A COVID Survival Guide (w/Dr. Ron Sinha) | Lifestyle Changes To Lower Metabolic Risk

Can diet, exercise, sleep, stress reduction, supplements, and breath training help you beat COVID-19 like a boss? Dr. Ron Sinha teaches us how to optimize our chances.
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[@annbonn]

Instead of feeling paralyzed and focused on what I can't do, it's empowering to hear this show and learn about what I CAN do. Not only for Covid, but for health in general. Great stuff. Thanks ZDogg and Dr Ron!

[@AEQEA]

ok so no more boners annnnd no more breeding. live forever jupiter.

[@wendyvan6818]

I teach virtually, and our school day das gone from starting at 8 to starting at 10, and I’ve seen a MASSIVE improvement in focus and mood from my high schoolers

[@Privatenospying]

I’m laying in bed recovering from COVID and I feel thrilled to be hearing such cool, brilliant guys who connect so well with so much knowledge to share! And they worry about their mom💜💜Thank you!!!

[@SpicyPretzel]

Me too... Did you fully recover?

[@jaythefit8817]

Dr. ZDogg, I love your sense of humor. I'm a visual and auditory learning-I think I am if that's a thing. Your style and the way you articulate is perfect for my style of learning. Every great instructor I've ever experienced all the way through high school and college had qualities that you do. Thank you for your dedication in teaching us that aren't doctors.

[@rehabhqofficial]

ok, Dr. Ron can only come back for another interview, if he blesses us with more visuals (watermelon) to simplify some pretty complex topics regarding cellular metabolism. IMO 🙃

[@dancechica]

That was the best part for me too

[@jae.m]

This is such a refreshing interview.

[@teresamoews6695]

Outstanding interview!! Thank you. I'm a 52yo cancer patient in remission. Great information!

[@rhiahlMT]

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[@zachcolley1743]

My exercise physiologist heart is just loving this! Thank you Z for bringing these topics to light!!

[@kimberlykolb7505]

I’ve been saying for years that When I do the insanity workouts I end up gaining weight because I’m so hungry! Now I feel better about doing more hiking and lower intensity exercise! Thank you! This was super helpful!

[@MNaeem5]

That's a great point! I was heavier when I lifted a lot more. When I switched to more loaded carries,hikes,bodyweight workouts,I lost 25 pounds and feel much better. Those HIIT workouts definitely make me ravenous.

[@mnhockeyfan]

@@MNaeem5 Losing weight is simply about being in a caloric deficit, the end. When you lifted heavy you were eating above that caloric threshold. For whatever reason you went into a caloric deficit when you changed. It wasn't the workout itself. You can do HIIT or hikes or lifting an gain or lose weight on any of those. Congrats though on losing 25 lbs!

[@Makeupbypatricia]

I love you ZDogg and Dr. Ron! Such a phenomenal podcast. So educational and inspiring. I was actually sad it's over!

[@loganspriggs9828]

This might be my favorite interview

[@paulettewilliams1185]

Ditto!

[@DrDipsh1t]

This is the kind of thing I like to see: information from different specialties being shared for the common goal of health. A holistic approach to health (not the colloquial term, but the true definition).

[@jenzjannai]

Shared! Great information. I started C25K in May, now up to 3 miles. So happy to hear info at 7 minute mark about my body being regularly aerobically challenged vs. what covid would do. Also, look up "morning pages" - a great simple journaling concept I'll pick back up after listening to the studies sited at the 21 minute mark. Thank you!

[@paulettewilliams1185]

Great info--thanks!

[@brycewalat5321]

Thanks, ZDOGGMD and Ron! I am a big time ruminator!

[@823south]

It's refreshing to hear someone talk about the strength of human immunity in relation to Covid. Instead of wearing masks and waiting for a vaccine.

[@kimberlycooper4170]

The study mentioned at 23:57 points out how important language arts are. Journal to handle your emotions. I suspect that writing poetry might do the same thing. Teachers, parents, and other people would do well to set aside daily time for themselves and their students, offspring, etc. to write.

[@skinnybitch30]

New subscriber here, this was the most eye opening podcast I've seen in years! Please have Dr. Ron on again to talk more about exercising, at 45 I have felt like I'm not working hard enough but can't seem to work harder without feeling like crap... Dr. Ron has changed my mindset that that is okay!!

