Physicians were stunned to find that many severely ill Coronavirus patients in their hospital were either diabetic or pre-diabetic — regardless of age.
Physicians were stunned to find that many severely ill Coronavirus patients in their hospital were either diabetic or pre-diabetic — regardless of age.
Recently, physicians were stunned to find that many severely ill patients in their hospital for Corona Virus (requiring respirators) were either diabetic or pre-diabetic — regardless of age. Finding virtually nothing in the medical literature linking high blood sugar levels to increased severity of viruses, amazed them. In Louisiana, 41% of the dead were diabetic1. Patient deaths there and in New York state were highly correlated with pre-existing conditions; in particular, in diabetic populations, which both Louisiana and New York have2.
My colleague, EFA/eicosanoid specialist Paul Beatty, from Toronto, Canada, predicted this dire diabetes / Corona Virus link (www.reversingaggressivecancer.com) and he started warning both his patients and colleagues about this reality. Your diabetic patients have every reason to be very concerned.
Many healthcare professionals have little understanding of physiologic lipids—mistakenly thinking fats & oils are “bad,” and carbohydrates are “good.” Engineering often makes great use of past discoveries to make today’s modern miracles — the medical profession typically doesn’t; often completely forgetting yesterday’s significant discoveries (like the discovery in 1973 below).
• Diabetic patients and pre-diabetic patients are known to have impaired delta-6 desaturase enzymatic activity3. This DEPRESSES Production ofPGE1 — the body’s most powerful natural anti-inflammatory4 — made either easily from consumed gamma linolenic acid (GLA)-containing seed oils or metabolized from consumed Essential linoleic acid (LA) — IF there are sufficient fully functional, unadulterated / unprocessed amounts consumed on a daily basis.
• PGEj also increases systemic vasodilation — including the critically important bronchial dilation6 (respiratory system), and regulates the immune system response (See Peskin, “Enhancing Your Body’s Ability to Fight the COVID-19 Virus with EFAs”).
• In additional to overdosing on processed carbohydrates, diabetic patients are overdosing on processed foods containing adulterated /
nonfunction oils 5 (See Peskin, “Enhancing Your Body’s Ability to Fight the COVID-19 Virus with EFAs”).
The result of this impairment of the delta-6 desaturase pathway is a highly compromised immune system. This is precisely why Emergency Room professionals are now seeing such a high death rate in those patients infected with COVID-19 presenting with chronic diabetes.
What Physicians Need to Tell Their Patients...
• Every 20 calories of carbohydrate = 1 teaspoon of (glycemic in the bloodstream) sugar7
• Every 5 gm of carbohydrate = 1 teaspoon of (glycemic in the bloodstream) sugar8
• Only Fiber gets subtracted from total carbohydrate because fiber is undigestible.9
• There is normally (unless diabetic) <1 teaspoon of glucose (sugar) in the entire bloodstream.10
• The average diabetic patient attempting to follow the “standard diabetic diet” is (often unknowingly) consuming 60-100 teaspoon equivalents of sugar OR MORE each day; with often 2025 teaspoon equivalents at a single sitting.11
Carbohydrates Known to Lower Immune System in 197312
Carbohydrates are known to suppress the activity of the immune system. Analyzing blood drawn from subjects, white cell activity was measured before and after various doses of carbohydrates from glucose, sucrose, honey, or orange juice. Today, many Americans consume more than 70 teaspoons of sugar equivalents (carbohydrates) a day, often (unknowingly) consuming over 20 teaspoons of sugar at a single meal, and diabetic patients frequently consume even more carbohydrates.11 Pediatric endocrinologists confirm this fact, and it is easy to cause this disastrous result.
For example, a typical 12” diameter pizza contains 160 gm of carbohydrates (32 teaspoons of sugar equivalent)13— and it is effortless to eat the entire pizza. An 8-oz bag of fat-free potato chips is 190 gm (38 tsp).13 Even a relatively small 4” diameter plain bagel is 47 gm (9.4 tsp),13 and a 12-ounce can of lemon-lime soda is 36 gm (7 tsp).13 Carbohydrates add up quickly, resulting in significant suppression of viral immunity.
Decreased white blood cell activity was directly correlated with carbohydrate consumption.12 The group consuming the 100 grams (approx. 20 teaspoon equivalents)8 had significant immobilization (loss of function) of white blood cells within 1-2 hours after consuming them. This immune suppression occurred for up to 2 hours with adverse effects of blood cell activity continuing for at least 5 hours. 1212
Following the popular nutritional advice to eat 5-6 times a day with a carbohydrate-based diet can cause great harm to your patient’s immune system — significantly impairing their immune system 6-8 hours each day and appreciably compromising their immune system nearly 20 hours each day.12
Carbohydrates Compromise Your Patient’s Immune System. Add to this risk, the harm of processed cooking oils. Can your patients afford not to modify their nutritional practices?
