My husband and I are 54 and vegan and we never caught it. I work at an elementary school and tested often due to numerous close contact exposure notices. In fact I haven’t been sick with anything since going vegan 4.5 years ago even though I have kids coughing near me all the time. I tend to believe that otherwise healthy people have a better immune system on a vegan diet.
I’m 58 and vegan (WFPB specifically). I teach middle school and have been exposed to kids and family members/friends who had Covid. Never had it. I am vaccinated, but so is my adult son who lives with me. He’s had Covid twice. I’ve only had two colds since adopting a WFPB lifestyle. I have more energy than most of my students despite being almost 5 times older than them.
My girl and I are both pure carnivore. She is a respiratory therapist, she worked every day inserting ventilator tubes down covid patients throats, exposing herself every day. She didnt get covid but pulled tubes out of a lot of corpses that were both Vegan and standard American diet but not a single carnivore.
I find it very hard to believe that your girl would be informed of the diets all the patients she treated were following. It’s not exactly information that would be critical to obtain during a hospital visit. Most primary care physicians don’t know what diets their patients are on.@@anthonyspadafora1384
Huh....Kinda explains how my meat & dairy loving sister and her family all got Covid THREE SEPARATE TIMES (despite the endless sanitizing and bleaching) and yet I, the one lone vegan in the whole family, never got Covid even once! 😂
Same. My meat eating extended family have all had CV multiple times. My husband and I are plant based but have never gotten it. And we have left the house, socialized, traveled, and have a high school student that attends class in person.
"Vegans too weak blalalalala" , I'm 66 yr old vegan, just rode bike down to the beach and back, 3km down there, then back up 220 meter elevation on my beautiful hilly island. I feel great, a little tired, but great. 😊
Yeah.... so weak I surfed over 4 hours yesterday in an angry ocean with current that required paddling the entire time. 1700 calories according to the watch. All powered by blueberries, pea/quinoa protein & oats. Felt as strong at 51 YO as I did in my 20s a year into this WFPB diet. More anecdotes.... I swam a open water race at 51 years old last fall without any training except surfing faster than I swam the same distance @ 40 years old when I was lap swimming every morning.
When I was an omnivore I’d get sick a lot due to working a 9-5 and training a lot in Jiu Jitsu with strength and conditioning on the side, and would occasionally burnout. Now that I’m plant based, I haven’t gotten sick, nor burnt out and actually crave to train more. My gf was sick last week with a cold sore and a sore throat. We still cuddled, kiss and all the intimate things couples do, and I still have no cold sore or sickness on me rn. Eating Black beans and Garbanzo beans with white rice and leafy greens while typing this. I love eating like this because the less sick I get the MORE I can train!
People may be "done" with covid, but covid certainly isn't done with us. Long covid is no joke and can develop even from mild covid infections, so the fewer times you catch this virus the better.
If you are willing to believe anything the medical indistry is handing out on this. Then id be willing to bet your retirement fund is heavily invested into NFTs. I have some tulips id be willing to sell you also.
@GordonPavilion well... like most of the guys they used to call con $ piracy theoriterians. Most of what i found out about what happened in 2020, i found out in 1996. These plans started out of the club of roam in the early 70s. If one didnt come to the information pre internet, then one is lijely lost in a swamp of would be information that is set out there only to distract. I had the distinct privalege of being a music geek since i was a kid. If you look back theough the catalogues of some of the most well known bands on the planet, mainly rock n' roll, rock, hard rock and metal. These banda have been singing about all this stuff for decades. Pay particurlar attention to songs by the rolling stones (who hapoen to have been intimately connected to prominenet familys like the trudeaus. As well as bands like sepultura, megadeth and Judas Priest. Point being. Disecting their lyrics as a kid, more than a few decades ago. It triggered my interest. It was all out there well before 2020 and well before the internet.
I know anecdotes are the lowest level of evidence, but when it comes to my own experience for myself, it’s the highest. I’ve been vegan all through the pandemic and had my husband not tested positive I wouldn’t even have noticed I had it. The second time he had it, I didn’t even catch it. He’s vegan as well and he had a very mild case. For me it was nothing. If I did well with COVID, I should be in good shape to face other infections.
I’ve been vegan over 10 years, I got COVID in March 2020 and it almost killed me - still housebound with long covid almost 4 years later. Being plant-based probably helps reduce the risk but certainly doesn’t make anyone bulletproof
@@andocobo that first wave was probably the most dangerous, since we didn’t have vaccines and had not been previously exposed. I totally see how that could have happened, and I’m sorry it was so bad for you. I should have clarified that I was fully vaccinated by the time I got it, and I got it with that first wave of omicron on 2022. I hope you’re doing better now ❤️
@@andocobo Sorry that you were infected with Covid. I agree with you. Being animal free does not make one bulletproof. I have also have covid twice now. Second time not as bad. I did know someone who died of after the damage done by covid. When she had passed the virus was gone but by then the damage was so severe nothing could have been done.
the same thing has happened to me too, my bf caught covid and he was sick in my bed and spent the night and I never caught it from him. I did catch it eventually but months later.
@@andocobo I'm glad you survived, and I hope you're able to recover! I lost 4 relatives to it. Agreed; there's no guarantees, but it does help stack the deck in your favor.
From 2020 until 2023 I traveled more during those 3 years than I had in my entire life combined prior, went out to eat more, met more people all over the country, and I still haven't got COVID. I even quarantined with somebody for 2 weeks who had it. And they were vaccinated...
I'm plant based mostly whole foods.. I finally caught covid for the first time at the beginning of the year. Other than feeling odd because covid does hit differently, I've had worse colds and infections, and I owe it to my diet.
I used to get ill five times a year with colds viruses or flus. Since i went cegan in 2018 i havent had any of these illneses. Not once. Including covid.
Thanks a lot. An avid egg lover showed me some papers which seem to show eggs have no harm. So I found that in one paper, three authors, including the last author, was sponsored by the egg board as stated in Conflict of Interests. In another paper, the last author was previously sponsored by the egg board to do a talk. I just told this person that these papers have been written to serve the interest of the egg indurstry. God bless!
Yes. I suggest you watch a series on the egg industry from Dr Geger on his nutrition facts channel. Very interesting. Btw the egg industry recently succeeded with their lobbying, sadly.
Going from memory there was a study that showed that eating eggs had no effect on cholesterol levels, but it turned out that the people they tested already had super high cholesterol and there is a threshold so the body stops absorbing cholesterol at some point. If you test someone with low cholesterol the effect would be more obvious. So that's one way they can manipulate results.
@@flattlandermontgomery1524 Yes, also from memory I think they manipulated the time range so we couldn't see the increase in cholesterol. All the other studies clearly showed the opposite.
Even as an omnivore, this makes sense. Vegans are more likely to either have a larger concern for health in general, or are more socially moral overall, both of which would lead to following basic guidelines and having respect for those around you.
The questions they asked about how much participants were trying to avoid exposure to COVID showed no differences between groups, so it doesn’t seem like plant-based folks were any more likely to take precautions.
No, I'm plant based and totally morally deficient. I hope society goes down the plug hole. I faux coughed wherever possible. Respect?... just an Aretha Franklin toon....
I haven't caught COVID. I can't remember the last time I had the flu. I've gone years without a cold since I went vegan 10 years ago. The microbiome makes up 70% of your immune system and the good bacteria love fiber.
This is a nice story to share as a reminder. This is why I'm stoked on beans and big plates of fiber veggies for the last year. I've had the best digestion in years after the gut got used to daily legumes.
13:51 😂 nice one! Also people come with their anecdotes and other reasons when I say I haven’t had covid ever.. but when I say I haven’t really had a cold either since March 2022 they are a bit more quiet. 😂
@@Bc232klmagreed. It’s one of the worst parts. Germany has been doing some specific long covid studies and it doesn’t look great. The more time that passes and more instances that occur, I think we’ll see a lot taking it more seriously. All the figures I’ve seen are that there’s a 6-10% chance of long C with each infection. Seems like the average person is getting covid at least once a year. That’s scary.
people had long swine flu after swine flu shot ... but it didn't have a name - just all the parents complaining how ttheir kids are now always sick...@@Bc232klm vaccines are not inherently bad but human vaccines have sooo little oversight that they ace harmful. If you say anything they label you a conspiracy theorist meanwhile they are injecting deadly dog bacteria (Toronto) and getting away with human deaths because any criticism gets thrown out as crazy. Human deaths don't matter. The data on flu shot side effects are liste on canada gov website. The percent of strong negative health reactions is over 10% ... way over.... that is insane. Pet vaccines have better quality control than human vaccines.... that's the issue. And these industries are getting away with it thanks to the bs propaganda...