[@dacisky]

Excellence discussion...Yep,he needs to come back.

[@kareykumli3458]

I've watched this particular show 3 times & shared twice. Very empowering, thank you both so much! Today I watched a number of other ZDogg videos while doing home chores, and have a few miscellaneous comments. 1) Re public objections to science changing its mind: Science is the interface between curiosity & knowledge. Science is not encyclopedia authorship. Once scientists stop finding new evidence, new test methods, more externalities, the subject becomes boring old everyday knowledge to them, as curiosity pulls them elsewhere. This concept seems to work with folks who don't fundamentally understand science & the scientific process, of which there are far too many. 2) I've not seen all your shows, but if you haven't done so already, a good rant on the perpetual fear mongering of the media is in order; this may be more to blame for the mental health problems attributed to Covid19 than the disease itself. 3) I've heard that Covid19 shows up in water treatment plants just before a spike, and that kid's fecal matter can have high concentrations. Are there methodologies out to test these sources, regionally or individually? Databases in development? Perhaps the saliva tests (also conducted at UCDavis) are easier for the individual. 4) I've heard references to children as "little Petri dishes" incubating the virus asymptomatically, credited by some to their abundance of CD4+ T-helper cells, by others to their lack of spike receptors. Thank you so much for your balanced, informative and thoughtful interviews and presentations! I'll look for your response in future videos, no need to respond directly.

[@Asptuber]

I'd like to upvote this comment at least 10x "Science is the interface between curiosity & knowledge" - this is a great way of phrasing it! Thank you. Your point 3 is very interesting, you don't happen to remember a source? (of any kind, even just general local area or news outlet or journal or person talking about it) It sounds very plausible, I remember reading way back in March that fecal matter in general, not just that of kids, is pretty rife in Sars-CoV-2.

[@dan8402]

Yo ZDogg What's up???? Prevention is key.. It would be great to put that into synopsis, like a check list. If taking a vitamin once a day might help why not? Exercise well I gained 80 pounds so yeah I need to do that too. I am so done with the lock downs. I mean wear a mask, wash your hands, socially distance when you can, but I hate this reversal. It is doing irreparable economic destruction.

[@TheKdubb17]

I'm a Colorado native and asthmatic (double fun) and there is no greater joy than travelling to sea-level and being able to go up stairs without losing my breath automatically, I feel like an Olympic athlete.

[@SirYenko_]

Gotta say, new fan. Been watching your videos for a few weeks now and I love the unbiased approach you take. If you make a wrong assumption or opinion/evaluation, you will admit when you're wrong. I love it! Keep up the great work!

[@robinstanley6008]

Over 40 years ago, my 1st husband left to be with someone else. I was so full of negative emotions, and had no money for therapy. So to try to get my negative feelings out of my head, I journaled. It did help, and I was so appalled when I read it years later. Apparently my survival instincts had kicked in. Thank you for the reminder. Do practice breathing because I have been practicing yoga for 14 years. 🙏

[@maymayrays]

And here we have a contrast in approaches to life... 🤣 I’ll take the first example, please. Thanks.

[@anamariagiraldoramirez4441]

I feel great of being a supporter. I get so much out of this programs!

[@anamariagiraldoramirez4441]

Such interesting information for me to help my patients in primary care. We have a terrible metabolic syndrome pandemic in Spain. I wondet if we could think its Linked to high mortality rates over here due to covid

[@kamhart]

Listened second time! It’s great!!

[@cindybogart6062]

This video was great. I so needed to hear this again so I can get myself back in control. Love this show. Always so informative. Journaling is always a good idea.

[@paulettewilliams1185]

Oh yes the journaling! Fantastic!!

[@carendancer8265]

Can you speak to drinking water, dehydration and the best water to drink as well as how dehydration relates to health issues?

[@skyval6359]

This is so enlightening ! Yes to later school hours ! I used to watch my little kids get on the bus at 6:45 AM in a rural area in a national park and think this is so insane , they were so sleepy they couldn't eat breakfast even though I was trying to force them in a kind way to eat so their brains would work better but it was just too early . Many parents just give up and the kids have no food at all until lunchtime. all because somebody decided school should start at 8 AM ?

