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A new study coming from US has found that the common cold infection can compete with Covid and prevent its progression. Researchers led by immunobiologist and laboratory medicine specialist Ellen Foxman of the Yale School of Medicine found that simultaneous exposure to rhinoviruses, which are behind most colds, is enough to prevent an infection by SARS-Cov-2 virus.

How this works is quite straightforward – rhinoviruses jumpstarts the activity of something called interferon-stimulated genes, which are the early-response molecules in the immune system. This explains the runny nose, sneezing, itchy throat and watery eyes that are rapid and common with common cold, but not as fast or common with Covid.

But there is a catch. You should be able to schedule the cold almost simultaneously or just before contracting Covid, or it would be of no use! Or people should be administered interferon, which is available as a drug, which is what this study is calling upon the research field to probe further.

However, they admit that this is a double-edged sword as interferon is basically a cytokine, and can cause more harm than good when given after Covid infection takes hold. But believe it or not, traditional Indian medicine has solutions for even such next generation medical research riddles.

Ayurveda is abundant with herbs that are capable of enhancing interferon production and immunity, but which are still immuno-modulating, which means they are self-regulating or supportive of keeping immunity at optimal levels.

Examples of such herbs include yashtimadhu, ashwagandha, ginger, tulsi etc. Vieroots has several supplements containing these interferon enhancing immuno-modulators including Viemmune, Intuit, & Glucomere.

While modern research is now gung-ho over interferons, Vieroots believes that interferons is only one mechanism by which its research-validated polyherbal supplements work in ensuring optimal immunity and wellness.

While cardiovascular diseases were long back identified as a Covid-19 comorbidity, new research published in the ‘American Journal of Preventive Cardiology’, says the infection is a trigger that raises the rate of heart attacks in those with diagnosed heart disease & familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and even in those with genetic risks for FH. This large study has grabbed international eyeballs as it looked at not just diagnosed cardiac conditions, but also at those with genetic risks for FH, whom the study names as ‘probable FH’ cases. These results may partially explain the large number of post-Covid deaths being witnessed now. The study calls for early genetic screening for FH so that early interventions can prevent complications from Covid too. Vieroots EPLIMO can detect genetic & metabolic chances for developing 200 diseases including FH & cardiovascular diseases and suggest personalized lifestyle modifications to keep them at bay. Vieroots also has ‘Cardioprotective’, a supplement made of scientifically validated Ayurvedic ingredients, that is helpful against both heart diseases and high cholesterol.

A new landmark study from US has proved that those who had mild Covid have antibodies that last after 11 months, and which the study says will be enough for a lifetime of protection, much like vaccination. This refutes earlier hypotheses that the infection doesn’t provide lasting protection.

Does this prove that we should drop our guard and welcome Covid? Absolutely not. In fact, the reverse is what is true. Serious Covid cases can inflict lasting damage to the whole body including to the immune system. The key point here is mild Covid. How to target this?

Rule number 1 is to prevent Covid by all means like masks, room ventilation, hand hygiene and social distancing. That will ensure that even if you get Covid despite all these measures, the viral load will be minimum.

There was an earlier study which proved that masks were helping in spreading herd immunity by minimizing viral load and thus inoculating people without their knowledge when they interact.

Rule number 2 to ensure that Covid remains mild is to guard your health and immunity. Nutritious food, adequate sleep, moderate exercise, stress management and select supplements are essential for optimum immunity.

Optimum immunity is that which is strong enough to keep Covid mild without secondary infections like pneumonia, and normal enough to prevent other Covid complications due to hyperactive immunity like cytokine storms, lung fibroids, blood clots, hypoxia etc.

Vieroots has several supplements to ensure optimum immunity, like Natural C, Super Zinc, Super Magnesium, Viemmune and Krill Oil that contains Omega-3s and other essential nutrients.

Rule number 3 to ensure that Covid remains mild is to keep all lifestyle diseases in control or at bay. Diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, dementia, cancers, COPD, organ failures and several such diseases are the comorbidities that can make even a mild Covid infection into a life- threatening risk.

