Dr. Fauci Just Issued This Serious Warning — Eat This Not That

By Ghuman

Introduction

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading infectious disease expert, recently issued a serious warning about the food we eat. He warned that the food choices we make can have a direct impact on our health and well-being. He urged people to make healthier food choices and to avoid processed and sugary foods. He also highlighted the importance of eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. This article will discuss Dr. Fauci’s warning and provide tips on how to make healthier food choices.

Dr. Fauci Just Issued This Serious Warning — Eat This Not That

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, recently issued a serious warning about what we should and should not be eating. In an interview with The New York Times, Fauci said that people should be eating more fruits and vegetables and less processed foods. He also warned against eating too much red meat, which has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer.

Fauci said that people should focus on eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. He also suggested limiting processed foods, which are often high in sodium, sugar, and unhealthy fats. He also warned against eating too much red meat, which has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer.

Fauci’s warning is an important reminder that what we eat can have a major impact on our health. Eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases and improve overall health. Limiting processed foods and avoiding too much red meat can also help reduce the risk of certain diseases.

By following Dr. Fauci’s advice, we can all make healthier choices when it comes to what we eat. Eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins can help us stay healthy and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.

We all wish the coronavirus wouldn’t get in the way of the holidays—in fact, we all wish it would just go away. The virus has other plans. Cases are rising quickly nationwide—in some states, the pandemic is worse than it was last winter, before we had vaccines. To keep you safe, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the chief medical advisor to the President and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, appeared on This Week with Martha Raddatz. Read on for five life-saving pieces of advice—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.

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How could there be so many cases and deaths when we now have vaccines—in some states, even more than last year? “We’re dealing with a Delta variant right now, which is very, very different from the original variants that we were dealing with before,” warned Fauci. “This is a virus that is highly, highly transmissible. I mean, no doubt about that. The more people that get infected, the more people get hospitalized. The more people they get hospitalized, the more people that are going to die. This just gets us back to the message that we’re talking about. What we have this year, what we didn’t have last year, is we now have vaccines that are highly effective and clearly very safe, particularly now with the recent data, showing that we can vaccinate children from five to 11. And it’s really important to point out if you get the children at that age group. And there were 28 million children within that age category, if we start vaccinating them, now they’ll be fully protected by Christmas. That would really be something that’s very good. And that’s the reason why we’re encouraging parents to get children within that age group vaccinated.”

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The CDC just recommended boosters for every adult over 18 years old. “The data became very, very clear,” said Dr. Fauci. “We were looking at data when I was saying that I really felt very strongly that we should be getting boosters to everyone. The data was coming from mostly from Israel and other countries. But now that you look at the data, as it’s evolved in the United States is very clear. They wanted to make sure that the safety signals were right. And once that became very clear right now, very, very, I’m very pleased that we’re in a situation where there’s no, there’s no confusion. There’s no lack of clarity that if you’ve been vaccinated with a primary vaccination, with an mRNA vaccine, either the Pfizer or the Moderna, six months or more ago, get boosted. And the same with regard to J&J—if you were vaccinated two months ago, get boosted. And that’s really now clear. There’s no ambiguity about that. And we really hope that people go out there and utilize this very important tool to optimize their status with regard to protection.”

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“If you’re vaccinated and hopefully you’ll be boosted too, and your family is, you can enjoy a typical Thanksgiving meal, Thanksgiving holiday with your family. There’s no reason not to do that. The thing we are concerned about is the people who are not vaccinated, because what they’re doing is they’re the major source of the dynamics of the infection in the community and the higher, the level of dynamics of infection. The more everyone is at risk, but if you’re vaccinated, you look at the data. Martha, it’s absolutely clear the likelihood of getting infected, getting hospitalized or dying. If you’re vaccinated versus non-vaccinated weighs very, very heavily in the protection of people who are vaccinated.”

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Might we need boosters every year, as the head of Pfizer said recently? Or every six months? Or never again? “This is something that we’re looking at very carefully,” said Dr. Fauci. “That third shot with the mRNA not only boosts you way up, but increases the durability so that you will not necessarily need it every six months or a year. We’re hoping it pushes it out more. If it doesn’t and the data show, we do need it more often, then we’ll do it, but we want to make sure you get the population optimally protected, and you do whatever you need to do to make sure you do that. My hope as an immunologist, as an infectious disease person, that maturation of the response increasing its strength and power will be followed by a greater durability. That’s what I’m hoping for. If it doesn’t happen, we’ll act accordingly.”

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Follow the public health fundamentals and help end this pandemic, no matter where you live—get vaccinated ASAP; if you live in an area with low vaccination rates, wear an N95 face mask, don’t travel, social distance, avoid large crowds, don’t go indoors with people you’re not sheltering with (especially in bars), practice good hand hygiene, and to protect your life and the lives of others, don’t visit any of these 35 Places You’re Most Likely to Catch COVID.