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font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">By Dean Ornish, M.D., </em><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and founder of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class=""><em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">For more than 30 years, Ornish has directed clinical research demonstrating that comprehensive lifestyle changes may begin to reverse even severe coronary heart disease, without drugs or surgery. He also directed the first randomized, controlled trial demonstrating that comprehensive lifestyle changes may stop or reverse the progression of early-stage prostate cancer.</em></p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">To avoid getting sick, most of the focus so far has been on preventing exposure to the coronavirus, which, of course, is very important—<span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class="">staying at home, social distancing, hand washing, gloves, masks, disinfecting, etc. </span></span> But very little has been written about the other half of the equation: how to enhance your immune system so that if you are exposed, you can reduce the chances of getting sick—or at least mitigate the intensity of the disease and thus reduce the death rate. The four aspects of our lifestyle medicine program—<span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class="">eat well, move more, stress less, love more</span></span>—have been proven to reverse a wide variety of chronic diseases such as coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes, early-stage prostate cancer, and hypertension. They also <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class="">enhance immune function</span></span>. Our book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Undo-Lifestyle-Changes-Reverse-Diseases/dp/052547997X/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=blue0b02-20&linkId=df3c3d7c576fae4972850f1eaf8513fc&language=en_US" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">UnDo It!</a>, describes this in more detail. Here are some relevant studies:</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 1.875em;" class="">1. Love More</h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Spreading fear and loathing about the coronavirus may, ironically, increase the risk of getting sick. Fear can be self-fulfilling to the extent that it does suppress immune function and makes someone more likely to get the very disease they’re most afraid of. Also, staying at home and social distancing help prevent transmission of the virus, but feeling lonely can be harmful to your health. Study after study has shown that people who are lonely and isolated are <span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class="">3-10 times more likely to get sick</span> </span>and die prematurely of virtually all causes when compared to those who have a strong sense of love and community. Fortunately, there are many things we can do to enhance our immune function to help protect us. While it’s important to stay at home, wash your hands, disinfect, etc., it’s also wise to spend more time socializing with family members who are living with you as well using video or just audio technologies like Zoom or the phone to virtually spend time with friends and family in other places.</p><blockquote style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 2em 2em 3em 1.4em; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: 1.6; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); font-weight: 700; font-size: 28px;" class="">“While it’s important to stay at home, wash your hands, disinfect, etc., it’s also wise to spend more time socializing with family members who are living with you as well using video or just audio technologies like Zoom or the phone to virtually spend time with friends and family in other places.”</blockquote><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">For example, Sheldon Cohen did a study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, in which he dripped rhinovirus (which causes the common cold) in the noses of volunteers. (I don’t know how he persuaded people to volunteer and got this approved by the human studies committee….) All of them became infected, but not everyone developed the signs and symptoms of a cold. Those that had only 1-3 social ties—defined as a phone call or visit from a friend every two weeks—were <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journa%E2%80%A6/jama/article-abstract/417085" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">4.2 times more likely to develop a cold</a> than those with 6 or more social ties during that time. (Now, just visit friends virtually rather than in person.)