[@jennyweyman3039]

Anyone can start today to improve health. This is a great interview. Thankyou.

[@carlaseier9735]

SO good! Thank you for the incredible and applicable info for every day life!👍

[@spock949]

The first half can be summarized with “eat less, eat healthier, exercise more”

[@sim_aware]

The “eat less, eat healthier, exercise more” message here is key for so much. Recently found a simulation for nutritional health that was fun to run with our med students. #SimTribe

[@irishpatti3152]

@@sassysandie2865 life expectancy numbers would rise, too.

[@krisbaker3349]

Giving the reasons for this advice at a cellular level is interesting and motivating for me

[@annthurston9624]

Regarding gut health, benefits of human symbiosis with foreign microbes, and importance of healthy mitochondria... isn't it also fascinating that it is felt mitochondria likely developed from engulfed prokaryotes? I just think that's a fun fact. And we all need more fun! Great interview!!

[@MemorableJosh]

@@krisbaker3349 Me, too. This is the first scientific explanation that makes sense and doesn't feel like "The lord works in mysterious ways."

[@techguy651]

Saying, “there are no downsides to better fitness [etc]” completely disregards the people who will hear this and go victim blame. Some people (especially marginalized, time starved folks on the bottom of society) cannot take the time to improve their Heath. They’re busy working three jobs to make ends me. And if their child or parent dies, it’s too easy to say, “if they were in better health it would have been ‘just a cold’.”

[@Asptuber]

This. And not just wrt this virus, though it has really amplified this nasty streak in (some) people. When the Health at Every Size, Body Acceptance etc started to become a bit more visible (5 years ago or so maybe?) this problem was one of the major targets of it. Then that spiraled out of control in that silly way that serious ideas often do. Again we have a situation where two things that seem to be at odds are true at the same time: 1. Everyone benefits from better fitness 2. Victim-blaming in the form of fat shaming or fitness shaming is extremely destructive. I really liked when Ron Sinha got down to the *small* and easy things - what we need is more talk about things like that. And the fitness-brigade (with their nasty fringe of fat shamers) need to get through their thick heads all that you mentioned above, and additionally that some people do NOT get an endorphin boost from typical exercise-y things. Some of us just do not feel good, and no, it is not because of going above the nice heart rate zones (been using a Polar on and off since 10 years or more). So we need to find sneaky ways to trick our brains into finding physical activity pleasurable. This is doable. You can do lots of small easy things to up how much you move your body. I've yet to find a magic switch though for getting a post-exercise "high" - I've experienced it, so I know it exists, but my body is so unreliable in producing it that just avoiding feeling physically miserable afterwards (only dipping quickly in and out of those higher HR zones is a good tactic IME) is my main goal right now. I suspect my level of exercise-resistance is pretty rare, but I am certain I am not alone in this. And there are probably a sizeable portion of folks (10-15%?) that have some level of this problem. People like me are not at all helped by fitness-evangelists. Telling people to do more of something that subjectively feels bad is not a viable strategy. No amount of feedback from an activity monitor or HRM will trump the subjective physical feeling of "this feel bad". Not in the long run. One problem is of course that most everyone that works with fitness education etc are people who do not have this problem - they think that because they feel good after a run or whatever, everyone will feel good if they just get over themselves and do it. Not true. What we need if we truly want to increase the health and fitness of *everyone* is an approach that focus on the small things of daily living. Can you get up a bit more and take a few steps? Can you come up with silly ways to stretch every now and then? Can you teach yourself to be mindful and happy when you have to carry something heavy? Move more mindfully when you are reaching for a shelf, play small games with yourself around everyday chores.

[@TheEvaluna1975]

Great interview! Informative and easy to digest, positive and refreshing! Thanks for sharing Zdogg! 👍❤

[@kathleenneel23]

I’ve lost 55 pounds since March. I started walking except when it was 118 degrees and I couldn’t recover from the heat. I started intermittent fasting, got my hours down to a smaller eating zone and ate lots of salads, veggies, etc. I have perfect sugar now. It was 13.

