Activating the Vagus Nerve Might Lower Your Covid-19 Risk

7 min readNov 25, 2020

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Inmedicine, as in other realms of life, the Covid-19 pandemic continues to unfold as a dark chapter of human history. Physicians have now treated scores of patients with every imaginable permutation of this infection. As unrelenting as this virus is, we have seen infectious disease epidemics before, and we know how to mitigate their spread.

The measures that physicians and public health agencies continue to advocate for — mask-wearing, physical distancing, hand-washing, avoiding large gatherings, and limiting travel — are based on decades of public health outcomes research. And we know they work.

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While it is clear that these measures are essential, and have been critically important to limiting the contagion of the virus, which has left more than 245,000 people dead in the last eight months in the U.S. alone, and infected over 54 million people worldwide, we must ask ourselves what else can be done?

We know now that Covid-19 is a long-term public health threat. Until an effective vaccine is widely available, it will continue to spread. We also know this virus has been disproportionately killing our elders. From March through October 2020, 92% of deaths have been in the 55 and over age group. We also know that Black people are dying at a rate that is 2.3 times that of white people, and deaths are now rising in the 25–55 age group, as well as in the Hispanic and Latino population.

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It is time to focus all of our energy on protecting our communities, as well as fortifying our immune systems for the long road ahead. In that context, prevention needs to include far more than avoidance.

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The mandates for mask-wearing, hand-washing, and physical distancing are important focus points for the prevention of viral spread, but what we need now are the strongest immune systems we can build. The effective deployment of the immune system against pathogens and the swift resolution of the immune response is required for survival, and in the case of a new virus, not yet familiar to human physiology, a vigorous and resilient immune system is a necessity. Thankfully, there is a vast sea of research on immunity-building that we can mobilize.

It is time to focus all of our energy on protecting our communities, as well as fortifying our immune systems for the long road ahead. In that context, prevention needs to include far more than avoidance.
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As with other systems in the body, the immune system depends on adequate nutrients to function properly. Acute infections trigger stress responses in the body, producing metabolic changes that strengthen the host to fight the aggressor. This creates higher nutrient requirements. There is little argument that poor nutrition causes immune function impairment, which can be reversed by repleting nutrients. I see it every day in my clinical practice.

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As a physician specializing in integrative family medicine and nutritional science, I have worked with thousands of patients to improve their health, by both preventing and treating chronic disease with dietary and lifestyle changes. I believe there is a huge role for the clinical use of food as medicine and that all of us could benefit from blending the practice of home cooking with the science of medicine.

Many of my patients feel that medicine has failed them. I often see people inundated with frequent upper respiratory infections, and serious chronic inflammatory conditions, who are able to address these issues in part by increasing fresh food consumption and decreasing their intake of refined sugar and processed food. I see substantial and significant improvements with the addition of fresh fruits and vegetables to the diet — even in unremitting chronic diseases not previously amenable to pharmaceutical intervention — which is deeply rewarding to witness.

At a time when millions are at risk for the coronavirus, the prescription for food as a medicine to boost immunity is vital. In fact, it is imperative for all of us to pay attention to our diet and nutritional status as the pandemic continues to rage.

Foods that contain vitamin C are a convenient starting place.

Research has shown that vitamin C in the 3,000–6,000 mg range can relieve and prevent symptoms before and during a respiratory viral infection, though it remains unproven as a treatment for Covid-19.

Vitamin C is bioavailable at high levels in broccoli, bell peppers, Brussels sprouts, papaya, and most citrus fruits. When eaten plentifully, these fruits and vegetables provide a daily dose of vitamin C that can aid the immune system in preventing and shortening the course of a respiratory infection.

At a time when millions are at risk for coronavirus, the prescription for food as a medicine to boost immunity is vital.

However, vitamin C does not exist alone as a vital micronutrient. Vitamins work in teams. The complex, integrated immune system needs vitamins A, C, D, E, B6 and B12, folate, zinc, iron, copper, and selenium to name a few, all of which play vital, often synergistic roles at every stage of the immune response. These nutrients are received into the body through whole foods, primarily fruits and vegetables.

To be sure, processed and convenience foods — often high-calorie and low-nutrition — are widely available in large portion sizes and low prices. A family-sized bag of potato chips can be purchased for $3, a small bag of apples costs five. The differential availability and affordability of healthy foods in lower-income, disinvested communities have always been contributors to health disparities, and are currently a critical determinant between who lives and dies from Covid-19. What is the real cost of cheap processed food on human health? What will it cost us in the time of Covid-19?

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We are living through a time that calls for a full-scale mobilization of all available public health knowledge. A prevention plan from our federal and state governments needs to include whole food and vitamin-rich nutrition. This sensible, evidence-based directive along with the requisite support for farmers, community food operations, safely opened farmers markets, and increased funding for equitable access to healthy food can and will save millions of lives. It is time to eat our fruits and vegetables, and do what we can to make sure our communities are eating them too. Our health has always depended on using food as medicine and now the stakes are much higher.

Activating the Vagus Nerve Might Lower Your Covid-19 Risk

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