</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 1.875em;" class="">2. Stress Less</h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">In an earlier study, Cohen dripped five types of respiratory viruses (rhinovirus type 2, 9, or 14, respiratory syncytial virus, or coronavirus type 229E, a less deadly form than the current coronavirus) into volunteers. The rates of both respiratory infection and clinical colds increased significantly in a dose-response manner with increases in the degree of psychological stress. Infection rates ranged from approximately 74 percent to approximately 90 percent, according to levels of psychological stress, and the incidence of clinical colds ranged from approximately 27 percent to 47 percent. In other words, <a href="https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199108293250903" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">stress suppressed their immune function</a>. Because of this, the more stressed they felt, the more likely they were to get infected and sick. And in a more recent study, he found that those who he infected with rhinoviruses who had positive emotions such as happy, pleased, and relaxed had a 2.9 times lower risk of developing a cold than those who did not in a dose-response fashion. In other words, <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.lww.com%2Fpsychosomaticmedicine%2FAbstract%2F2003%2F07000%2FEmotional_Style_and_Susceptibility_to_the_Common.25.aspx%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0PGZKYKSmLTcGaOBDbZdCS_daBFenekZHY2rvydfejNjvTcOV2o4hITjI&h=AT3NhnUkUGNqnXSDMSv0rmSWXYYtCkYfccTzcX755VzDyWq_Eei0TDdag7kD-6JnL3eUJePhEZGjY1IphsShDhAweSN0v8tz95IWfSczHaXtGIey-2g3PMKoGHaYJzqXTYeH1zYgp0uYzJ5kA4ZekaGojUyDyD7VsMZUMNj4UCeijU9XJawja2x5Te2TTK4150mCc0lRRQmWI7WAagfznSCunEYWdF1LJIHH6Yhu2T7vA09Wqdo39LaTdCDvZt7kj-b-39_7flgEF97ZaZMaBXMHkQqQD-utDK6uAC3Rl0-bIH5SZ9a11XEOEprcTjWJW5h2LZeC8cUyrE4VwfuwZODfbTB2QK2EP7bw302bZ1_8Cjid3YcbL51PpB8ppkZrG2oHa_TYxxKpg4ptaVqdKstFdygulVTajsUJITLPg2cal4iO4eFIGeDf1nYDvrwhjvPzQX2yoD_gpWxoDAYdxhOs4Ot4dV0gzSDBvWvOewqtVWeSMfDqgw9YHaz8ki1R2Dfuk9TaV8bQ-scc2j_oK1PHROEnCOpeKqsPpIlPczPa7p4Tvh6Dg0-1RdcRx0LUtKYq-2oFMO32oYswqAqwNuq0a6QzP4-iUA5pe4tRyxsnAcg8VcURMnpET3lGVQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">feeling happy and peaceful enhances your immune system</a>. In contrast, when you’re depressed, your immune system is depressed as well. In a different study by Margaret Chesney and others, men who were HIV positive (i.e., all had evidence of being infected with the HIV virus) and <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8885823" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">were depressed were significantly more likely to develop AIDS</a> and die from it than those who were not depressed.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 1.875em;" class="">3. Eat Well</h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Numerous studies have clearly shown that a healthful, <a href="https://www.pcrm.org/news/exam-room-podcast/incredible-vegan-immune-system?fbclid=IwAR169id5JWTGO1lN6GSrCIdmP0ZCoZ8ZTBYmZ0qUQlV9xlhbOr8S7v91tI8" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">whole foods plant-based diet enhances your immune function</a>. There are thousands of substances in <a href="https://www.bluezones.com/2020/03/stocking-up-with-staples-for-social-distancing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, and soy products</a> that are protective against infections.</p><h2 style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 40px 0px 0.5rem; padding: 0px 0px 20px; font-family: lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; line-height: 1.25em; font-size: 1.875em;" class="">4. Move More</h2><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Many studies have shown a clear, inverse relationship between moderate exercise and risk of a wide variety of illnesses, including infectious diseases. It enhances immune regulation. Just <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254618301005?fbclid=IwAR3AE7Sm9Ip0QUQRwGOmPf0xjOYVotmY9FmMG6U93J4ilfJ1K3lQoPNbdjc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; background-color: transparent; color: rgb(20, 123, 179); line-height: inherit; cursor: pointer;" class="">walking 15-30 minutes/day</a> makes a big difference in your immune function.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">So, I put all of this together to say that it does make very good sense to be mindful of reducing the risk of exposure to the COVID-19 virus by staying at home, social distancing, hand washing, gloves, masks, disinfecting, etc.) <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class="">without becoming afraid or depressed</span></span>. And to spend more time <em style="box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit;" class="">virtually</em> in loving relationships with friends and family; eating well; moving more; and stressing less. In short, enhancing our immune system can help us to be less “influenced” by the virus.</p><p style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; padding: 0px; font-size: 1.25em; line-height: 1.6; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: lato, sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;" class="">Finding meaning in situations, especially bad ones, also helps enhance our immune system. With all the tragedy of the coronavirus, <span style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: 700; line-height: inherit;" class="">is there anything meaningful that comes from it</span></span>? 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