{"id":4541,"date":"2020-05-12T13:52:16","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T13:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni-vite.com\/immunoshield\/?p=4541"},"modified":"2020-10-01T10:22:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-01T10:22:54","slug":"limiting-sugar-may-reduce-covid-19-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uni-vite.com\/immunoshield\/limiting-sugar-may-reduce-covid-19-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Limiting sugar may reduce Covid-19 risk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eating less sugar may reduce risk and symptoms of Covid-19<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Reducing the amount of sugar that you consume during the coronavirus crisis may lower your risk of getting the disease, says a professor of medicine. AND it can limit the severity and complications if you are infected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Adam M Brufsky is Professor of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. He traces a direct connection between the acute breathing distress that characterises severe reactions to the virus and high levels of sugar in the blood (called hyperglycaemia<\/em>). \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

People who reduce blood sugar levels through diet and exercise are likely to \u201chelp control the severity and potentially the spread of the disease\u201d <\/p>states Dr Brufsky in an article in the Journal of Medical Virology<\/em>, published 15th April 2020<\/span><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The conclusion is not surprising, because numerous other researchers have shown that people with Type 2 diabetes, which is distinguished by high blood sugar levels, are in the high-risk Covid-19 category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everyone should cut down on sugar …<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

However, it\u2019s not just people with diabetes or pre-diabetes who should cut down on sugar. We all should. High levels of glucose in the blood can trigger a dangerous inflammatory condition called a cytokine storm \u2013 which is a key factor in Covid-19 deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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While some foods are obviously high in sugar \u2013 like sweets, cakes and biscuits \u2013 a lot of it is \u2018hidden\u2019 by manufacturers. In fact, there are 61 different names for sugar listed on food labels! Just some of the most common are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n