Bought the fit track scale. The MIC coupon was applied automatically at the moment of payment without me having to enter it. (Update: just got the fit track scale. It needs 4 AAA batteries which I have because I’m a pack rat nerd. Will review shortly…)
I’m not a healthy Vegan. I’ve been vegan for 18 years and so far, I have not caught it. I’ve been exposed multiple times, including in my household but I didn’t catch it 😅 I’ve been looking for an explanation and although I want to run with it, I know confirmation bias is wrong. I hope the study is replicated and confirmed ❤
Thanks a lot. It is so true. I am almost 100% WFPB. I only got one night of fever, because some false accusers were aggressively quarreling with my family members for several days. But I sat quietly in the dark for a whole evening. The next day the fever was gone. So I don't think I ever got it. And my neighors and relatives were all severely affected multiple times. I did not tell anyone about this miracle for fear of their envy and disbelief. God bless!
My Covid experience as a 34 year Vegan has been interesting. Three times I’ve been around somebody that’s had Covid so I needed to be tested and I’ve tested positive for Covid three times but I was never sick ever once. Even though I tested positive.
Of the critical comments that Mic critiques of why Vegans got less Covid - my fav was the one, “Vegans are too weak the leave the house.” 😂 😅 I love such silliness though. I walk over 3.5 miles a day (outside), gather and cut all my firewood, and am 66 years old. Obviously many older people can do the same (& don’t have to be vegan or vegetarian), but . . .
I'm 65, not vaccinated and haven't had covid yet as far as I know. I had a mild cold 2-3 years ago, but maybe that helped for immunity. I'm whole food vegan.
@@ChristianParkesArt The municipality health services called me up and asked if I wanted a vaccine. I said no thanks, and that's all there was to it. Never any questioning or pressure. I guess this "socialist" Scandinavian country has more freedom of choice than middle right to right USA has.
I caught covid wayyy back in March 2020, and the only effects I experienced were loss of sense of smell, and a mild malaise which persisted for about a week. I eat a whole food vegan diet, and I can't help but feel like it made things easier for me.
Considering the ingredients and who it was tested on, I did not get vaccinated - because I am vegan. This probably accounts for fewer vegans being severely ill.
Not the case for myself or husband. Two years ago for my husband and last Christmas for me. Both caught from a family gathering. Enclosed space. Was mild and didn't leave any lasting effects.
I’m glad I never invade peoples personal space and use hygiene when out in public. Yes I’m slightly slack at home don’t judge me I’m not too feral 😂. The fact I had it with absolutely no symptoms yet my older sister was hit hard. Well her kids and her family in general are always so sick, they live in town. My nephew who is coming on 14 next month just got diagnosed with scurvy. Dr was shocked! This shouldn’t happen these days!
My whole entire household including my boyfriend all had Covid apart from me, never once. Never even got sick apart from one mild cold I caught from abroad : ) (been vegan for 2 almost 3 years now)
worked in a city pediatric emergency department all through COVID pandemic, still work there now and i Have NEVEr HAD COVID....Plant based diet and daily miso soup... I swear by it
I have the Fit Track scale, it is brilliant, so useful to keep track of muscle mass, water in body and bone density. Very healthy results thanks to my wholefood vegan diet and doing a little yoga every day. Thank you for all your informative and educational videos Mic. :)
Still very relevant, unfortunately. Whether we're sick of it or not, covid is here to stay. I finally caught it, but I'm happy that it was very mild. I'm a near 60 y/o, non smoker, rarely drinker, vegan; normal BMI, no comorbidities; vaxed and boosted once. I took 3 advil for the entire duration. Very grateful to have gotten a mild case; I've lost 4 relatives to this awful virus. Plant based eating is a good idea anyway, but a great way to lessen the odds of severe or long covid.
I finally caught covid-19 last November, one month before my 57th birthday. I wore a mask maybe 5 times during the mandates, I've been exposed numerous times, yet it took almost 4 years for me to finally catch it. I live a few miles away from that nursing home located in Kirkland, Wa where the outbreak in the US officially occurred. I'm also not vaccinated for it. I was feeling out of it for 2 days, I had a low grade fever for 24 hours. I still had to work. I began feeling sick on the first Monday of November. I didn't test until Thursday. By then, I was feeling fine. Monday I did 6 kitty visits and 2 dog walks and did a client consult. Tuesday I did 5 kitty visits and 1 dog walk. Wednesday I did 5 kitty visits. Thursday I did 4 kitty visits. That's when I tested. Friday I did 3 kitty visits and began a 3 night overnight stay with a dog. Saturday I did 2 kitty visits, Sunday no kitty visits. Monday 1 kitty visit and finished with my overnight and got to go home. Finally Tuesday I had a day off. So, the Monday I started feeling sick, I had a very full day of work. Tuesday my fever came on. Wednesday my fever was gone and I was feeling 90% myself, the day before I even tested. I believe being vegan is the reason why I had a very mild case. One vegan friend of mine caught covid and got really sick. She fully recovered, but it was not a quick recovery for her.
I've been in close quarters with people who tested positive for covid and were sick as dogs 4 separate times now and each tike I braced myself and was sure I was going to get sick, and never did. all I felt was a bit tired and lethargic but I slept it off pretty easily, and it could have been due to other things I suppose. recently I was on the bus somewhere in the Netherlands and there were so many sick people on the bus, some lady accidentally coughed directly in my face. it was so gross. and I was convinced I caught something but again I was totally fine. I'm like 80% vegan, basically eat cheese and butter about once a week when I visit family and I eat regular marshmallows that are made with animal products
Good to hear that and no offense but I honestly wouldn't call myself "80%" vegan ,either you are a vegan or not. Btw I am a vegetarian while i do support vegan movement i don't call myself vegan . Maybe you are looking for "plant based" . Can't be loose about using the word vegan.
@@abhayagarwal5097 you're welcome to have your opinion 💫 it was just a way I was trying to indicted how much vegan I am because it was related to the video.
I've had 6 confirmed covid infections. 3 of these infections were severe with symptoms lasting 14+ days. A number of these covid infections have reactivated EBV (confirmed with the 4 blood tests) that was dormant in me, causing me to be sick for literal months after the covid clears up. I'm a 36 year old vegan woman with a BMI of 23 that strength trains 4 days a week. It makes no sense, it's a nightmare, and I'm so angry and over this cycle. I want my energy and my life back. @sharit7970
I've had 6 confirmed C infections. 3 of these infections were severe with symptoms lasting 14+ days. A number of these C infections have reactivated EBV (confirmed with the 4 blood tests) that was dormant in me, causing me to be sick for literal months after the C clears up. I'm a 36 year old vegan woman with a BMI of 23 that strength trains 4 days a week. It makes no sense, it's a nightmare, and I'm so angry and over this cycle. I want my energy and my life back. I'm not doing good. They just referred me to immunologist so we'll see.@@sharit7970
@@HoldOnStillProcessing : ( I'm very sorry you're dealing with that! It does sound like a nightmare! I would bet that without your diet and exercise you would have been worse off; maybe not even alive~ seriously. We all have other factors~ genetic, environmental, stress, other health issues; known or unknown, etc that come into play as well. This virus is insidious; I lost 4 relatives to it. I'm certainly no doctor, one thing I need to work on myself is eating more nutrient dense foods [greens, citrus, highly colored fruit and veg, omega 3 rich things, etc] I've kind of settled into a routine of a few of the same meals. Not at all in the way of criticism, but that might be helpful for you also if you have room for improvement there [but I imagine not as much as I do, lol!] I certainly hope that you're able to get past this health challenge to a point where it's at least manageable. Also, and certainly not to criticize, but if you can get to a point where you're able to let go of your anger, and accept that this is how it is for now, not necessarily for any length of time, you'll be really helping yourself. To be sure, this truly is unfair! But if you can get to the point where you accept it, instead of being angry, this will really help. I'm not saying to give up in your recovery, or in looking for answers, but to make peace with where things are at present. It's kind of the old thing about 'counting your blessings'; it really is true. Look for things in your life that bring you happiness, and focus more on what you have instead of what you don't, because they're there! You're young; you have a lot of life ahead of you! Again, please understand this is not to criticize, but to help. I truly wish you peace, and a calm heart, and that you are able to regain your health!
