Date of Meeting: 3/5/22

In attendance: Tisha, Lodys, Ruchi, Nancy-Facilitator

In today's meeting we welcomed a new member and each one of us talked about how we were feeling, what issues we were dealing with and members that have been coming for a while shared their experience about certain doctors to our newest member.  Also, our facilitator shared information she learned from a master class in immunity. The information follows.

SUPER SEVEN, SICK SIX!

13 CRUCIAL FOODS FOR A BOOSTED IMMUNE SYSTEM
AND VIRUS PROTECTION

SUPER 7 FOODS TO EAT

1. 
   OVER FAT
   • Defined as excess consumption of processed
   sugars and fructose
   • Over fat calculation: Waist (in inches) needs to
   be half of your height (in inches) or less
   • BMI could be “normal” but having high
   amounts of body fat is more detrimental to
   overall health.
   • “Excess body fat is an important and little
   discussed risk factor in infectious viral
   diseases,” says Dr. Philip Maffetone. In relation
   to immune health, the earliest scientific data
   from China on COVID-19 shows that those
   most vulnerable to infection includes people
   with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular
   disease, and chronic inflammation—conditions
   caused by excess body fat.
   • During and after the 2009 influenza A/
   H1N1 pandemic, body mass index (BMI) was
   recognized as an independent risk factor
   for influenza, in particular, the severity of
   the illness, hospitalization, increased risk of
   spreading the disease, and death.
   • Adipose tissue is also populated by a number
   of immune cells including T-lymphocytes
   and macrophages. Excess body fat, however,
   can impair immunity, with obese individuals
   having a higher incidence of immune and
   autoimmune diseases.
   • Humans are constantly infected with multiple
   endogenous and exogenous viral agents, with
   an estimated generation of up to 1,012 new
   virus particles per day.
   • A healthy immune system supported by
   normal levels of fat stores protects us in most
   situations from illness. However, the metabolic
   disregulation of an over fat (or under fat)
   body can compromise the immune system
   to increase the risk of infections and chronic
   respiratory diseases.
   • Over fat hosts also may have a break-down
   of the respiratory epithelium leading to fluid
   influx to the airway space, with obese mice
   more likely than lean mice to have increased
   lung permeability during infection.
2. RANCID OILS (SEED/VEGETABLE OILS)
   • These are highly processed and refined which
   makes them too high in omega-6’s
   • Soybean, canola, corn, cottonseed, safflower,
   rapeseed, sesame, high lenoleic sunflower,
   rice bran oil
3. OMEGA 6’S
   • These in excess can cause problems
   • Commonly found in store-bought crackers,
   breads, and tortillas, and packaged foods with
   rancid oils
4. ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS
   • Have been shown to disrupt the gut bacteria
   balance which can lead to GI issues.
   • Aspartame, Sucralose (Splenda), Acesulfame
   K, Saccarin, Maltodextrin, Dextrose
5. GLUTEN/GRAINS
   • Gluten can cause serious side effects in
   individuals. Reactions may differ between
   individuals. The side effects can range
   from mild (fatigue, bloating, alternating
   constipation and diarrhea) to severe
   (unintentional weight loss, malnutrition,
   intestinal damage) as seen in the autoimmune
   disorder celiac disease.
   • Refined grains are stripped of their fiber and
   nutrients thus resulting in nothing but carbs
   and starch. They break down fast, and can
   lead to rapid spikes in blood sugar levels.
   6. DAIRY
   • Dairy filled with antibiotics and hormones
   wreaks havoc on the digestive system, and
   in turn, the immune system and several other
   human systems.
   • Dairy also stimulates the release of insulin
   and protein IGF-1, whi