Introduction
Eating the right foods can have a huge impact on your health and wellbeing. But what if the wrong foods could actually increase your risk of death? According to a virus expert, there is one food that could make you “far more likely” to die. In this article, we’ll explore what this food is and why it’s so dangerous. We’ll also look at some healthier alternatives that you can incorporate into your diet. By making the right food choices, you can help protect yourself from serious health risks and live a longer, healthier life.
This Makes You “Far More Likely” to Die, Virus Expert Says — Eat This Not That
A virus expert has warned that certain dietary choices can make you far more likely to die from the virus. According to the expert, the foods you should avoid are those that are high in saturated fat, sugar, and salt. These include processed meats, fried foods, and sugary drinks.
The expert also recommends avoiding foods that are high in trans fats, such as margarine, shortening, and some processed snacks. Eating too much of these foods can increase your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and other chronic diseases.
On the other hand, the expert recommends eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins. These foods are packed with vitamins, minerals, and other nutrients that can help boost your immune system and protect you from the virus.
The expert also suggests limiting your intake of red and processed meats, as well as avoiding processed snacks and sugary drinks. Eating a balanced diet with plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can help you stay healthy and reduce your risk of developing serious illnesses.
By making the right dietary choices, you can help protect yourself from the virus and reduce your risk of dying from it. Eating a healthy diet can also help you maintain a healthy weight, which can help reduce your risk of developing other chronic diseases.
The Omicron variant has proved to produce milder disease in most people than previous variants of COVID-19. But it’s not milder for everyone, the World Health Organization emphasized recently. Some people have always been, and continue to be, more vulnerable to developing severe COVID and even dying from the disease. That’s why it’s important that even healthy people continue to practice protective measures to avoid getting and spreading the coronavirus. These are factors that make you far more likely to die from COVID-19, experts say. Read on to find out more—and to ensure your health and the health of others, don’t miss these Sure Signs You’ve Already Had COVID.
One factor makes you almost 100 percent more likely to die from COVID, and it’s completely within your control: Not being fully vaccinated or boosted. On a recent episode of his podcast, epidemiologist Dr. Michael Osterholm said the latest data indicates:
- Unvaccinated adults are 20 times more likely to die from COVID compared to those who are fully vaccinated.
- Those who received a booster dose were nearly four times less likely to test positive for COVID compared to unvaccinated adults, and 97 times less likely to die from the virus.
“We have increasing information that Omicron is less severe than Delta, but it is still a dangerous virus,” said the World Health Organization’s Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove in a recent video update. “We are learning that people with underlying conditions, people with advanced age, people who are unvaccinated can have a severe form of COVID-19 following infection from Omicron.”
She added: “We know that people are still being hospitalized [with Omicron] as well as dying, so it’s important we have information out there that is accurate, that does suggest it is less severe than Delta, but it is not mild.”
As Kerkhove pointed out, it’s not just unvaccinated people who are at increased risk of dying from COVID. Perhaps the most vulnerable group is people over age 65. “Older adults are more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19,” says the CDC. “More than 81% of COVID-19 deaths occur in people over age 65. The number of deaths among people over age 65 is 80 times higher than the number of deaths among people aged 18 to 29.”
Cancer treatment, such as radiation and chemotherapy, can impair your immune system and increase your chance of getting severe COVID or dying. “Having cancer can make you more likely to get severely ill from COVID-19,” says the CDC. “Treatments for many types of cancer can weaken your body’s ability to fight off disease.”
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“People who have a condition or are taking medications that weaken their immune system may not be protected even if they are fully vaccinated,” the CDC says. “They should continue to take all precautions recommended for unvaccinated people, including wearing a well-fitted mask, until advised otherwise by their healthcare provider.”
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A number of chronic health conditions increase your chances of a poor COVID outcome, including heart disease, kidney disease, liver disease, chronic lung conditions, obesity, dementia, mental health issues and substance use disorder. “In general, the older you are, the more health conditions you have, and the more severe the conditions, the more important it is to take preventive measures against COVID-19 such as vaccination, wearing a mask, social distancing, and practicing hand hygiene,” the CDC says.
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Follow the 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.