[@someoneusa]

congratulations, welcome to health! It's amazing how loyal our bodies are and how hard they fight for us if we give them what they need. The human body never fails to amaze me.

[@4everu984]

👍👍👍 great news! I love IF and walking.....both free!

[@Amethyst_fairy81]

Thank you Dr. Ron Sinha for covering proper vit d3 dosage.

[@wmp3346]

Makes sense - definitely will be back for more - Thanks Doc

[@NicoleForbis]

Fantastic presentation, learned so many new things; your perspective, shifts mine to align. Thanks

[@victoriaburkhardt9974]

Thanks for this. I found myself doing squats and walking around the house while watching this on my iPad.

[@arklyn]

I've been watching for several months, but somehow never got around to subscribing... but I am now. This is a very interesting, informative and encouraging video. I'm 73, too much of a couch potato, and prone to shortness of breath. But I am getting more interested in exercising and I just bought some Body Groove dance DVDs. I also have meditated in the past. This video is the incentive I need to get back on track. Thank you.

[@sharonc8138]

Vintage SNL! Hans and Franz! Love it, that’s my language!

[@b1promotions]

Such a great show! Thank you!

[@lorenabull]

This is a fantastic episode! Thank you both, sooo much!!! 💙💚💜

[@kickyourshoesoff]

Great show!

[@matthewrogowski8526]

The studies on UV and vitamin D reveal high risk for skin cancer with tanning beds/booths, but their study did not include short term use such as 3 - 5 minutes per session (which I do). I've been doing this for 15 years. I found it entertaining when my dermatologist told me he was glad to see I stay out of the sun and have no sun damage, except on my cheeks and arms. I've also read studies that short term UV exposure increases Vit D levels by 15%. To me, that is significant. And yes, excellent point made about UV being needed for health. FYI, I'm fair skinned but can tan. Using the booth 3-5 min at a time, twice per week, managed to prevent sun burns because it gives me base tan. I don't lay out in the sun. Instead, I am controlling my UV dose.

[@barshabanerjee7262]

This made me value my low intensity consistent exercise more 🙂

[@lorb713]

I'm only 25 minutes in and I have found this so valuable (and entertaining)! My mind is blown. I have been a couch potato the last few weeks with the days getting shorter and colder, but this has inspired me to exercise more! And I am a ruminator, so this has inspired me to meditate and journal more so I don't create too many cytokines. Wow, this is great!

[@robinstanley6008]

And thank you for talking me thru my morning exercises.

[@navigatingyourhealthcare9566]

This guy is so fVckin' cool. Physiology, cell bio, cell signalling, exercise, diet. I'm going nuts.

[@irishpatti3152]

An effective teacher to his patients and the viewers!

[@navigatingyourhealthcare9566]

Woohoo, tradition, mental, rivers, and more. And, he links it together without arrogance

[@paulettewilliams1185]

ME TOOOOOO!

[@LauraKWeld-bz4dt]

Thank you for this! You mentioned early on in the interview the term “long-haulers,” and I just wanted to say I’d love to see a video on the subject.

[@jackieeick]

Thank you so much. You are very interesting guys. Full of great information. Love from England

[@crystalgaynor9708]

Excellent cast!

[@Vezmus1337]

Really interesting conversation. I have heard that putting thoughts into words via speaking can have the same effect as writing them down in a diary. It helps you to clarify and identify what you are feeling, and in a way it transforms the emotions into rational thoughts that can then be acted upon (kind of like switching from the metaphorical elephant to the rider). Once the rational mind takes over the responsibility of that thought, it takes the pressure off of the emotional part of the mind instead of letting it just keep building up. It's a lot like the theory discussed here of metabolic blockages, where once you get the system moving and open up an outlet it results in an overall more healthy system that is able to handle more throughput. Then instead of overdwelling and ruminating on one thought you can process it and move onto the next one.

[@laurenb916]

Wonderful talk!

[@aprilek6003]

keto/low carb/fasting for the win. Ketosis improves your health folks. Going on 4 years, no longer prediabetic, prehypertensive, very active, do HIIT, run, bike, swim, and pull ups, push, and squats. Blood work is great. Don't forget your Vitamin D. Fix your diet and you will fix your health ditch the sugar, grains, seed oils and processed crap. "stack the deck in your favor" animal protein/fats and non starchy veggies for the WIN!