Vieroots EPLIMO is the first Personalized Epigenetic Lifestyle Modifications program in India that can help control or keep at bay, hundreds of such lifestyle diseases, based on your detailed genetic and metabolic screening. For those who want to take charge of their health and immunity, to prevent both lifestyle diseases and pandemic grade complications, EPLIMO is the perfect choice.

It is no coincidence that the Covid complication of mucormycosis (black fungus & white fungus) has emerged in India. As it is well known by now, the disease is much more susceptible in diabetic patients. The country is world’s diabetes capital, with around 10% of adult population estimated to be suffering from this highly damaging lifestyle disease.

Covid came as a double whammy for diabetic patients as not only are they more susceptible to such viral infections, but because Covid by itself can cause elevated blood sugar in both diabetic and some non-diabetic patients.

In addition to this, is the usage of immunosuppressants like steroids in Covid patients, which reduce immunity drastically and open the door to such fungal infections. As steroids are essential in treating Covid complications, this is a grave challenge.

Though black fungus has been a rare disease worldwide, and even in India, the country has had continual brush with this fungal infection much before Covid too. A study from 2013-2015 at four tertiary care hospitals in India reported 388 black fungus cases, of which nearly 56% were reported as having uncontrolled diabetes, which shows the critical link of this disease to elevated blood sugar.

Black fungus is a serious disease, as the overall mortality in even well-treated patients range from 30% to 46.7%. So, the need of the hour is to ensure proper blood sugar control in all diabetic patients.

Ayurveda has many scientifically validated herbs that regulate blood sugar holistically, which when combined in a perfect formulation, provides synergistic action against diabetes thereby ensuring stable blood sugar levels.

Such a better formulation is Vieroots Glucomere, that apart from keeping healthy blood sugar levels, strike at the root of this complex lifestyle disease by promoting healthy digestion, optimum metabolism and slower aging.

There are also several nutrients that play a major role in diabetes, by optimizing insulin sensitivity and insulin production, to regulate blood sugar levels. Prime among them are magnesium and zinc. Vieroots has fine formulations for both these minerals – Super Magnesium & Super Zinc – which acts along with Glucomere in maintaining healthy blood sugar levels and prevent diabetes complications.

Along with adequate nighttime sleep, a daily exercise regimen is one of the natural ways to boost your immunity. Research studies show a significant inverse relationship between moderate exercise training and infection risk. This is because exercise has a systemic or body-wide anti-inflammatory action mediated through multiple pathways.

Exercise sessions induce temporary effects on immunity, and when done regularly, induce chronic positive effects too. Therefore, a daily exercise habit is so beneficial that it can even delay the onset of age-related dysfunctions in immunity.

However, just like too much sleep of over 7-8 hours, too much exercise can be harmful to immunity. But how much is too much depends on several personal factors. As a rule of thumb, for most young people, moderate exercise is classified as aerobic activity at 60% of both oxygen uptake & heart rate reserve for less than 60 minutes.

Above such thresholds, it is considered as vigorous exercise. Multiple studies have found that such vigorous exercise sessions have damaging effects on immunity, making people more susceptible to infections.

Again, these effects can be temporary after, say an intense bout in gym or a half marathon, or cause a permanent depression in the immune system when done regularly. No wonder, then that Ayurveda always suggests moderate exercise as one of the pillars of good health.

Some heavy regimens like High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) can even cause death in some people born with abnormal heart rhythms. A major study has also found that HIIT sessions depress immunity significantly, thus making people more susceptible to get Covid-19.

There are several genetic, metabolic & age-related factors that should be taken into consideration while formulating a personalized exercise regimen for boosting health & immunity to superhuman levels.

For those who want to take charge of their health & immunity through a personalized exercise program, Vieroots Wellness Solutions offers the best choice in EPLIMO, India’s first Personalized Epigenetic Lifestyle Modification Program that suggests personalized diet, supplements, exercise regimens, yoga asanas etc as per their geno-metabolic assessment, to keep over 200 diseases at bay.

Another important finding from exercise immunology is that enhanced intake of polyphenols, especially flavonoids, help boost immunity in people following an exercise regimen, including an intense regimen.

