Subject: Fwd: Fw: SARS - What to eat & do to boost
> your immune system
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 22:17:16 +0800
>
>Please read! > > > > >Subject: Fw: SARS - What to eat
& do to boost your immune system > >Forwarded Message
From: >Parco M. Siu, MPhil, PhD Candidate, West
Virginia University School >of >Medicine. > >

The fact of the mysterious pneumonia has been widely
spread in HK >drives >me to do a literature review on
the suspected cause (i.e. >coronavirus) >of the SARS
(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome). As a biomedical
>researcher, let me show you my concern and make the
following >suggestions.

The basic mechanism of viral attack is that the
viruses replicate >themselves using the host's (in
this case is "our") DNA genetic >replication system.
By doing this, our body couldn't function well >due to
the massive viral replication. Supposing, the immune
cells in >our body will fight off the infected viruses
quickly. However, the >viruses are so smart that they
could be able to produce some >chemical substances to
cause our immune cells to die. Besides, this
>coronavirus is a new kind of virus which belongs to a
mutated strain >and our body cannot recognize it. > >

No antibiotics have been proved to be 100% effective
in treating >viral >infection so far. The only
effective way to get rid of it is by >ourselves. It
likes a prolonged battle between the viruses and our
>immune response. In fact, viruses couldn't kill all
the immune cells >in a healthy individual. The
stronger the immune function you have, >the less the
viral injury you get. Therefore, the degree of
sickness >after infection and the rate of recovery
mainly depends on how >strong your immune function is.
> >

You cannot avoid the infection unless you avoid from
those infected >individuals/area. But, you can try
your best to boost up your immune >function by several
regimes. Make sure you are "extremely healthy" >at
>least during this critical period. Stronger immune
function could >keep >the viral damage minimal even
you were so unluckily being infected. > >

Also, stronger immune function delays the onset of any
detrimental >effects from the viral infection.
Scientists are now working on >tracking the treatment
and so make sure you are still surviving >until an
effective treatment occurs. > >

The following suggestions aim to strengthen your
immune function >within a short period of time: > >1)
Antioxidant nutraceuticals: Antioxidants are chemicals
found in >foods >which exert a great value in
strengthening our immune system. Boost >up >your
immune function by taking a cocktail of antioxidant
>supplements. > >

* Vitamin E 1000 IU per day. Alpha-tocopherol is the
biological >active >form of vitamin E. There are two
forms of it: d-tocopherol and >dl-tocopherol. d- is
the natural form and dl- is the synthetic form. >Try
>to get the d- form because it is absorbed faster in
our body. >* Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) 1000 milligram
(mg) daily. Instead of >taking >supplement, you can
take 2 pieces of citrus fruits (e.g. orange) a >day to
get the vitamin C. >* Beta-carotene, not more than
10000 IU daily >* Selenium, 200 microgram daily >*
Zinc, not more than 500 milligram (mg) daily >* Lipoic
acid, 50 mg daily >* Glutathione, 50 mg daily > >
No adverse effects have been reported from the above
suggested >supplementation dose. > >

2) Let green tea to be your daily beverage because it
contains >tremendous amount of antioxidant flavonoid,
catechins. >* Eat more tomatoes, broccoli or fruits
and vegetables in red and >dark >green color. They
carry a huge amount of antioxidant carotenoids,
>lycopene and carotene. > >

3) No intense physical activities during this critical
period! It >has >been shown that intense exercise will
suppress your immune function >(related to the upper
respiratory infection) even several days >following
your workout. >Instead of intense exercise,
light-to-moderate workout helps if you >have >been
training regularly. > >

4) Make sure you get enough carbohydrate foods (e.g.
rice, food >concentrated in starch... etc) because
carbohydrate is the primary >food >for immune cells .
Do some Gatorade or Pocari if needed since they >are
>both good sources of carbohydrate. > >

5) Make sure you get enough sleep and don't make
yourself so >stressful! >Anxiety, depression, and
tried will influence your body's stress >hormone
>(e.g. catecholamine and glucocorticoids) and so
suppress your immune >status. > >

6) Mouth-mask helps despite it is not 100% effective.
But it can >still >decrease the chance from infection.
> >All the above information are supported by
peer-reviewed biomedical >literatures, that means they
are credible and reliable! God bless >and I >really
hope that none of you will get infected and I will
pray for >all of you in every moment! Good luck and
take extremely care. >

>Parco M. Siu, MPhil, PhD Candidate >West Virginia
University School of Medicine >

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