[@readytochop2462]

Happy for you!

[@honkymonkey9568]

perfect

[@m2sotolopez]

sandramA heynemana I tried Keto, Atkins etc but I feel best when I’m eating vegetarian. According to my blood type A, I do better on vegetarian diets, I wonder if there is some truth to that. All this diets get me confused.

[@m2sotolopez]

sandramA heynemana My husband is type O so are his 3 kids. They never get sick. My daughter and I are type A and we have weak immune system. My step kids eat like crap and don’t exercise. However my daughter and I eat mostly vegetarian, we exercise, take supplements and manage our weight but are plagued my many illnesses. My mother is O and so are her siblings and many of her family members. They have lived to 100 or more years. My Dad was A blood type, very outgoing healthy man but died of ALS. Many of my father’s siblings died young. I still think there is something to the blood types.

[@kamhart]

This has been so great! Thanks!!

[@aleenarvalenzuela]

Great interview. One of my favorites!

[@iw9338]

Great info & fabulous presentation. Love the accents. Thank you both.👍👍😊

[@amandapaul7989]

The diet "Trim Healthy Mama" addresses these things a lot. They also have a homeschool curriculum for kids called "Trim Healthy You" . Refreshing to hear doctors address health from the cellular level. 😍

[@m2sotolopez]

Thank you!

[@Pari_Pixie]

It REALLY sucks to be a chronically ill person with no diagnosis in the middle of a pandemic. Doctors act like it’s super easy to just do all the healthy things to boost your immune system and you’ll be great. Except when you already do all the healthy things and your body still attacks itself. Shout out to all the sicklies who have also slipped through the cracks of the healthcare system trying not to feel disposable during this pandemic. 💜

[@carendancer8265]

easy to do yoga at home daily.

[@christinemichele2318]

Slow and low exercise is good for stress reduction too. It helps the body process fight or flight.

[@75marklee]

ANY workout is good for stress reduction. Hard aggressive lifting in gym will lower anxiety for about 6 hours . So will a long walk

[@AamirAamir-od9xp]

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[@allief2614]

Very interesting conversation. I've thought about a lot of this myself. Thanks for providing a well rounded explanation!

[@Amethyst_fairy81]

See it's people like Christine Northrup and anti-vax holistic practioners that gives holistic practioners/nurses a bad name not all of us are like this. Everything talked about in this video is true holistic health balance of allopathic and lifestyle with science, but these people claiming 5g, vaccine controlling us, etc give us a bad name. Some of us are really just trying to coach clients to optimal wellness and aren't afraid of allopathic medicine and want to work as a team. Pro-vax holistic nurse here. Slightly concerned with new covid-19 vaccine technology for long term effects but need more data but not turning us 5g antennas. Don't go ful Oz lol.

[@davidlittle6621]

Just AWESOME content!!!!!

[@DomFortress]

I've been doing OMAD intermittent fasting, and high intensity training 3 days a week in a fasted state for over 4 years, and I've over 20 years background in powerlifting for functionality and kickboxing for self defense purpose. I train close to an hour wherein my target heartrate is above 140bpm on average, and my highest is above 170bpm. I've been asymptomatic throughout this year, while I've been working in a warehouse doing manual labor full-time. Also my resting heartrate is consistently below 55bpm.

[@lisadexter7685]

❤️ this! I’m a fitness instructor! Could never lose weight! Not being able to work the past 10 months, I’ve actually lost that 10 lbs I’ve been trying to get rid of for years! By not working out as much or as hard. And my pains are gone, well mostly. I had COVID back in March and it was almost nothing, just a bad cold.

[@robynshillinger4001]

How about long-term asthmatics? We all are used to breathing through a straw while under exertion; it’s almost natural blood doping.

[@lakshfox8373]

thank you for continuing to provide such great content : )

[@michaelangemeer4183]

Awesome. It lit a fire under my ass. Pulled out the rowing machine and did a half an hour. Thank you. Connected a lot of dots for me.

