Why are African Americans Contracting the Virus at a Disproportionate Rate?
Reclaim Health Podcast with Erin Chamerlik
English - May 12, 2020 21:00 - 27 minutes - 24.5 MBHealth & Fitness paleo real food essential oils natural health low carb diabetes blood pressure weight loss high cholesterol antiaging Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Erin Chamerlik, http://getbetterwellness.com with guest Stephanie Gaines Bryant.
Today we talk about COVID-19 crisis in the African American community.
Persons who are African American or black are contracting SARS-CoV-2 at higher rates. What are some issues in this community that need to be addressed?
See Vitamin D studies on my website post: See Erin's blog for more information https://getbetterwellness.com/vitamindcovid/
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Stephanie Gaines-Bryant
Her mission is to tackle the obesity epidemic among women, especially African American women.
Stephanie has been a radio news anchor for 30 years. Currently anchors weekend news for WTOP Radio and produces one minute health reports for the station. Stephanie is the owner of Radio Yogi Health & Fitness, a yoga studio in Bowie, Maryland. She hosts The Sisters4Fitness Wellness Show on Bowie Community Television. The show is the media arm of her nonprofit, Sisters4Fitness. http://sisters4fitness.com
Studies regarding Vitamin D
Studies support the use of Vitamin D for the immune system and in fighting viral infections. So far there are no reports on the vitamin D status among affected persons. A large number of well-established data showed antiviral effects of vitamin D. Vitamin D can interfere directly with viral replication. Vitamin D is anti-inflammatory and can modulate the immune system. Vitamin D status and health effects for the African American population. Vitamin D has a protective effect associated with pneumonia. see, "COVID-19 and vitamin D-Is there a link and an opportunity for intervention?https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191631/
Read more on my blog: https://getbetterwellness.com/vitamindcovid/