Hi, it would be cool if you made a video about non-sugar sweeteners such as xylitol, erythritol and maltitol. I would be very grateful. I am insulin resistant and will definitely be eliminating saturated fats from my diet after what I heard on your channel but I use a bit of a sweetener everyday and would like to see if e.g it is better to use those I mentioned or maybe the "not that bad" date sugar or blackstrap molasses. I think it would be an interesting topic!
Vegan here and haven't caught Covid yet, but I continue to mask and distance. Also important to note that although being vegan helps, being a WFPB vegan probably helps even more.
I have several friends(female) with the long covid, one is vegan and both are athletes in their 60's. . Would love to know more about it. A story I heard on NPR 1-18 talked about the dangers of exercise with long covid. True?
There is a new article out about why people may get long covid and I think it said something to do with blood clots. I didn’t read all of it and I forget who reported on it. I saw it today on Apple News. Best
I got COVID once, but after 2 vaccines I haven't gotten it again, thankfully. I still got chronic fatigue for a year or so after catching it, even when I was vegan for 6 years before catching COVID
I wish this was the case for me. While fully vaccinated, I’ve had it four times, though only once since I went plant based in May. I’ve been working from home for over 10 years, so I feel my immune system has gone down. And to make matters worse, my husband is a teacher so he brings all sorts of germs home.
Nice to see the scale!! Can’t wait to get mine. They are a month out but giving a lifetime warranty (at least I got one- they’re not advertising it but I assume they did not just do it for me since I’m so special) to make up for the wait. They sent me an email telling me about the lifetime warranty after I made the purchase.
Don’t do it!!! They scammed me and my spouse! They are refusing to cancel the order and refund us. It’s been over 2 months and nothing but a run around. We are now going through with reporting them. It’s a shame because I thought it was safe since VM had suggested them. If you didn’t order this yet I will suggest to please go read the reviews! Not on their website (they don’t allow any neg reviews in their website it seems) but on other platforms, then decide from there if it’s worth the hassle. Best
I’m vegan and I got covid from my partner during omicron variant even with prior vaccination. It wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t feel well. He got sick again recently and was down for a whole week, horribly sick. I didn’t catch it, but I wore a mask around him and he slept on the couch. Thankfully I didn’t get sick and tested negative for covid. I had the booster vaccine and he didn’t. I’m vegan and he’s mostly pescatarian. There’s some anecdotal anecdotes for ya.
Anecdotal, but me and hubby also didn't catch it ever. We occasionally catch a cold for max 2-3 days and all is right as rain with minimal overthecounter meds (ibuprofen type usually), nothing fancy.
I haven't had any signs of Covid and I tested negative for Covid on a home test so I am not sure how accurate it is especially since I never got vaccinated for Covid. I just hope this continues for me as a progressively whole food vegan.
Interesting, would love to see more data on this! While we see how this could be the case, we also know that people are notoriously not great at reporting on their own diets accurately.
I just got Covid first time in November my recovery was very fast, I didn’t have a ton of symptoms mostly lack I energy. Need a couple days off I would say after 5 days was able k get back to my normal act’s
Just a heads up- I am a whole food plant based vegan (10.5 years) who tries to eat the optimum diet, informed by our best docs like Greger, Fuhrman, Esselstyn, Ornish, McDougall, Barnard etc. I’m 63. I did get Covid in the first wave and again last spring. I was ill both times, especially so the first time. The second time I needed paxlovid. (I was vaccinated.) My BMI is 18.7. Other health markers excellent. I exercise daily. I’m just saying this because I was surprised at how sick I was. Before this I never got sick with colds or flu. The first time my Covid was very bad for four months and I had lingering effects for over a year. Yes I lost my taste and smell. I had terrible digestive upset and sweating and fevers. Maybe I would have died if I was t WFPB? Who knows? Maybe I’m just unlucky. Fortunately, over time I am mostly better. Stomach still much more sensitive and my running times never recovered.
Covid is worse the larger the amount of the virus particles you're exposed to. In other words, if someone with. Covid coughs right in your face and you breathe it all deeply into your lungs, you will get a more severe case than if someone with covid coughed 20 feet away and you took only a shallow breath in. Maybe you got a large number of virus particles.
I am pretty sure people who are vegan/plantbased are really self-aware about staying healthy, exercising and such vs the other group, that might also be a factor that affects the results
I have been vegan for 15+ years. I finally got nailed by COVID back in September. I will say I had also had been previously vaxxed, but not recently. I also still mask when I go to public spaces that attract a lot of people, like supermarkets and pharmacies. If I went out to eat, I went at an off time. Let me say, it is not like a cold or the flu. I had a massive headache. Followed by a really bad sore throat. Some nasal congestion. Some coughing.I had to have someone drive me to the doctor with me curled up in the back seat. I got Paxlovid. It helped. More importantly I feel like I have completely recovered. No Long Covid. I think that is the real problem. People do not realize that Covid effects every part of your body and does damage. Vegans tend to be able to clear viruses better, so while it may not be a super power, it really helps.
So chonky vegan here. I never got the vaccine and I never tested positive for COVID. I did get sick during the omnicrom time period and got a wicked headache but was only sick 3 days. Now typically when I get sick I water fast because I bounce back quicker. So that is my anecdotal evidence of veganism and COVID. My son's a vegetarian and had the same experience during the same time yet tested positive and had some neuropathy in his hands
I got Covid twice but my symptoms were mild. I got it once after flying across the country and once after my son got it from school. He and I were asymptomatic but his meat eater dad got really sick. Anecdotal? Yes
It's difficult to distinguish between so-called vegans who eat whole food plant diets and those who live on beer and chips and/or processed 'vegan' food products.
@jonahwhale9047 Probably not a good idea. Chips and crisps are usually deep fried in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and have lots of added sodium. 'Vegan' junk food is no healthier than any other kind of junk food.
@jonahwhale9047 Thanks for responding but I'm not entirely convinced. The scientific evidence regarding the harms of alcohol, saturated fat, transfats, soft drinks/soda, sodium and refined carbohydrates consumption is solid. I'm also not aware of any evidence that a vegan junk food diet is healthier than an animal junk food based diet. Further, i doubt very much that so-called vegans eating a junk food diet are consuming high levels of potassium. By the way, do you have any evidence that people eating a completely vegetarian diet have problems from having too much potassium and too little sodium? This is the first time that I have seen this idea..
Anecdotally, I can attest to this. I have an eating disorder, which should put me at higher risk for infection. I never took the covid vaccine, don’t wear a mask, and don’t make any effort to distance myself from others. I have my reasons for all these things, which I won’t go into detail here. That being said, I had covid once, and it was extremely mild. Only a slight cough and a headache. I haven’t caught anything for over a year. Of course, when I do catch something, I stay home.
ANOTHER study showing the benefits of eating plant based, keep em coming, it should be obvious by now. I used to get yeast infections ALL THE TIME before being plant based. Any studies about that? Never had one again in over six years now. That would be a compelling reason for the ladies to go plant based, if there were studies about it. (My last yeast infection was so bad, I called off work and was completely debilitated by it)
A friend on keto said that the probable reason why vegans got less COVID was because they were thinner? Do the studies correct for overweight and obesity? I never got COVID and have only had one mild cold in several years since I've been vegan. But I'm still obese. my friend on keto got very severe long COVID. I'm on immunosuppressive medication for an autoimmune condition. I wondered if it might be that rather than going vegan that prevented observable infections. Maybe I just didn't get the immune reactions?
I think I've had a couple of times--due to being surrounded by disease vectors!--based on loss of taste and smell, but briefly, with non life-threatening symptoms, and no apparent long-term effects. This is anecdotal eveidence, but early on I heard that long term plant eaters have fewer ACE2 receptors for Cov19 to latch onto, but I think this just speaks to the established prophylactic benefits from eating a healthy plant-based diet. Thanks for posting!
I still haven't caught it, and I'm not vaxed either. (reason I'm not vaxed is because I have the belief of "It if ain't broke, don't fix it" and because I'm not the type that gets sick, I don't feel that I need it. I don't even get Flus. But one thing I do know, is that I have CPTSD (complex-ptsd) and so I have a lot of anxiety issues, and I am very sensitive in general. So I think my nervous system is always in a fight or flight state, and I think that mirrors to my Immune system, so any germs or viruses I come in contact with, get knocked out by the hyper-vigilance.