Vieroots has several immunity boosters containing polyphenols like Natural C, Anti-Oxidant Complex, NAD Complex, Intuit, Viemmune, and in fact, most Vieroots’ supplements are made from select Ayurvedic herbs that are the richest sources of polyphenols.

For more information on how personalized lifestyle modifications in sleep, exercise, nutrition etc can boost your immunity, read noted wellness evangelist and biohacker Sajeev Nair’s recent book, ‘The Making of a Superhuman’.

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Personalization sharply improves precision & preventive potential of healthcare, as it is based on each person’s genetics & metabolism. Personalization in diets, supplements & exercises came to India too, thanks to wellness evangelist Sajeev Nair led Vieroots’ product, EPLIMO. Now, Vieroots is pioneering personalized yoga too, as part of this, by tying up with Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga (HSTY), a worldwide yoga school, led by noted proponent Mohanji, which delivers yoga as Patanjali taught. The alliance will focus on research, and it is the first time personalized yoga research is being done on a world stage. The recent launch of the alliance has been met with worldwide acclaim.

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When it comes to immunity, there are few nutrients that are as essential as Zinc. This micronutrient’s action on immunity is not along a single pathway, but through multiple pathways that are synergistic or work together to defend against all kinds of disease-causing organisms like viruses & bacteria.

Zinc’s defense of the human body starts at the skin level and extends to defending the cellular membranes. This has been key in Zinc’s reputation in managing skin ailments like acne, rashes etc. Zinc also works effectively as an antioxidant and is effective in enhancing reproductive health.

More than 300 enzymes essential to the body depend on Zinc for functioning properly. Because of this, Zinc is necessary for the production and effective working of most components of the immune system like white blood cells, antibodies, natural killer cells, neutrophils, T cells, and this list is endless. No wonder then that Zinc-deficient persons have compromised immunity.

But for all its versatility and mission-critical roles, Zinc metabolism has some peculiarities. Unlike, say, Vitamin D or some of the B Vitamins, body cannot produce Zinc by its own or obtain it from the gut microbiome. Even more importantly, body also cannot store Zinc, which makes its daily supply through diet or supplements essential.

One issue with dietary sources of Zinc is that some of the best sources like red meat, shell fish, dairy & eggs are double-edged swords, with associated risks for many people if taken in daily or high quantities. Vegetarians are more prone to Zinc deficiency unless they regularly consume items like legumes, nuts & seeds in good quantities.

Thus, almost anyone can benefit from Zinc supplementation, together with reasonable quantities from food sources. Different Zinc salts are available as supplements in the market, but the best to go in for is Zinc Picolinate for its high bioavailability.

While the RDA of Zinc is 11 mg for men, Zinc deficient individuals and those having Type 2 Diabetes are often given much higher doses by doctors.

In this unprecedented pandemic environment with high infectiousness prevailing, many doctors across the world are prescribing 50 mg Zinc daily for adults. Zinc has been proven in studies to be particularly effective in warding off pneumonia, one of the key complications of Covid-19.

Vieroots Super Zinc is an excellent Zinc supplement which contains 50 mg of the superior Zinc Picolinate together with 250 mg of the superfood, Spirulina, which is a good source of several nutrients.

For more information on how Zinc can boost your overall health and especially immunity, read noted wellness evangelist & biohacking specialist Sajeev Nair’s recent book, ‘The Making of a Superhuman’.