[@thomasm5922]

So today the news is telling us that over a million children have caught covid. the CDC shows that 135 children birth to 18 have died. That is 135/1,000,000=.000135 death rate . Parents stop stressing and destroying your children's mental health.

[@Tranair]

To be a free-thinker, you can't just take one number and run away with it, you have to fully think things through: What are the longterm effects of covid, even if you recover? How often do those longterm effects happen? How many people face months/years of recovery from those longterm effects? Since children's bodies are smaller, how likely are they to be afflicted with those longterm effects, and how bad would they be to the average child's body? Think these things through. Critical thinking, critical thinking, critical thinking. Doubt covid if you want, but actually have a real reason for it and not just relying on cherrypicking numbers. Your arguments need to be bulletproof. That's what it takes to be a free-thinker, considering it's essentially you against several centuries worth of existing fields of study.

[@MrOvidiuk]

@@Tranair 😂😂😂, you are not an “enigma” because you have no logic. 1. Long term effects can appear to any infection diseases as long you make the diseases. If you have no symptoms that means you have no infection, simple! Or even with a symptom, if they are soft, you have no problem for long term. Personally all the people that I know with covid have almost no symptoms and they was discover base on contact tracing. I agree, virus can be dangerous and can kill you but still survive rate is 99.94%, on average. 2. We don’t know the long term effects for covid virus(that is part of coronavirus “family”) because we hav time to study but when I ask what about mRNA vaccine (not the classic one because that technology is safe) what will be long term effects because was test less that 5 months instead of 5 years without almost no study on animals everybody say “you can’t ask this, you need to trust blind some random CEOs”. 3. Any death is a tragedy FOR THAT FAMILY! A social politic is done base on big numbers. You can’t kipp entire generations prisoners to save few peoples some of them already close to death. Even inside of a generation with a mortality rate of 135/1000000 that means you destroy life of 965000 children to save 135. And even so how many of that 135 was healthy and even manage to reach maturity?

[@Tranair]

@@MrOvidiuk 1. is entirely false, asymptomatic spread is a real thing. What of people who suddenly become afflicted with lifestyle illnesses, after years of seeming to be healthy? Or people who suddenly die but days before they looked fine? Merely feeling 'ok' doesn't mean you are. That's purely, factually, false. It's lacking logic, which you somehow accused me of. 2. We do know, we do not know the full extent, but we do know it happens. This is why there are people who were healthy, now have scar tissue in their lungs that will be present for months/years. I actually know an athlete who can barely do their runs because covid deteriorated their body at an extremely rapid pace. Again, that statement is false. It is also lacking logic. If you're curious about why the covid vaccine is being developed so fast, you can google that. 3. "Any death is a tragedy FOR THAT FAMILY!" I'm glad we agree. I thought about going ahead and addressing your statements on this point, but lets be real, you're probably not looking for a good faith discussion. With that being said, don't bother replying, this is my last message on the topic.

[@thatswhatisaidCA]

I got the impression that they're not worried for children's health, they're worried the children will pass it on to their older relatives if they live with them in their household, or visit older people.

[@archetypex65]

@@Tranair wow how much are you getting paid to post lies and propaganda is that a gig I can get? #NaziBoy

[@meloncollieacres9915]

Long video. I need to finish later. My husband has drug induced Interstitial lung disease. So many similarities to covid. Ended up in ICU beginning of 2019. Received diagnosis later. He spent 2 months in the hospital. He is now trying to rehabilitate and get off of O2. Set back in April of this year as lung collapsed 3x over 2 months. Six days in two different covid wards based on imagining, but tested negative 7x. Plerodesis to correct collapsed lung. One more ARDS episode. Treated with methylprednisone 50mg in covid ward same as other patients. Popped up like a daisy. He would like his life back. I like the ideas in this video. Question? If medications cause this kind of underlying lung condition in my husband, who else is it effecting? Lung health is so important if we are to tackle these viruses.

[@annabozyk9888]

Tired of being shamed and blamed for being older. Tired of being blamed for having sedentary office work, and the sedentary commute to and from work. Peopke cook what they can afford, and have time to cook. People exercise when it is safe to do so, considering the weather, and the safety of the surrounding environment. The gym is the last place you'll see people during a Pandemic, and rightfully so. Tired of the constant expection that we be constantly "productive" at work, at home, and during every moment in between. The truth, is our Government allowed a lethal virus to rip through and kill 250,000 Americans. We were already overworked and overstressed with impossible expectations. Covid pushed it all over the edge.