References
1. Gordon Russell, “Most Louisiana coronavirus victims had diabetes, other pre-existing conditions, data shows. ”
2. (https://www. nola. com news coronavirus article _26b27b0c-7089-11 ea-9bfd-fb 10614704c4. html). “Demographics of New Orleans and early COVID-19 hot spots in the U.S. ”—March 25, 2020. https://www.datacenterresearch... covid-19-data-and-information. demographic-data Aunderlying-health-conditions-(co-morbidities)-related-to-covid-19, 500 Cities Project Data (2018) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Division of Popidation Health.
3. Poisson, JP, Cunnane, SC, “Long-chain fatty acid metabolism in fasting and diabetes: relation between altered desaturase activity and fatty acid composition, ” Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, Vol.2, Issue 2, Feb. 1991, pgs. 6070; Dutta-Roy, A, “Effect of Evening Primrose Oil Feeding on Erythrocyte Membrane Properties in Diabetes Mellitus, ” Omega-6 Essential Fatty Acids: Pathophysiology and Roles in Clinical Medicine, Wiley-Lis s, New York, NY, 1990, pages 505-511; Tosi, F, et cil., “Delta-5 and delta-6 Desaturases: Crucial Enzymes in Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid-Related Pathways With Pleiotropic Influences in Health and Disease, ” Adv Exp Med Biol, 824, 61-81, 2014; Harris, W., et al., “Red Blood Cell Fatty Acids and Incident Diabetes Mellitus in the Women ’s Health Initialive Memory Study, ” PLOS ONE \ DOE. 10.1377/ journal.pone.0147894February 16, 2016.
4. Schmidt, M.A., Smart Fats, 1997, pgs. 27-30; Libby P. Inflammation in atherosclerosis. Nature. 2002 Dec 19-26;420(6917):868-874.
5. Anton, SD, “Differential Effects of Adulterated Versus Unadulterated Forms of Linoleic Acid on Cardiovascular Health, ” J Integr Med, 2013, 11(1), 2-10; Staprdns, /, et al., “Oxidized cholesterol in the diet is a source of oxidized lipoproteins in human serum, ” J. Lipid Res. 2003. 44: 705-715; “Consumption of oxidized PUFA-cholesterol esters [from processed LA] seems to be responsible for the initial damage to endothelial cells [inner arterial lining, i. e., intima]. ” Ref.: Spiteller G, “Peroxyl radicals: Inductors of neurodegenercitive and other inflammatory diseases. Their origin and how they transform cholesterol, phospholipids, plasmalogens, polyunsaturated fatty acids, sugars, and proteins into deleterious products, ” Free Radical Biol Med, 2006;41:362.
6. Salajegheh, “Angiogenesis in Health, Disease and Malignancy, ” Prostaglandins chapter, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, 2016, pages 275-279.
7. University of California, San Francisco, Diabetes Education Online, “Demystifying Sugar. ” https://dtc.ucsf.edu/living-wi... understanding-carbohydrates demystifying-sugar/.
8. Wasserman, DH, “4 grams of glucose, ” Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Jan; 296(1): E11-E21. [Per a 70kg bodyweight],
9. Marks, D, Marks, A, Smith, C., Basic Medical Biochemistry—A Clinical Approach, Williams and Wilks Publishing, 1996, page 398; University of California, San Francisco, Diabetes Education Online, “UnderstandingFiber,” https:// dtc. ucsf.edu/living-with-diabetes/diet-and-nutrition understanding-carbohydrates counting-carbohydrates learning-to-read-labels understanding-fiber'.
10. Nichols, GA, “Normal Fasting Plasma Glucose and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis, ” Am J Med, 121 (6), 519-24, Jun 2008; Basic Medical Biochemistry—A Clinical Approach, page 403.
11. We are often told to consume 60% of “calories ” from carbohydrate: 60% of 2,000 calories day = 1200 calories. 1200 calories 20calories tsp = 60 teaspoons of sugar. With today ’s emphasis on snacking and comfort foods, that number can easily exceed 100 teaspoon equivalents of sugar day.
12. Sanchez A, Reeser JL, Lau HS, et al. Role of sugars in human neutrophilic phagocytosis. Am J Clin Nutr. 1973 Nov;26(11): 1180-1184.
13. https://www. carb-counter. net fastfood 2838.
Brian Peskin is a theoretical research scientist specializing in lipids-based pharmacognosy—a class of drug derived from plant-based sources; specifically, seed oils. He focuses specifically on the modulation of physiologically targeted essential fatty acids (EFAs) — termed Parent Essential Oils (PEOs) — and their eicosanoid metabolites. He is a translational science expert with a longterm interest in diabetes and its underlying pathophysiology. Contact: profnutrition@ gmail.com
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