@@Bc232klmyou do know the v does not stop transmission? It actually lowers your immunity after 3-4 months. Lots of peer reviewed papers on the subject. Not trying to be confrontational just passing on the info. Look up the v and increased igG4 levels. It appears to be affecting the bodies ability to suppress cancer cells. Search “IgG4 Antibodies Induced by Repeated Vaccination May Generate Immune Tolerance to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein”
@@Bc232klm Nope, it was a very wise decision, if this person is healthy and pays attention to whole-food plant-based nutrition and vitamin D. The damage from vaccines turned out to be way higher than that for some previous vaccines which were removed from the market because of those risks. Interesting that there is so much trust in "scientific" claims where the raw data is only made available to the public after being forced by court order, where the goal-posts change from approx "spike stays in the body only for a week" to over a month "local" to enters many organs "best form of protection" to post infection with full virus more effective "minimal side effects to long list of side effects etc etc.. So much trust in an industry which, if it were your friend, its long history of significant malpractices and deceit would make you drop that friendship immediately. Some of these views shared by such respectable academics as Professor Angus Dalgleish, Dr. Craig and Dr. Tess Lawrie. Your argument is nauseating. If anything, the blind followers of the holy covid vaccine narrative are the main ones getting us into trouble (also the naive anti-vaxxers who refuted any virus at all and made no attempt to not infect others). See WHO pandemic treaty changes - all available on their website to see. A doctor friend of mine and her brother were officially hammered 4 months with long-term implications from mycocarditis due to the vaccine. She almost lost her job because they tried to force her to take a second vaccine. Her doctor was scared of getting a fine. Tip of the iceberg. Many of my vaccinated contacts have had covid multiple times and just keep generally getting sick. Anecdotes of course but there is some objective evidence that points to troubling mess-up of immune reactions, e.g. recent study from Japan. "the illusion of evidence based medicine" "The advent of evidence based medicine was a paradigm shift intended to provide a solid scientific foundation for medicine. The validity of this new paradigm, however, depends on reliable data from clinical trials, most of which are conducted by the pharmaceutical industry and reported in the names of senior academics. The release into the public domain of previously confidential pharmaceutical industry documents has given the medical community valuable insight into the degree to which industry sponsored clinical trials are misrepresented.1234 Until this problem is corrected, evidence based medicine will remain an illusion." source: bmj content 376 bmj o702 What is medicine's 5 sigma? thelancet PIIS0140-6736(15)60696-1. Metastudies strongly indicating effectiveness "The results of the meta-analyses and respective TSAs suggest a definitive association between the protective role of vitamin D and ICU hospitalization." ncbi PMC9864223/ vdmeta "The datasets provide strong evidence that low D3 is a predictor rather than just a side effect of the infection." a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could Theoretically Be Achieved at 50 ng/mL 25(OH)D3: (125 nmol/L) pubmed 34684596/ Study of prevention rather than post-treatment “In a new study, researchers show a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity and mortality. The study is among the first to analyze vitamin D levels prior to infection, which facilitates a more accurate assessment than during hospitalization, when levels may be lower secondary to the viral illness.” sciencedaily. 220203161135 HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? 40-60ng/ml is sensible. If deficient may need higher doses temporarily! source: dcalculator - GrassrootsHealth Toxicity is very rare. The definition of deficiency is set as too low by many countries according to the Endocrine Society. This results in misleading study results which claim there is no proven effect. Many scientists and doctors are frustrated by the unscientifically low recommended doses by many health authorities and the lack of awareness campaigns Other studies source: Evidence for Vitamin D Supplementation's Impact on Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths - MDPI source: Vitamin D supplementation and respiratory tract infections - Nature source: Vitamin D for COVID-19: Effectiveness, dosage, and safety - The BMJ source: Vitamin D levels in people with COVID-19 - PLOS ONE source: Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths - ResearchGate source: The first clinical trial to support vitamin D therapy for COVID-19 - Medium youtube 0AySagDalY8
I've not had a flu or COVID vaccine and never gotten either. It boggles my mind how people will get a shot, be sick for three days from it, and then still get the flu and get mad at me for not being vaccinated. My dude, I'm not the problem here.
This makes sense. You saturate the body with antioxidants, fiber and have a ideal BMI you will have a stronger immune system. Love that summary towards the end. I would bring up the correlation between US antiCovidvax sentiment and generally poorer diet in rural America, but this was done in Brazil. Anecdotes alert: I'm sure my wife and I are on borrowed time, but neither of us have been infected by COVID yet. But we not only eat plant-based, but have followed protective measures including all boosters so likely all of the above. One thing you look at with correlation though is a mechanism for that correlation. With global warming, there is a very clear relationship between CO2 levels and warming, so we are confident with that link. There is obviously a link between the immune system, inflammation in the body and diet. Poor diets with high inflammatory markers are going to result in a higher risk of getting sick. Your video and the study clearly show this in the data. I see a massive increase in my social media feed of friends sick with COVID or the flu. Being obsessed with nutrition and diet, it is difficult not to think about risk factors and a heuristic tendency to correlate at least in the mind. Just BMI/diet, activity level and risky behavior like alcohol consumption is clear in my mind. " In our study, we found that BMI and the prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in the omnivorous group than in the plant-based group. Vegetarians had lower BMI, prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome.21 However, after the adjustment of BMI in the logistic regression the difference of lower diagnosis of COVID-19 in plant-based and vegetarian groups remained, suggesting that the difference in incidence of COVID-19 could be associated with other factors present in the diet. On other hand, physical activity also relates to a lower likelihood of adverse COVID-19 outcomes. In a meta-analysis, it was found that, those who engaged in regular physical activity had a lower risk of infection, hospitalisation, severe COVID-19 illness and COVID-19-related death than their inactive peers.22 In addition, in our study, after the adjustment for physical activity the lower incidence of COVID-19 remained in the plant-based and vegetarian group."
I'm curious where I'd have been placed in this study as I eat fish twice a week, lol. I'd be flexitarian, because I don't eat any other meat and avoid dairy (don't buy it from the store, generally don't eat it)
i’ve only gotten sick once since going vegan and it was covid. i’m not WFPB which could have something to do with it but i was pretty sick, i never want to catch covid again
I have been vegan for seven years. I have never had COVID. I am the only vegan in my family. The rest of my family has all had COVID. I think there might be something unique about COVID though. I did get very sick a year ago from some unknown virus. I tested negative for everything but I was a zombie for two weeks.
lol I am sure there is a carnivore youtube channel saying the same thing. Is there a study that covers hand washing ? Let's ask the real questions; Are the majority of vegans vaccinated? Do the majority of vegans mask, even now? Did the majority of Vegans heed warnings to stay home separate etc.. Frankly I think the type O blood debate is better.
Is it because they are Vegan, focused on health. It takes conscious decisions at every meal to be vegan... this at times neurotic behavior spills into all facets of life.
Nuance is key. I'm an omnivore and I have never tested positive for covid despite my spouse having it twice. I eat a whole foods based diet of REAL food and minimal to no ultra-processed foods, refined sugar or grains. I exercise 6 days a week. I manage stress. I rarely am sick anymore. 🤷🏽♀
Same, never positive, omnivore, work in critical care EMS transported almost exclusively the sickest of COVID-19 patients from 21-22. When I say omnivore I don’t dabble in chicken I EAT RED MEAT. I also dance with the devil and on occasion jaywalk.
Is it maybe because we don't eat NeU5Gc? That sialic acid incorporates itself in carnist cell membranes. This is the cite where viruses attach. Perhaps viruses attach easier to Neu5Gc sugars?
Me being vegan for 6+ years and having my ass kicked by Covid at the moment😢 still a cool study though and I definitely get sick less since becoming vegan
I tested positive in 2021 but I’ve always wondered if it was one of those odd false positives because I had no symptoms at all. Nothing. Nada. I was chilling during the mandatory 10 day isolation period 😂
Doesn't mean everyone can eat this way, a lot of veggie based meats have pea protein in it, which I'm allergic to, peas, black eyed pea, chick peas peanuts lima beans, lentils and some other foods I can't eat. Does not mean I can't eat beans just very specific ones. I can at least have chilli so yes to chilli beans kidney navy or northern beans pinto.