[@Asptuber]

Preach it! This shaming and blaming is helping no one. NO ONE! Ron Sinha did touch just a tiny bit on doing non-exercise-y movement stuff. I wish he had talked more about that. It shouldn't be going to a gym or hiking five miles in the rain *vs* sitting on your couch all day. We can do lots of movement just incorporated into daily living. If we focused on the small, small easily doable stuff (do a "silly walk" when you move between the couch and the bathroom or fridge!) instead of "getting fit", so many more people could improve their health and quality of life. And food shaming is ridiculous and doesn't help anyone. Telling people to have an organic kale salad with nuts and superfood berries instead of a pizza is just stupid, suggesting that they might want to try a pizza with bell peppers, spinach and onion every now and then is doable. Spinach on pizza is seriously delicious.

[@rebeccashields9626]

Thank you for posting this! I was feeling so guilty about going to the gym (WI winters mean no jogging outside right now) but this made me realize that yes, me and my husband’s metabolic health is important and matters in how we will react to the virus if we get it.

[@jackiegough5368]

Another great interview!

[@vanessaynz]

LOVE this conversation of energy management and all this amazing information about our energy powerhouse, the mitochondria. This is right on point with my doc who helped me lose 40lbs. I understand a lot more of what he was talking about when he would reference the mitochondria. I really like the terms "mitochondrial fitness" and "the mitochondrial zone", too.

[@paulettewilliams1185]

FANTASTIC information! Wish I had have found you many months ago! I greatly appreciate your scientific perspective and NO political agenda--bravo. Very refreshing and helpful...finally :-) I've shared with all my friends. Thank you!

[@JDJohnston9906753]

So...excercise regularly. So simple.

[@stevencole7821]

Dr Z: I'm a big fan. I would love to hear a segment on current testing reliability, because I'm having a hard time finding good data. Specifically: What are the sensitivity and specificity of the available nasal swab PCR, the saliva PCR, and the various rapid antigen tests? This seems especially important to understand now that the holidays are approaching and many people will want to have their children visit after a period of quarantine and a test or two.

[@cbac9955]

It’s true about the negative impact on kids not going to school. My 12 yr old daughter developed tics and was on the verge of being diagnosed with Turrets after the quarantine happened in spring when schools closed and she wasn’t able to attend dance lessons.

[@juliaquick7152]

About time for this! Thanks

[@CricketsMa]

Just watched this again, and absorbed so much more than the first time. Paying attention to breathing while using electronic devices and noticed that I'm not blinking enough. Dry eyes, much?😄

[@panchovilla5359]

This is the best guest this bald guy has had on his show. This illness is 100% preventable, no need for people to die 💀

[@lj9089]

I just heard another doctor say that there seems to be a strong correlation between serious outcomes of Covid and blood type. What are your thoughts? Sadly we don’t have any control over that.

[@alexwyoungmusic]

Has to be one of my favorite of yours definitely need a part 2 :). Also just about died laughing Brown morpheous Lmao

[@carendancer8265]

Isn't the diet from India in general anti-inflammatory?

[@sim_aware]

The “eat less, eat healthier, exercise more” message here is key for so much. Recently found a simulation for nutritional health that was fun to run with our med students. #SimTribe

[@katiewells2614]

So explain why we are shutting down gyms & youth sports..

[@ramonacallia6610]

You guy make a GREAT team!!!

[@EdVed206]

One of the best videos you’ve made because it’s the most applicable to my life and health, also entertaining. Second most helpful was videos on getting into meditation. This video helps me understand concepts of metabolism, type of exercise lifestyle habits that were completely unknown to me. I’m a 5 year ICU nurse in my 20s. Also I’ve never heard this song Watermelon Sugar 🤷‍♀️

[@FastingWell]

This is where it's at. Probably the best thing we can do to lower our covid risk (other than getting vaccinated) is to reduce sugar intake, do some fasting, and make other changes to improve our metabolic health and reduce our risk of diabetes. Great guest! :)

[@kelseymacdonald2390]

These theories of improving your metabolic systems by exercise and aerobic training and even through HITT training sound spot on to me. Therefore closing gyms is being counter productive in helping us build up our immune systems. How can we continue to keep gyms open to help people improve their metabolic systems? I feel that shutting down gyms is making a huge population more sedentary, which sounds like can be detrimental to our COVID survival.

