Supporting Your Immune System During a Pandemic By Veena Verma-Dzik, ND, FIAMA


a good time to have a better handle on our health. In absence of a treatment, it is wise to make use of alternative methods to help control acquiring the infection and its sever- ity. It is further supported by the Harvard School of Public Health to depend on good quality supplements to help reduce the risk of infection. Here are a few of the supple- ments that are supported by peer-reviewed studies to be helpful for supporting the im- mune system.


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Vitamin D3 Vitamin D3 defi ciency is common


in many health conditions, including chronic illnesses, many types of cancer, autoimmune diseases, HIV, coagulopathy, advanced age and morbidity. In fact, one study showed that 84% of ICU patients with Covid-19 had insuffi cient vitamin D levels. Vitamin D helps turn on infection fi ghting cells, such as monocytes macro-


ith the state of uncertainty that still lingers in the air surround- ing the Covid-19 pandemic, it is


phages and dendritic cells, via vitamin D receptors (VDR) located on the cells. Vita- min D also induces antimicrobial peptides, defensins and cathelicidins, which de- crease the rate of viral replication, increase anti-infl ammatory cytokines, and reduce concentrations of pro-infl ammatory cyto- kines, the same that have been associated with injuring the ringing of the lungs.


Vitamin C


As you know, clinical trials are being conducted on the use of IV vitamin C for supportive care for Covid-19 patients, where vitamin C is being shown to decrease the duration of stay in ICU and the need for me- chanical ventilation. There are over 60,000 studies on Vitamin C in PubMed, and its antiviral actions were actually discovered more than 80 years ago when scientists were researching poliomyelits.


Zinc Zinc has been shown to decrease the


rate of acute respiratory infections, shorten the duration of fl u-like symptoms and improve recovery time. Its antivi- ral effects are due to its ability to inhibit RNA-de- pendent RNA polymerases and other proteins that are essential for viral replication.


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Monolaurin is derived from Lauric acid, which is found in coconut oil. It has a broad spectrum of activity where studies have shown monolaurin


to be effective against staph infections, E. Coli, Bacillus, Candida, and Gram negative bacteria, such as H.pylori. It has shown to have antiviral properties against infl uenza, pneumovirus, EBV, HSV and HIV. When it comes to viral infections, it binds to the viral envelope, causing it to disintegrate, inhibits late stage viral maturation, and pre- vents binding of the virus to the host cell.


Quercetin Quercetin is a type of polyphenol


known to have antioxidant and anti- infl ammatory effects. The International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents suggests that Quercetin has anti-coronavirus effects by its ability to modulate unfolded protein response, which is a pathway that plays a role in the viral life cycle.


Glutathione


People who suffer from pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, immune disorders, neurodegenerative disorders, and chronic age-related diseases tend to have low levels of glutathione. There is exten- sive literature on the role of glutathione in immunity. It maintains the active states of vitamins C and E within cells. Its role in the host defense against intracellular pathogens is essential, where it is required to maintain an adequate interferon-gamma produc- tion by dendritic cells. Supplementing with glutathione alone is not enough to replen- ish defi ciencies. Adding n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) and alpha- lipoic acid will help improve levels of glutathione.


This is just a handful of supplements that are supported by studies to be benefi -


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