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That Vitamin C is helpful against Covid-19 is accepted by many in a country like India. This belief, however, comes not directly from Vitamin C but from the country’s traditional trust in the infection fighting abilities of a wonder fruit, Amla or Indian Gooseberry, which was in later years proved to be one of the most concentrated sources of Vitamin C. Amla has been one of the most trusted and most heavily used Ayurvedic ingredients, being one of the core constituents of millennia old formulations for boosting health & immunity. Since modern research too has confirmed the anti-infective power of Vitamin C, many government hospitals in the country treating Covid patients are prescribing or providing Vitamin C tablets. But there are still many in the country who view Vitamin C’s power against Covid-19 virus with skepticism. This is really a matter of misunderstanding, as no one is claiming that Vitamin C can prevent Covid-19 on its own, or cure this dreaded disease on its own. No, it can’t do that. Covid-19 is a serious pandemic that calls for vaccination, masks, social distancing, hand sanitization, medicines and even intensive care for a percentage of patients. What Vitamin C can do is help in preventing and treating Covid-19, as it boosts our natural immunity. More scientific proof for this came recently, as a team of researchers in USA succeeded in crystallizing a key protease of SARS-Cov-2 along with Ascorbate (Vitamin C) and imaged the crystals using the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Lab, Illinois. What they found was Vitamin C inhibited this viral protease which is key to its replication! According to the researchers, this is the first time such inhibition of a key Covid virus protease by Vitamin C was observed. While this study should be enough to convince any Vitamin C skeptic, what the Vitamin C believers should take care is to ensure that their Vitamin C is from a natural source like Amla and that it is in sufficient strength. Natural C from Vieroots is one of the rare such formulations in the market. Each capsule of Natural C packs in 1000 mg of natural Vitamin C. The Vitamin C in Natural C is sourced from fresh Amla fruits for high bioavailability, which is further fortified by Orange bioflavonoids. Apart from Natural C, Vieroots has other supplements too containing Amla, like Intuit (for gut health) & Cell Cleanze (for detoxification).

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Recently, a study has come that finds vegetables like leafy greens and beetroot reducing heart disease risk significantly. Just a cup of such vegetables a day were found to cut the risk by 12-26% depending upon the kind of heart disease that was evaluated. It is a major study in that it studied 50,000 people for a 23-year old period. Now, what is common between leafy greens and beetroot? Between green and red? Well, it is nitrates, which lower blood pressure markedly, and indeed, in this study also, a lowering of BP was observed. But what happens if someone takes such health news to heart and begins everyday with a beetroot smoothie? If that person is having normal pressure or mild hypertension that is untreated, he or she may be benefitted. But what if it is taken by a person with low BP or who is on BP lowering medicines already? That spells trouble! That is why you need a personalized lifestyle management solution like EPLIMO from Vieroots. A service that remains at the cutting-edge of research to continually suggest you what is personally good for you. For instance, cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, broccoli & kale are among the best superfoods on this planet, unless you have hypothyroidism or a genetic chance for developing hypothyroidism. Similarly, tubers like tapioca, taro & sweet potato are great for longevity, but not advisable if you have diabetes or a geno-metabolic chance for developing it. But how on earth would you know what risks you carry? Only EPLIMO can help you in this, as it includes the most comprehensive geno-metabolic assessment that can detect chances for developing any among 200 common lifestyle diseases, and based on that, provide you detailed dietary modifications like which vegetables to include and which to exclude, to keep such diseases at bay, and empower you for superhuman performance. Not only dietary modifications, but modifications in exercise, supplements, yoga, meditation etc are provided by EPLIMO. For more information on the need for personalized lifestyle hacks and how to achieve it, read renowned wellness evangelist & biohacker, Sajeev Nair’s 2020 classic, ‘The Making of a Superhuman’.

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A most common misconception about being overweight or obese is that it is the fatty foods that are fattening. Multiple studies in recent years have however disproved this and found that for most people, it is excess carbohydrates & sugars in the diet that are fattening. Knowing this is half the battle won. But the other half is not so easy. Most diets that focus on calories fail, because a lot more goes into making someone overweight or obese. They include genetic and metabolic factors, and they differ from person to person. That is why you need a detailed geno-metabolic assessment like EPLIMO to understand what is making you retain weight. EPLIMO will then deliver you Personalized Epigenetic Lifestyle Modifications that can override even the geo-metabolic factors that make you overweight. These include a personalized diet, personalized supplements with natural NIRF2 activators, personalized exercises, and personalized yoga & meditation. EPLIMO is the need of the day as obesity contributes to several metabolic disorders like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, cancer etc, apart from being a leading co-morbidity in Covid-19 by itself, causing severe complications and even death. For more information on what really makes you overweight and what all you can do about it, read the new book ‘The Making of a Superhuman’ by Sajeev Nair, renowned wellness evangelist, biohacker, author and founder of Vieroots the health-tech startup that pioneered personalized epigenetic lifestyle management in India.

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