{"id":8225,"date":"2020-12-07T18:55:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T23:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=8225"},"modified":"2020-12-07T18:55:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T23:55:07","slug":"james-dinicolantonio-and-siim-land-simple-strategies-that-will-improve-your-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/james-dinicolantonio-and-siim-land-simple-strategies-that-will-improve-your-immunity\/","title":{"rendered":"James DiNicolantonio and Siim Land &#8211; Simple Strategies That Will Improve Your Immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/12\/06\/how-to-improve-immune-system.aspx?ui=35a276b508a69c9392784bc904d9e7cbdbc53fed7a377daf409d9c87736adede&amp;cid_source=dnl&amp;cid_medium=email&amp;cid_content=art1ReadMore&amp;cid=20201206_HL2&amp;mid=DM739459&amp;rid=1028295703\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-immunity-fix.jpg\" alt=\"The Immunity Fix\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2020\/12\/06\/how-to-improve-immune-system.aspx?ui=35a276b508a69c9392784bc904d9e7cbdbc53fed7a377daf409d9c87736adede&amp;cid_source=dnl&amp;cid_medium=email&amp;cid_content=art1ReadMore&amp;cid=20201206_HL2&amp;mid=DM739459&amp;rid=1028295703\">James DiNicolantonio and Siim Land &#8211; Simple Strategies That Will Improve Your Immunity<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"bcr_UpdPnlStory\">\n<div id=\"bcr_pnlStoryAtAGlance\" class=\"story-glance\">\n<div class=\"story-highlights\">\n<h3 id=\"expanderHead\" data-jsid=\"expanderHead\">STORY AT-A-GLANCE<\/h3>\n<div id=\"expanderContent\" data-jsid=\"expanderContent\">\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Many who end up with severe COVID-19 have reduced adaptive immune function. As a result, they don&#8217;t clear the virus quickly and end up having to rely on a more proinflammatory killing of the virus inside their cells instead, which damages healthy cells as well<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">Reduced T cell function appears to be a primary cause of severe COVID-19<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">Diet and nutritional supplementation are two key strategies that can help support your immune function. Topping the list of nutrients required are vitamin D, magnesium, zinc and selenium<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_3\">Melatonin is also important. It has the ability to freely pass into any cell where it upregulates Nrf2 transcription, thereby boosting endogenous antioxidant production<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_4\">Other strategies that help support your immunity through a variety of means include time-restricted eating, exercise and sauna<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\" class=\"bodytextdiv\">\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Immunity-Fix-Strengthen-Infections-Healthier\/dp\/B08M1QXXF6\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsLC1gpOt7QIVRq-GCh0XpQBREAAYASAAEgJvJPD_BwE&amp;hvadid=241609868785&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9011740&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvqmt=e&amp;hvrand=15921786596011\">The Immunity Fix: Strengthen Your Immune System, Fight Off Infections, Reverse Chronic Disease and Live a Healthier Life<\/a>\u201d is a new book written by James DiNicolantonio, Pharm.D., with whom I<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>co-wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2018\/11\/23\/superfuel.aspx\">Super Fuel<\/a>,\u201d and Siim Land, an esteemed biohacker and author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2019\/09\/15\/autophagy-and-metabolism.aspx\">Metabolic Autophagy<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In it, they review how to improve and regulate your immunity \u2014 a topic that should be high on anybody\u2019s list these days. The catalyst for this collaboration was a number of academic papers written by DiNicolantonio on the underlying reasons for why some people suffer worse COVID-19 outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Many who end up with severe illness produce low amounts of Type 1 interferon. There&#8217;s also a reduction in their adaptive immune system. As a result, they don&#8217;t clear the virus quickly and end up having to rely on a more proinflammatory killing of the virus inside their cells instead.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: James DiNicolantonio and Siim Land &#8211; Simple Strategies That Will Improve Your Immunity STORY AT-A-GLANCE Many who end up with severe COVID-19 have reduced adaptive immune function. As a result, they don&#8217;t clear the virus quickly and end up having to rely on a more proinflammatory killing of the virus inside their cells instead, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/james-dinicolantonio-and-siim-land-simple-strategies-that-will-improve-your-immunity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">James DiNicolantonio and Siim Land &#8211; Simple Strategies That Will Improve Your Immunity<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8227,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8225\/revisions\/8227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}