Thanks, Mic, for all your great info. Love your channel! Here's a complaint though. I ordered the FitTrack Dara scale that you're promoting, and I'm not happy with it or the app. I'm trying to find out how to return the scale for a refund, but I haven't been able to reach anyone there by email or chat (I've been "oh hold" with their chat for over 2 hours!). Horrible customer service. I'm really sorry I ordered the scale to begin with.
@@fenysnake It displays weight, but that's all. I have another scale that displays body mass details without an app, but the Dara scale does not. They finally replied to my chat (after 3 days) and explained how to recalibrate the scale (take the batteries out, etc.). I told them that's not going to fix the pairing issue (I have to pair the scale with the app every time I use it) and I still want my money back. I'll probably have to wait another 3 days for a reply.
I was sent to the hospital 3 times in a row from drowning on my own blood, first not sure, second could be a fungus infection which is hard to determine, many antibiotics later nope it’s an infection but wait there is more! I had Covid so needed isolating for 7 days in a new room that was locked down. End result? No symptoms just a carrier, had the 3 shots by that point so far. Also got flown to the other end of the state for lung surgery after., well after I put a little more weight on, terrible over stuck at 43 to 44kgs 😒. Btw I’m not vegan, but I base most my food around fruit, veg, onions, garlic, mushrooms (lately enter the dark world or shittake mushrooms) herbs and spices, nut butters, blackstrap molasses, turkey carob molasses, hemp seeds and protein, and my ultimate fish flakes aka nooch 😅
I am sick with Covid now. This time I have had breathing difficulties. This research confuses me. I am vegan and I have had Covid 4 times since 2020. This is the 4th time for me. I don’t know what is going on. I don’t wear a mask anymore but I don’t mingle closely with others. I do some group activities but I don’t see others in my group getting sick so often. I am healthy, eat lots of fruits and veggies, clean and sanitary, normal bmi, eat mostly Whole Foods plant based, get exercise, supplement, meditate- I take care of myself. I have been vaccinated 3 times and I am young. I don’t understand it. I don’t plan to stop eating Whole Foods plant based because the alternative looks worse- just a few days ago a news came out that dairy cows are infected with avian flu, so the omnivore path doesn’t sound like a good route.
My husband and I are 54 and vegan and we never caught it. I work at an elementary school and tested often due to numerous close contact exposure notices. In fact I haven’t been sick with anything since going vegan 4.5 years ago even though I have kids coughing near me all the time. I tend to believe that otherwise healthy people have a better immune system on a vegan diet.
I hope you are not vaccinated.
I’m 58 and vegan (WFPB specifically). I teach middle school and have been exposed to kids and family members/friends who had Covid. Never had it. I am vaccinated, but so is my adult son who lives with me. He’s had Covid twice. I’ve only had two colds since adopting a WFPB lifestyle. I have more energy than most of my students despite being almost 5 times older than them.
My girl and I are both pure carnivore. She is a respiratory therapist, she worked every day inserting ventilator tubes down covid patients throats, exposing herself every day. She didnt get covid but pulled tubes out of a lot of corpses that were both Vegan and standard American diet but not a single carnivore.
I find it very hard to believe that your girl would be informed of the diets all the patients she treated were following. It’s not exactly information that would be critical to obtain during a hospital visit. Most primary care physicians don’t know what diets their patients are on.@@anthonyspadafora1384
@@anthonyspadafora1384 Did those dead people tell her they were vegan?
Huh....Kinda explains how my meat & dairy loving sister and her family all got Covid THREE SEPARATE TIMES (despite the endless sanitizing and bleaching) and yet I, the one lone vegan in the whole family, never got Covid even once! 😂
Same. My meat eating extended family have all had CV multiple times. My husband and I are plant based but have never gotten it. And we have left the house, socialized, traveled, and have a high school student that attends class in person.
Congrats on being a “Novid.” The current virus circulating got me. So be vigilant.
Ha!
YOU NEED TO BE LYING IT CANT BE TRUE
@@projectbat7465 I can only explain that most people like you are more likely to get it it, and get it bad, because that's what the statistics say.
"Vegans too weak blalalalala" , I'm 66 yr old vegan, just rode bike down to the beach and back, 3km down there, then back up 220 meter elevation on my beautiful hilly island. I feel great, a little tired, but great. 😊
Yeah.... so weak I surfed over 4 hours yesterday in an angry ocean with current that required paddling the entire time. 1700 calories according to the watch. All powered by blueberries, pea/quinoa protein & oats. Felt as strong at 51 YO as I did in my 20s a year into this WFPB diet. More anecdotes.... I swam a open water race at 51 years old last fall without any training except surfing faster than I swam the same distance @ 40 years old when I was lap swimming every morning.
@@RobCGilliam 🍇🍈🍉🍒🍊🍋🍓🫐🍌🍅🍍🥭🥥🥑🫒🥬🥦🌶🫑🌽🥕🍆🥔🍐🍑🍒, yay. Keep going.
When I was an omnivore I’d get sick a lot due to working a 9-5 and training a lot in Jiu Jitsu with strength and conditioning on the side, and would occasionally burnout. Now that I’m plant based, I haven’t gotten sick, nor burnt out and actually crave to train more. My gf was sick last week with a cold sore and a sore throat. We still cuddled, kiss and all the intimate things couples do, and I still have no cold sore or sickness on me rn.
Eating Black beans and Garbanzo beans with white rice and leafy greens while typing this.
I love eating like this because the less sick I get the MORE I can train!
Eat brown rice, trust me.
People may be "done" with covid, but covid certainly isn't done with us. Long covid is no joke and can develop even from mild covid infections, so the fewer times you catch this virus the better.
If you are willing to believe anything the medical indistry is handing out on this. Then id be willing to bet your retirement fund is heavily invested into NFTs.
I have some tulips id be willing to sell you also.
@@slartibartfast2452wHerE dO YoU gEt your iNFoRmATioN fRom?
I’m IntEResTeD.
@@OilCanHarry2U that hurt my eyes
@@slartibartfast2452 your comment hurt my brain.
@GordonPavilion well... like most of the guys they used to call con $ piracy theoriterians. Most of what i found out about what happened in 2020, i found out in 1996. These plans started out of the club of roam in the early 70s. If one didnt come to the information pre internet, then one is lijely lost in a swamp of would be information that is set out there only to distract. I had the distinct privalege of being a music geek since i was a kid. If you look back theough the catalogues of some of the most well known bands on the planet, mainly rock n' roll, rock, hard rock and metal. These banda have been singing about all this stuff for decades. Pay particurlar attention to songs by the rolling stones (who hapoen to have been intimately connected to prominenet familys like the trudeaus. As well as bands like sepultura, megadeth and Judas Priest. Point being. Disecting their lyrics as a kid, more than a few decades ago. It triggered my interest. It was all out there well before 2020 and well before the internet.
I know anecdotes are the lowest level of evidence, but when it comes to my own experience for myself, it’s the highest. I’ve been vegan all through the pandemic and had my husband not tested positive I wouldn’t even have noticed I had it. The second time he had it, I didn’t even catch it. He’s vegan as well and he had a very mild case. For me it was nothing.
If I did well with COVID, I should be in good shape to face other infections.
I’ve been vegan over 10 years, I got COVID in March 2020 and it almost killed me - still housebound with long covid almost 4 years later.
Being plant-based probably helps reduce the risk but certainly doesn’t make anyone bulletproof
@@andocobo that first wave was probably the most dangerous, since we didn’t have vaccines and had not been previously exposed. I totally see how that could have happened, and I’m sorry it was so bad for you. I should have clarified that I was fully vaccinated by the time I got it, and I got it with that first wave of omicron on 2022. I hope you’re doing better now ❤️
@@andocobo Sorry that you were infected with Covid. I agree with you. Being animal free does not make one bulletproof. I have also have covid twice now. Second time not as bad. I did know someone who died of after the damage done by covid. When she had passed the virus was gone but by then the damage was so severe nothing could have been done.
the same thing has happened to me too, my bf caught covid and he was sick in my bed and spent the night and I never caught it from him. I did catch it eventually but months later.
@@andocobo I'm glad you survived, and I hope you're able to recover! I lost 4 relatives to it. Agreed; there's no guarantees, but it does help stack the deck in your favor.
From 2020 until 2023 I traveled more during those 3 years than I had in my entire life combined prior, went out to eat more, met more people all over the country, and I still haven't got COVID. I even quarantined with somebody for 2 weeks who had it. And they were vaccinated...
Yes the vaccination status is what we really need to be looking at here. I didn't get vaccinated BECAUSE I am vegan.
