EXERCISE MAY PROTECT AGAINST DEADLY COVID-19 COMPLICATION, RESEARCH SUGGESTS

From the University of Virginia:

"Exercise can prevent or at least reduce the severity of ARDS (acute respiratory distress syndrome), which affects between 3% and 17% of all patients with COVID-19. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 20% to 42% of patients hospitalized for COVID-19 will develop ARDS.

Exercise stimulates production of an antioxidant known as extracellular superoxide dismutase, or EcSOD. This potent antioxidant hunts down harmful free radicals, protecting our tissues and helping to prevent disease. Our muscles naturally make EcSOD, secreting it into the circulation to allow binding to other vital organs, but its production is enhanced by cardiovascular exercise."

https://news.virginia.edu/content/exercise-may-protect-against-deadly-covid-19-complication-research-suggests

Who knew exercise makes you stronger? We did! (That includes your immune system.) Fresh air and sunshine are vitally important also. Get out there and walk, run, ride your bicycle. The out of doors is also the psychological antidote to shelter in place.

Accelerate your heart rate and respiration. Outdoors we are least likely to be exposed to Corona Virus (the solution to pollution is dilution). Still, be safe and keep social distance.

Eat plenty of the whole foods high in Vitamin C:

veggies - mild peppers, dark green leafy, potato, sweet potato, broccoli, tomato.

fruits - berries, papaya, citrus, bananas, cantaloupe, kiwi, mango, pineapple, watermelon.