cases in patients aged 18 years and younger, having obesity was associated with a 3.07 times higher risk of hospitalization and a 1.42 times higher risk of severe illness (intensive care unit admission, invasive mechanical ventilation, or death) when hospitalized. (7)
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Get strong and build muscle to lower your risk:
This one is easy.ย A stronger you – both mentally and physically, is much harder to kill!ย ย
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Improve your cardiovascular fitness:
Poor cardiovascular fitness is an increased risk factorโฃ. ย A study from the University of Virginia found exercise reduces a person’s risk of even contracting Covidโฃ.
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Increase your frequency of training sessions:
Exercise is known to impact and improve the immune systemโฃ function overall. โฃ The higher frequency your sessions (we recommend our members come in and perform their program 3-4x/week) the more of a positive impact your immune system will have.ย ย
The data is in.ย The fitter and stronger you are, the better youโll recoverโฃ from your date with Covid.ย ย
Itโs time to mold the โfuture youโ into a stronger, leaner version of yourself.ย When you do, you will feel more confident than ever to be able to deal with any and all strains of Covid as they come.ย ย
Be your own health advocate.โฃ It’s your job and responsibility to get in even better shape than ever before.โฃ
Get yourself readyโฃ.
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References
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The 2020 CDC Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps show the prevalence of self-reported adult obesity using data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Data are available for 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
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Tanaka, S. I., Isoda, F., Ishihara, Y., Kimura, M., & Yamakawa, T. (2001). T lymphopaenia in relation to body mass index and TNFโฮฑ in human obesity: adequate weight reduction can be corrective. Clinical endocrinology, 54(3), 347-354.
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Alwarawrah, Y., Kiernan, K., & MacIver, N. J. (2018). Changes in nutritional status impact immune cell metabolism and function. Frontiers in immunology, 9, 1055.
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Simonnet, A., Chetboun, M., Poissy, J., Raverdy, V., Noulette, J., Duhamel, A., โฆ & LICORN and the Lille COVIDโ19 and Obesity study group. (2020). High prevalence of obesity in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirusโ2 (SARSโCoVโ2) requiring invasive mechanical ventilation. Obesity.
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Kompaniyets L, Goodman AB, Belay B, et al. Body Mass Index and Risk for COVID-19โRelated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Death โ United States, MarchโDecember 2020. (2021). MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70:355โ361.
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OโHearn M, Liu J, Cudhea F, Micha R, Mozaffarian D. (2021). Coronavirus Disease 2019 Hospitalizations Attributable to Cardiometabolic Conditions in the United States: A Comparative Risk Assessment Analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association. 2021 Feb;10(5):e019259.
- Kompaniyets, Lyudmyla, et al. โUnderlying medical conditions associated with severe COVID-19 illness among children.โ JAMA network open 4.6 (2021).