Wow, your ego is so proud of you.
I'm plant based mostly whole foods.. I finally caught covid for the first time at the beginning of the year. Other than feeling odd because covid does hit differently, I've had worse colds and infections, and I owe it to my diet.
I used to get ill five times a year with colds viruses or flus. Since i went cegan in 2018 i havent had any of these illneses. Not once. Including covid.
Thanks a lot. An avid egg lover showed me some papers which seem to show eggs have no harm. So I found that in one paper, three authors, including the last author, was sponsored by the egg board as stated in Conflict of Interests. In another paper, the last author was previously sponsored by the egg board to do a talk. I just told this person that these papers have been written to serve the interest of the egg indurstry. God bless!
Yes. I suggest you watch a series on the egg industry from Dr Geger on his nutrition facts channel. Very interesting.
Btw the egg industry recently succeeded with their lobbying, sadly.
Going from memory there was a study that showed that eating eggs had no effect on cholesterol levels, but it turned out that the people they tested already had super high cholesterol and there is a threshold so the body stops absorbing cholesterol at some point. If you test someone with low cholesterol the effect would be more obvious. So that's one way they can manipulate results.
@@flattlandermontgomery1524 Yes, also from memory I think they manipulated the time range so we couldn't see the increase in cholesterol. All the other studies clearly showed the opposite.
It’s funny because I always joke with people that “I can’t get covid, I’m vegan”🤣
HA HA YOU CANNOT GET PROTEIN YOU ARE VEGAN HA HA HA
@@Castaway..... GRRR I AM MAD
@@Castaway..... I WILL DIE OF MALNUTRITION
@@Castaway..... EVERYONE KNOW THAT
@@Castaway..... DONT MAKE ME ANGERY😡😡😡
Great breakdown as usual Mike. Definitely wanna see the long covid vid!
Even as an omnivore, this makes sense.
Vegans are more likely to either have a larger concern for health in general, or are more socially moral overall, both of which would lead to following basic guidelines and having respect for those around you.
The questions they asked about how much participants were trying to avoid exposure to COVID showed no differences between groups, so it doesn’t seem like plant-based folks were any more likely to take precautions.
im vegan and didnt social distance due to my job. i also travel regularly. i never got covid
No, I'm plant based and totally morally deficient. I hope society goes down the plug hole. I faux coughed wherever possible. Respect?... just an Aretha Franklin toon....
I disagree with your premise.
Since going vegan in 2008, I’ve been sick ONCE with a cold and still haven’t had covid despite living in a metropolitan area.
Three very light colds for me since I went vegan in 2011. No covid.
Wow! That’s amazing!
I haven't caught COVID. I can't remember the last time I had the flu. I've gone years without a cold since I went vegan 10 years ago. The microbiome makes up 70% of your immune system and the good bacteria love fiber.
This is a nice story to share as a reminder. This is why I'm stoked on beans and big plates of fiber veggies for the last year. I've had the best digestion in years after the gut got used to daily legumes.
Mic, thank you for making a distinction between plant based dieters and vegans. I'm glad you are acknowledging the distinction.
13:51 😂 nice one!
Also people come with their anecdotes and other reasons when I say I haven’t had covid ever.. but when I say I haven’t really had a cold either since March 2022 they are a bit more quiet. 😂
Covid is still very relevant - so thank you for sharing!
I know multiple people with long covid. That part is still very understudied to this day even.
I wonder what portion of those still dying from covid are unvaccinated, and whether that will have a significant impact on the 2024 election.
@@Bc232klmagreed. It’s one of the worst parts. Germany has been doing some specific long covid studies and it doesn’t look great. The more time that passes and more instances that occur, I think we’ll see a lot taking it more seriously. All the figures I’ve seen are that there’s a 6-10% chance of long C with each infection. Seems like the average person is getting covid at least once a year. That’s scary.
people had long swine flu after swine flu shot ... but it didn't have a name - just all the parents complaining how ttheir kids are now always sick...@@Bc232klm
vaccines are not inherently bad but human vaccines have sooo little oversight that they ace harmful. If you say anything they label you a conspiracy theorist meanwhile they are injecting deadly dog bacteria (Toronto) and getting away with human deaths because any criticism gets thrown out as crazy. Human deaths don't matter. The data on flu shot side effects are liste on canada gov website. The percent of strong negative health reactions is over 10% ... way over.... that is insane.
Pet vaccines have better quality control than human vaccines.... that's the issue. And these industries are getting away with it thanks to the bs propaganda...
It would have had to be relavent in the first place to "still" be relavent.
Bought the fit track scale. The MIC coupon was applied automatically at the moment of payment without me having to enter it. (Update: just got the fit track scale. It needs 4 AAA batteries which I have because I’m a pack rat nerd. Will review shortly…)
I’m not a healthy Vegan. I’ve been vegan for 18 years and so far, I have not caught it. I’ve been exposed multiple times, including in my household but I didn’t catch it 😅 I’ve been looking for an explanation and although I want to run with it, I know confirmation bias is wrong. I hope the study is replicated and confirmed ❤
NO IT CANT BE BECAUSE OF VEGANISM VEGAN IS BAD EVERYONE KNOW THAT😤🦍
Thanks a lot. It is so true. I am almost 100% WFPB. I only got one night of fever, because some false accusers were aggressively quarreling with my family members for several days. But I sat quietly in the dark for a whole evening. The next day the fever was gone. So I don't think I ever got it. And my neighors and relatives were all severely affected multiple times. I did not tell anyone about this miracle for fear of their envy and disbelief. God bless!
My Covid experience as a 34 year Vegan has been interesting. Three times I’ve been around somebody that’s had Covid so I needed to be tested and I’ve tested positive for Covid three times but I was never sick ever once. Even though I tested positive.
Of the critical comments that Mic critiques of why Vegans got less Covid - my fav was the one, “Vegans are too weak the leave the house.” 😂 😅
I love such silliness though. I walk over 3.5 miles a day (outside), gather and cut all my firewood, and am 66 years old. Obviously many older people can do the same (& don’t have to be vegan or vegetarian), but . . .
I'm 65, not vaccinated and haven't had covid yet as far as I know. I had a mild cold 2-3 years ago, but maybe that helped for immunity. I'm whole food vegan.
Some politicians demonize the unvaxxed.
the quackcine is deadly you dodged a bullet there
@@ChristianParkesArt The municipality health services called me up and asked if I wanted a vaccine. I said no thanks, and that's all there was to it. Never any questioning or pressure. I guess this "socialist" Scandinavian country has more freedom of choice than middle right to right USA has.
I caught covid wayyy back in March 2020, and the only effects I experienced were loss of sense of smell, and a mild malaise which persisted for about a week. I eat a whole food vegan diet, and I can't help but feel like it made things easier for me.
Considering the ingredients and who it was tested on, I did not get vaccinated - because I am vegan. This probably accounts for fewer vegans being severely ill.
11:47 curious how the crosstabs of class-position and masking would add statistical noise
I’ve had COVID twice in late 2023, but it’s totally because I started working for a hospital May 2023 as well.
But did you die? LOL JK sorry you had to deal with that and thank you for your hospital work.
Yeah, it's totally normal to get it twice in a row.
Been vegan for 6 years now, WFPB vegan for the past 2, in my early 50's, no known incidents of Covid.
I either never had it or if I did, it was very mild. Good to have these studies combed through Mic-Style, thank you.
Comb through the wantads sometime you jobless goof
Not the case for myself or husband. Two years ago for my husband and last Christmas for me. Both caught from a family gathering. Enclosed space. Was mild and didn't leave any lasting effects.
I’m glad I never invade peoples personal space and use hygiene when out in public. Yes I’m slightly slack at home don’t judge me I’m not too feral 😂. The fact I had it with absolutely no symptoms yet my older sister was hit hard. Well her kids and her family in general are always so sick, they live in town. My nephew who is coming on 14 next month just got diagnosed with scurvy. Dr was shocked! This shouldn’t happen these days!
I'm vegan and non-jabbed. I've had it once, early on, and the symptoms were very light.
