Mushrooms against Corona?

What can we do against Corona?

Prevention, building resistance, and increasing the chance of recovery are currently the best options for overcoming the COVID-19 virus. In this way, we can protect and support the protective cell membranes that are supposed to keep viruses out of our cells. Blocking the access of viral RNA to cells and preventing virus replication by boosting the immune system offers protection against the deadly inflammatory reactions that the virus can cause in the lungs.

Is Corona really dangerous?

We cannot yet accurately calculate exactly how dangerous Corona truly is. What we can see, however, is that the virus is deadly in a group of people whose immune system is not functioning properly. But this COVID-19 virus can also be fatal in a smaller group of relatively healthy people. In general, however, the elderly and less healthy people have an increased risk of a fatal outcome. This is usually related to pre-existing inflammation and damaged cell membranes.

These are conditions for which Corona has an increased impact on health, and therefore these are the risk groups.

• Respiratory diseases (COPD, asthma, bronchitis, sinusitis, etc.)
• Allergic people (pollen, molds, etc.)
• Intestinal disorders
• Autoimmune diseases
• Fibromyalgia
• Neurodegenerative disease (ALS, Parkinson's, etc.)
• Cancer
• Biotoxin diseases
• Lyme disease
• Heavy metal poisoning
• Chronic viral infections
• Obesity
• Cardiovascular diseases

Preventing infection

For now, preventing infection seems to be only possible temporarily, unless you isolate yourself on an uninhabited island forever. By delaying infection, you increase the chance that a medicine will become available that could help you. These are the practical things you could do to reduce the risk of infection.

• Wash your hands and wrists regularly
• Do not go to places with people unnecessarily
• Do not apply products to your body that can cause inflammation or allergic reactions.
• Do not use perfumed products such as deodorant and detergents.
• Do not eat any of the known allergens
• Wear the correct face masks in public situations
• Stop smoking and avoid inhaling polluted air.
• Breathe through the nose and clean it with a non-irritating rinse after contact with potentially infected air.

Preventing inflammation

We must try to prevent inflammation to spare our immune system from the threat of Corona. There are multiple sources that can cause inflammation. Stress also indirectly leads to additional inflammation. Therefore, avoid all forms of stress. Below you will find an overview of things you should avoid now to protect the immune system.

Nutrition for protection against Corona

By eating the right foods, we can support our immune system. It is of great importance to specifically avoid inflammation-promoting foods. You must therefore really avoid all foods to which you are allergic, especially now. The things you can eat actually have inflammation-reducing effects. The following diet is titled "the anti-depression diet" but is entirely applicable to preventing inflammation so that Corona can be better handled by our relieved immune system.

Read more here the anti-depression diet

Mushrooms against Corona

We often talk about magic mushrooms containing psilocybin, but this time we are discussing the edible Shiitake mushroom. Shiitake mushrooms contain beta-glucans, including AHCC, which increase the amount of gamma interferon in the lungs. Gamma interferon is an inflammatory protein that activates the immune system in a way that inhibits viral infection but spares the membranes/cells in the lungs. AHCC activates the Natural Killer Cells, Natural Killer T-cells, and gamma-delta T-cells of the immune system, making us better prepared for a potential infection.

Although the effect of AHCC on COVID-19 has not yet been investigated, supplementation with AHCC has proven effective in reducing mortality in laboratory animals and humans in cases of infection with multiple viruses resembling the COVID-19 virus. Animal studies have demonstrated that AHCC is effective against these viruses.

• Influenza virus
• HPV virus
• Bird flu virus
• Herpes virus
• West Nile virus

What else can you do?

The following vitamins, minerals, or supplements can provide additional help. The more you can add to your daily intake, the better. Follow the supplement labels and, if necessary, seek advice from a professional.

Aromatherapy against viruses

The essential oils that you disperse into the air with a diffuser reach the mucous membranes and lungs when inhaled. This is where the medicinal effect can take place, after which the body absorbs the substances and can exert their effects elsewhere. Since Corona endangers the respiratory system, aromatherapy can offer a solution because it has a local effect in the early stages. However, be careful never to damage the lungs with an excess of foreign substances and never to provoke allergic reactions (especially not in the case of a Corona infection).

The following essential oils have antiviral properties.

• Lemon
• Eucalyptus
• Clove
• Tea tree
• Thyme

Nature saves us!

Although we as humanity are not very kind to our environment, the earth, and nature, nature does contain many resources that can save us. We have elevated the economy, and the associated population growth and consumption, to the most important subject in the world. This economic policy based on growth will always come at the expense of the earth and is directly or indirectly the cause of the existence of all our problems, including Corona. During these difficult times, let us also reflect on the consequences of our actions. Have gratitude and respect for nature. We need nature more than you think. Let us achieve a little more balance!