[@us6ey]

agreed!

[@kimberleygirl7533]

Lifestyle choices and co morbidity...can’t separate that from illness in general.

[@danielmurphy8434]

Its a great book z

[@SunshineSurfsup1]

Haha! In person “is like a vacation from Zoom”...I can so vibe with that.

[@christineritchie8014]

oh my god! the exercise zone was so helpful to learn. I had a stress test done and no one explained this stuff to me so I basically kept doing what i do with zero positive effect....Brilliant, thank you!!!

[@dystoniaify]

It's awesome that I became disabled prior to covid, and the gym shutdowns resulted in my losing more function. I live in a tiny dark apartment, can't walk bike,etc. The gym shutdowns have destroyed me. I was left for dead while solo backpacking with a rare ABI that resulted in Parkinson and dystonia. I'm 100% isolated, going blind,and since Portland decided to shutdown since March, I have nothing to live for. I was a outdoor, adventure, athletic woman. I just turned 40 last week, and will be dead before Portland reopens. I missed my dystonia treatment and dystonia, crippling my foot further. I'm barely able to walk! I fought for my health, and as an ex OT, I adapted to each loss until I became legally blind 3 years ago due to post lasik ectasia, and now the shutdowns since March killed me. I have bilateral, complete based ganglia infarction (putsmen).

[@someoneusa]

I'm sorry, I know exactly how you feel. Most people who are scared have no idea what it is to live with a chronic illness. I was inches from suicide when the gyms closed down. I've worked hard to get past the ignorance and destruction happening. What they are talking about here are a lot of the methods I use. It's a lot of work but it helps!

[@kimberlycooper4170]

43:00. Sinha talks about eating a few more carbohydrates and not worrying about the brief glucose spike. What about the GIP hormone and insulin hormone spikes and what that does to our bodies?

[@ACDCBCFamily]

Awesome, super helpful show. Thanks so much!

[@michaelhuffman6853]

Very informative, well rounded thank you

[@samanthanewton1340]

I gained 20 pounds and now my bmi is 31.2 I am also really short. I am trying to go back to a low carb to no carb diet.

[@isabellelee2658]

IF helps me with the low carb diet. 8 hour eating window. or less.

[@Cristyface]

I always recommend eating a bowl of oatmeal in the morning. Not the flavored kind, just plain, add a nut butter, and some fruit to sweeten. It's carbs, yes, but you need some energy in the morning, and the fiber is going to keep you full. Add a hardboiled egg and you've got some good protein.

[@someoneusa]

@@Cristyface it's magic isn't it. I make my oatmeal so nutrient dense, it literally takes me an hour to eat it! Takes forever before I'm hungry again.

[@Asptuber]

@@Cristyface For some people it might be magic, but for some of us it just isn't. Incidentally just as I was watching this video I was reminded of this. I actually ate oatmeal + aronia jelly + a splash of cream just this morning. A few hours later? Hungry. Hungry like I hadn't eaten in 2 days. 4 cold meatballs fixed it. In contrast to this 2 eggs or a generous sliver of cheese or some really fat yoghurt keeps that nasty, nasty post-carb hunger away for many hours. My hunger/satiety mechanisms seem to only really respond to protein (and to a lesser extent fat, minimally to veg and fruit - grains and rice often seem worse to me than even sugar in this regard). Which is a bummer, because I have a genetic flaw (porphyria) that wants to flare even on a moderately low carb diet. Oats are good for the digestion though. Where I live (Finland) we have a ton of flavoured yummy oat drinks, if they weren't so expensive I'd incorporate one of those as dessert or dessert-snack every day. Just for the digestive benefits. And did I mention yummy? My faves are sea-buckthorn or dark chocolate, and then there's a myriad of others, mixed fruits and berries, even weird things like cucumber-melon.