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My whole entire household including my boyfriend all had Covid apart from me, never once. Never even got sick apart from one mild cold I caught from abroad : ) (been vegan for 2 almost 3 years now)
I hope that convinced them :)
I’m a carnivore and never got it …. This is an insane argument
And your comment is an example for why anecdotes make terrible evidence
worked in a city pediatric emergency department all through COVID pandemic, still work there now and i Have NEVEr HAD COVID....Plant based diet and daily miso soup... I swear by it
I have the Fit Track scale, it is brilliant, so useful to keep track of muscle mass, water in body and bone density. Very healthy results thanks to my wholefood vegan diet and doing a little yoga every day. Thank you for all your informative and educational videos Mic. :)
Still very relevant, unfortunately. Whether we're sick of it or not, covid is here to stay. I finally caught it, but I'm happy that it was very mild. I'm a near 60 y/o, non smoker, rarely drinker, vegan; normal BMI, no comorbidities; vaxed and boosted once. I took 3 advil for the entire duration. Very grateful to have gotten a mild case; I've lost 4 relatives to this awful virus. Plant based eating is a good idea anyway, but a great way to lessen the odds of severe or long covid.
I finally caught covid-19 last November, one month before my 57th birthday. I wore a mask maybe 5 times during the mandates, I've been exposed numerous times, yet it took almost 4 years for me to finally catch it. I live a few miles away from that nursing home located in Kirkland, Wa where the outbreak in the US officially occurred. I'm also not vaccinated for it. I was feeling out of it for 2 days, I had a low grade fever for 24 hours. I still had to work. I began feeling sick on the first Monday of November. I didn't test until Thursday. By then, I was feeling fine. Monday I did 6 kitty visits and 2 dog walks and did a client consult. Tuesday I did 5 kitty visits and 1 dog walk. Wednesday I did 5 kitty visits. Thursday I did 4 kitty visits. That's when I tested. Friday I did 3 kitty visits and began a 3 night overnight stay with a dog. Saturday I did 2 kitty visits, Sunday no kitty visits. Monday 1 kitty visit and finished with my overnight and got to go home. Finally Tuesday I had a day off. So, the Monday I started feeling sick, I had a very full day of work. Tuesday my fever came on. Wednesday my fever was gone and I was feeling 90% myself, the day before I even tested. I believe being vegan is the reason why I had a very mild case.
One vegan friend of mine caught covid and got really sick. She fully recovered, but it was not a quick recovery for her.
I've been in close quarters with people who tested positive for covid and were sick as dogs 4 separate times now and each tike I braced myself and was sure I was going to get sick, and never did. all I felt was a bit tired and lethargic but I slept it off pretty easily, and it could have been due to other things I suppose. recently I was on the bus somewhere in the Netherlands and there were so many sick people on the bus, some lady accidentally coughed directly in my face. it was so gross. and I was convinced I caught something but again I was totally fine. I'm like 80% vegan, basically eat cheese and butter about once a week when I visit family and I eat regular marshmallows that are made with animal products
Good to hear that and no offense but I honestly wouldn't call myself "80%" vegan ,either you are a vegan or not. Btw I am a vegetarian while i do support vegan movement i don't call myself vegan . Maybe you are looking for "plant based" . Can't be loose about using the word vegan.
@@abhayagarwal5097 you're welcome to have your opinion 💫 it was just a way I was trying to indicted how much vegan I am because it was related to the video.
I really wish this was true for me 😔
What happened? How are you doing now?
@@sharit7970 im bettn they got covid
I've had 6 confirmed covid infections. 3 of these infections were severe with symptoms lasting 14+ days. A number of these covid infections have reactivated EBV (confirmed with the 4 blood tests) that was dormant in me, causing me to be sick for literal months after the covid clears up. I'm a 36 year old vegan woman with a BMI of 23 that strength trains 4 days a week. It makes no sense, it's a nightmare, and I'm so angry and over this cycle. I want my energy and my life back. @sharit7970
I've had 6 confirmed C infections. 3 of these infections were severe with symptoms lasting 14+ days. A number of these C infections have reactivated EBV (confirmed with the 4 blood tests) that was dormant in me, causing me to be sick for literal months after the C clears up. I'm a 36 year old vegan woman with a BMI of 23 that strength trains 4 days a week. It makes no sense, it's a nightmare, and I'm so angry and over this cycle. I want my energy and my life back. I'm not doing good. They just referred me to immunologist so we'll see.@@sharit7970
@@HoldOnStillProcessing : ( I'm very sorry you're dealing with that! It does sound like a nightmare! I would bet that without your diet and exercise you would have been worse off; maybe not even alive~ seriously. We all have other factors~ genetic, environmental, stress, other health issues; known or unknown, etc that come into play as well. This virus is insidious; I lost 4 relatives to it. I'm certainly no doctor, one thing I need to work on myself is eating more nutrient dense foods [greens, citrus, highly colored fruit and veg, omega 3 rich things, etc] I've kind of settled into a routine of a few of the same meals. Not at all in the way of criticism, but that might be helpful for you also if you have room for improvement there [but I imagine not as much as I do, lol!] I certainly hope that you're able to get past this health challenge to a point where it's at least manageable. Also, and certainly not to criticize, but if you can get to a point where you're able to let go of your anger, and accept that this is how it is for now, not necessarily for any length of time, you'll be really helping yourself. To be sure, this truly is unfair! But if you can get to the point where you accept it, instead of being angry, this will really help. I'm not saying to give up in your recovery, or in looking for answers, but to make peace with where things are at present. It's kind of the old thing about 'counting your blessings'; it really is true. Look for things in your life that bring you happiness, and focus more on what you have instead of what you don't, because they're there! You're young; you have a lot of life ahead of you! Again, please understand this is not to criticize, but to help. I truly wish you peace, and a calm heart, and that you are able to regain your health!
Hi, it would be cool if you made a video about non-sugar sweeteners such as xylitol, erythritol and maltitol. I would be very grateful. I am insulin resistant and will definitely be eliminating saturated fats from my diet after what I heard on your channel but I use a bit of a sweetener everyday and would like to see if e.g it is better to use those I mentioned or maybe the "not that bad" date sugar or blackstrap molasses. I think it would be an interesting topic!
Vegan here and haven't caught Covid yet, but I continue to mask and distance. Also important to note that although being vegan helps, being a WFPB vegan probably helps even more.
The fact that you are a friendless and jobless shut in probably helped more...
Maybe explains why I never caught it even in contact with infected people many times :D
I have several friends(female) with the long covid, one is vegan and both are athletes in their 60's. . Would love to know more about it. A story I heard on NPR 1-18 talked about the dangers of exercise with long covid. True?
There is a new article out about why people may get long covid and I think it said something to do with blood clots. I didn’t read all of it and I forget who reported on it. I saw it today on Apple News. Best
I got COVID once, but after 2 vaccines I haven't gotten it again, thankfully. I still got chronic fatigue for a year or so after catching it, even when I was vegan for 6 years before catching COVID
I wish this was the case for me. While fully vaccinated, I’ve had it four times, though only once since I went plant based in May. I’ve been working from home for over 10 years, so I feel my immune system has gone down. And to make matters worse, my husband is a teacher so he brings all sorts of germs home.
It's probably a good thing that he brings things home so you get a chance to evolve immunity through him.
Thanks for posting, and all the well founded research!
5 years vegan, tested positive multiple times but no symptoms, very active, often outside, very physically/mentally demanding work
Nice to see the scale!! Can’t wait to get mine. They are a month out but giving a lifetime warranty (at least I got one- they’re not advertising it but I assume they did not just do it for me since I’m so special) to make up for the wait. They sent me an email telling me about the lifetime warranty after I made the purchase.
Don’t do it!!! They scammed me and my spouse! They are refusing to cancel the order and refund us. It’s been over 2 months and nothing but a run around. We are now going through with reporting them. It’s a shame because I thought it was safe since VM had suggested them. If you didn’t order this yet I will suggest to please go read the reviews! Not on their website (they don’t allow any neg reviews in their website it seems) but on other platforms, then decide from there if it’s worth the hassle. Best
I have never in my life met a carnivore dieter who isn't also an Anti-vaxxer.
I’m vegan and I got covid from my partner during omicron variant even with prior vaccination. It wasn’t horrible, but I didn’t feel well. He got sick again recently and was down for a whole week, horribly sick. I didn’t catch it, but I wore a mask around him and he slept on the couch. Thankfully I didn’t get sick and tested negative for covid. I had the booster vaccine and he didn’t. I’m vegan and he’s mostly pescatarian. There’s some anecdotal anecdotes for ya.
Your hair looks great by the way.
Soooo distracting! 😅
Anecdotal, but me and hubby also didn't catch it ever. We occasionally catch a cold for max 2-3 days and all is right as rain with minimal overthecounter meds (ibuprofen type usually), nothing fancy.
