From eNewsletter 5/17/2021
DID YOU KNOW that a study in the May issue of one of our favorite journals, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, lauded vitamin D for its critical importance for COVID-19 prevention? Habitual use of vitamin D supplements was significantly associated with a 34% lower risk of COVID-19 infection in study participants. As long as American public health officials stay silent over vitamin D, we will continually work to draw it out of the shadows, shed light on the voluminous data that exists, and shower it with the praise it deserves.
Single Edition Newsletter for May 17th Our paid edition includes 8 segments that aren't in our free version:
Well Connect Feature: Manganese in the Spotlight
Did You Know? Meds: Antibiotics Do This As Well?
Mythbuster: How Many Friends Can One Have?
Brand Buzz: Special Cooking Spray | Fava Bean Snack
Understanding Lab Tests: Benefits of Hair Analysis
Green Lifestyle: Effect of Natural Sounds
Wild Card: More on Our Virome
eInspire: Quote from Mary Lou Retton
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UPDATE: Our COVID-19 Vaccine Opinion This document was updated May 17th.
Virus Prevention And Treatment Vaccines will minimize COVID-19 related mortality and hospitalizations, but SARS-CoV-2 is not going away, as evidenced by its ever-mutating variants. Moreover, SARS-CoV-2 is not the only virus we fight. There are influenza (flu), norovirus (stomach flu), adenovirus (common cold), and four other coronaviruses (common cold), among others. We highly recommend continuing your immune support. For more information, refer to our Prevent and Fight Viruses 2.0 Protocol.
COVID-19 Condition Monograph For those interested in conventional and integrative treatments for COVID-19 with over 250 references, this is our COVID-19 Condition Monograph.
Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS) If you, or someone you know, has PCS, we provide individualized consultation or our Post-COVID Syndrome Action Plan. Paid yearly NCI Well Connect members can access it for free here (enter the password: archives 2018).
BEST WAY TO BUILD MENTAL WELLBEING
Steve and Bonnie: Now if we could only have studies like these every month!
Researchers publishing in Nature Human Behavior have conducted the largest ever mental wellbeing study from around the world to answer the question, 'What's the best way to build personal mental wellbeing?'.
The analysis included more than 50,000 participants. Researchers divided people into three main groups, those in generally good health, those with physical illness and those with mental illness.
They found it is possible to build the mental wellbeing of all individuals, but there's no one-size-fits-all solution. Hmm, where have you heard that phrase before ;)
During stressful and uncertain periods in our lives, pro-actively working on our mental health is crucial to help mitigate the risk of mental and physical illness.
Practicing mindfulness, using techniques such as meditation and conscious breathing, was found to be effective at increasing wellbeing across the three groups.
Positive psychological interventions, including working on your sense of purpose, performing small acts of kindness and keeping a gratitude journal were shown to be effective, when done in combination.
Cognitive behavioral therapy proved to be beneficial for many with mental illness, while acceptance and commitment therapy was most useful for those in generally good health.
The researchers noted something very important. Just trying something once or twice isn't enough to have a measurable impact. Regardless of what method people are trying out, they need to stick at it for weeks and months at a time for it to have a real effect.
Researchers believe these results highlight the need for a change of tactics in how society cares for people's wellbeing, whether they're living with a mental illness or not.
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