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What to eat for a 35-year-old vegan woman with hypothyroidism and low zinc levels? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #153

Question: What to eat for a 35-year-old vegan woman with hypothyroidism and low zinc levels? I think a vegan with poor zinc levels should supplement with zinc. You know, it’s one thing if you have a vegan whose diet just happens to provide good zinc status, despite the fact that their diet is dramatically lower …

What’s a better nasal spray, Sterimar or povidone-iodine? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #151

Question: What’s a better nasal spray, Sterimar or povidone-iodine? It’s hard to say. So the Povidone-iodine obviously has some contraindications and it has contraindications mostly because it’s been so commonly used in a medical setting and therefore has so much known about its safety and risk profile and I don’t have any particular reason to …

How to fix high iron and calcium, low copper and magnesium, without blood donation? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #143

Question: How to fix high iron and calcium, low copper and magnesium, without blood donation? Your only options for decreasing iron levels are to eat a low meat vegetarian diet high in vegetables, nuts, seeds, and whole grains. That’s probably your best bet. But the thing is, a very vegetable rich diet is gonna be …

What’s the safe use of an iodine nasal spray? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #141

Question: What’s the safe use of an iodine nasal spray? So, the iodine in the food and supplement guide for the coronavirus most recent version, I included iodine as a nasal spray. It’s very important to look at the percentages. And so, 0.5% is the concentration recommended and that means that if you get a …

Is the sugar in Life Extension Enhanced Zinc Acetate lozenges a problem? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #136

Question: Is the sugar in Life Extension Enhanced Zinc Acetate lozenges a problem? In that kind of protocol attuned to the progress of the potential cold, I find no alternative is more effective than the zinc acetate lozenges. And so, therefore, I’m willing to consume 40 or 60 grams of sugar for like 1 day …

Where should I buy my chicken products? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #132

Question: Where should I buy my chicken products? You may have local options. And a good place to look for local options would be eatwild.com. I’m assuming it’s still up. That was a great database and probably still is a great database of pasture-raised products of any type. Not just chicken. And then of course, …

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The First RCT Shows Blocking IL-6 Improves Hypoxia in COVID-19

September 1, 2020 We now have the strongest evidence to date that IL-6 plays a direct role in hypoxia in COVID-19, and as it turns out this is bullish for the use of vitamin D and lactoferrin. Background on IL-6 and COVID-19 I first reported on April 6 that interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels often rise to …

Newly Updated: What I’m Doing for the Coronavirus

Newly updated (in fact, wholly rewritten) August 30, 2020. The original version of this article can be found here. I recently released Version 5.0 of The Food and Supplement Guide for the Coronavirus, with the largest overhaul being the use of three different protocols depending on whether one is in a low-risk, moderate-risk, or high-risk …