LONG-COVID WORSE THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT?
Throughout my “FARMACY FRIDAYS”, I will be introducing you to Dr. Shawn Talbott, Chief Science Officer at Amare Global, The Mental Wellness Company which I have started to work with this past month. The reason is that he has the scientific knowledge which I believe is necessary to accentuate what I want to point out in my “FARMACY FRIDAYS”. When trying to explain something, my moto is: “If your lips are moving, it’s best that your finger is pointing to something or someone with credentials”.
Here is one of his blogs on “Long-Covid”: just another name invented to camouflage the true root of the problem – a disrupted gut microbiome.
Dr. Shawn Talbott writes:
“In a recent review of research papers on the symptoms associated with post-viral infection with SARS CoV-2 coronavirus – what is commonly now known as “long-COVID” – researchers have estimated that with 755 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 around the world, and a conservative estimate that ~10% of infected go on to develop long-COVID, there are more than 75 million people suffering with symptoms of long-COVID globally.
Symptoms of long-COVID look a lot like other conditions associated with viral infections and microbiome disruptions, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia, but the scale of the long-COVID pandemic is truly staggering (see full list of symptoms in the graphic below).
Most commonly, symptoms include brain fog, shortness of breath, post-exertional malaise, disrupted immune system (sometimes suppressed leading to an increase in colds/flu – and sometimes overactive leading to allergies, food intolerances, and other auto-immune problems).
Luckily, many patients respond well to natural interventions that restore microbiome balance, re-establish gut integrity, and “prime” immune system function back up/down to normal. I’ve written about many of these interventions in Mental Fitness and teach them in my online Mental Wellness Coach Certification, including specific strains of probiotic bacteria, targeted structures of prebiotic fibers, and phytobiotic plant extracts that can all improve signaling across the Gut-Brain-Axis to help people feel better.”
I have taken Dr. Talbott’s Mental Wellness Coach Certification and now am a Certified Mental Wellness Coach, a credential that is added to my qualifications.
I have also taken the most talked about “Happy Juice” and like Dr. Talbott mentions, its specific strains of probiotic bacteria is re-establishing my gut microbiome integrity and slowly getting out of the misdiagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, depression and anxiety.
It’s all about the gut microbiome. Many things can disrupt this fragile community of bacteria. “All disease begins in the gut” – Is a quote attributed to the Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates nearly 2500 years ago. Well he wasn’t far off. Every time we eat or drink, we expose ourselves to chemicals and manmade hormones that are either feeding diseases and/or taking away our chances of fighting diseases!
Since January of this year, I have learned a lot about the gut microbiome and my two main passions are coming back to life: learning and sharing.
Hope you will enjoy learning about this and will be sharing with others too.
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