I haven't had any signs of Covid and I tested negative for Covid on a home test so I am not sure how accurate it is especially since I never got vaccinated for Covid. I just hope this continues for me as a progressively whole food vegan.
Just got over mine. I felt fine just an itchy throat but that's it.
Yes please for long covid!!!
I eat mostly plants, and I've had covid twice, including long covid.
I adore my DARA scale! So helpful to see the big picture on my health!
Interesting, would love to see more data on this! While we see how this could be the case, we also know that people are notoriously not great at reporting on their own diets accurately.
I just got Covid first time in November my recovery was very fast, I didn’t have a ton of symptoms mostly lack I energy. Need a couple days off I would say after 5 days was able k get back to my normal act’s
Just a heads up- I am a whole food plant based vegan (10.5 years) who tries to eat the optimum diet, informed by our best docs like Greger, Fuhrman, Esselstyn, Ornish, McDougall, Barnard etc. I’m 63. I did get Covid in the first wave and again last spring. I was ill both times, especially so the first time. The second time I needed paxlovid. (I was vaccinated.) My BMI is 18.7. Other health markers excellent. I exercise daily. I’m just saying this because I was surprised at how sick I was. Before this I never got sick with colds or flu. The first time my Covid was very bad for four months and I had lingering effects for over a year. Yes I lost my taste and smell. I had terrible digestive upset and sweating and fevers. Maybe I would have died if I was t WFPB? Who knows? Maybe I’m just unlucky. Fortunately, over time I am mostly better. Stomach still much more sensitive and my running times never recovered.
Covid is worse the larger the amount of the virus particles you're exposed to. In other words, if someone with. Covid coughs right in your face and you breathe it all deeply into your lungs, you will get a more severe case than if someone with covid coughed 20 feet away and you took only a shallow breath in. Maybe you got a large number of virus particles.
I am pretty sure people who are vegan/plantbased are really self-aware about staying healthy, exercising and such vs the other group, that might also be a factor that affects the results
I have been vegan for 15+ years. I finally got nailed by COVID back in September. I will say I had also had been previously vaxxed, but not recently. I also still mask when I go to public spaces that attract a lot of people, like supermarkets and pharmacies. If I went out to eat, I went at an off time. Let me say, it is not like a cold or the flu. I had a massive headache. Followed by a really bad sore throat. Some nasal congestion. Some coughing.I had to have someone drive me to the doctor with me curled up in the back seat. I got Paxlovid. It helped. More importantly I feel like I have completely recovered. No Long Covid. I think that is the real problem. People do not realize that Covid effects every part of your body and does damage. Vegans tend to be able to clear viruses better, so while it may not be a super power, it really helps.
So chonky vegan here. I never got the vaccine and I never tested positive for COVID. I did get sick during the omnicrom time period and got a wicked headache but was only sick 3 days. Now typically when I get sick I water fast because I bounce back quicker. So that is my anecdotal evidence of veganism and COVID. My son's a vegetarian and had the same experience during the same time yet tested positive and had some neuropathy in his hands
We rarely get any kind of illness. Did contract covid in Oct 2022 but only knew due to compulsory testing at work. No symptoms.
I got Covid twice but my symptoms were mild. I got it once after flying across the country and once after my son got it from school. He and I were asymptomatic but his meat eater dad got really sick. Anecdotal? Yes
It's difficult to distinguish between so-called vegans who eat whole food plant diets and those who live on beer and chips and/or processed 'vegan' food products.
@jonahwhale9047 Probably not a good idea. Chips and crisps are usually deep fried in partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and have lots of added sodium. 'Vegan' junk food is no healthier than any other kind of junk food.
@jonahwhale9047 Thanks for responding but I'm not entirely convinced. The scientific evidence regarding the harms of alcohol, saturated fat, transfats, soft drinks/soda, sodium and refined carbohydrates consumption is solid. I'm also not aware of any evidence that a vegan junk food diet is healthier than an animal junk food based diet. Further, i doubt very much that so-called vegans eating a junk food diet are consuming high levels of potassium. By the way, do you have any evidence that people eating a completely vegetarian diet have problems from having too much potassium and too little sodium? This is the first time that I have seen this idea..
Anecdotally, I can attest to this. I have an eating disorder, which should put me at higher risk for infection. I never took the covid vaccine, don’t wear a mask, and don’t make any effort to distance myself from others. I have my reasons for all these things, which I won’t go into detail here. That being said, I had covid once, and it was extremely mild. Only a slight cough and a headache. I haven’t caught anything for over a year. Of course, when I do catch something, I stay home.
Mic, can you make a video about your skincare routine? Your skin is very good.
Also, what supplants you take?
Btw, hair looking nice 👍
LOL
ANOTHER study showing the benefits of eating plant based, keep em coming, it should be obvious by now. I used to get yeast infections ALL THE TIME before being plant based. Any studies about that? Never had one again in over six years now. That would be a compelling reason for the ladies to go plant based, if there were studies about it. (My last yeast infection was so bad, I called off work and was completely debilitated by it)
A friend on keto said that the probable reason why vegans got less COVID was because they were thinner? Do the studies correct for overweight and obesity? I never got COVID and have only had one mild cold in several years since I've been vegan. But I'm still obese. my friend on keto got very severe long COVID. I'm on immunosuppressive medication for an autoimmune condition. I wondered if it might be that rather than going vegan that prevented observable infections. Maybe I just didn't get the immune reactions?
I hadn't really thought about it being diet related but yeah I haven't gotten covid either. Even with being in close proximity of people who had it
I think I've had a couple of times--due to being surrounded by disease vectors!--based on loss of taste and smell, but briefly, with non life-threatening symptoms, and no apparent long-term effects. This is anecdotal eveidence, but early on I heard that long term plant eaters have fewer ACE2 receptors for Cov19 to latch onto, but I think this just speaks to the established prophylactic benefits from eating a healthy plant-based diet. Thanks for posting!
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You couldnt afford to get tested? Sit down tampon
I still haven't caught it, and I'm not vaxed either. (reason I'm not vaxed is because I have the belief of "It if ain't broke, don't fix it" and because I'm not the type that gets sick, I don't feel that I need it. I don't even get Flus. But one thing I do know, is that I have CPTSD (complex-ptsd) and so I have a lot of anxiety issues, and I am very sensitive in general. So I think my nervous system is always in a fight or flight state, and I think that mirrors to my Immune system, so any germs or viruses I come in contact with, get knocked out by the hyper-vigilance.
That's not smart at all. You made a poor decision that affects the rest of us too, and for very bad reasons. 👎
@@Bc232klmyou do know the v does not stop transmission? It actually lowers your immunity after 3-4 months. Lots of peer reviewed papers on the subject. Not trying to be confrontational just passing on the info.
Look up the v and increased igG4 levels. It appears to be affecting the bodies ability to suppress cancer cells.
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“IgG4 Antibodies Induced by Repeated Vaccination May Generate Immune Tolerance to the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein”
@@Bc232klm Nope, it was a very wise decision, if this person is healthy and pays attention to whole-food plant-based nutrition and vitamin D. The damage from vaccines turned out to be way higher than that for some previous vaccines which were removed from the market because of those risks. Interesting that there is so much trust in "scientific" claims where the raw data is only made available to the public after being forced by court order, where the goal-posts change from approx "spike stays in the body only for a week" to over a month "local" to enters many organs "best form of protection" to post infection with full virus more effective "minimal side effects to long list of side effects etc etc.. So much trust in an industry which, if it were your friend, its long history of significant malpractices and deceit would make you drop that friendship immediately. Some of these views shared by such respectable academics as Professor Angus Dalgleish, Dr. Craig and Dr. Tess Lawrie. Your argument is nauseating. If anything, the blind followers of the holy covid vaccine narrative are the main ones getting us into trouble (also the naive anti-vaxxers who refuted any virus at all and made no attempt to not infect others). See WHO pandemic treaty changes - all available on their website to see. A doctor friend of mine and her brother were officially hammered 4 months with long-term implications from mycocarditis due to the vaccine. She almost lost her job because they tried to force her to take a second vaccine. Her doctor was scared of getting a fine. Tip of the iceberg. Many of my vaccinated contacts have had covid multiple times and just keep generally getting sick. Anecdotes of course but there is some objective evidence that points to troubling mess-up of immune reactions, e.g. recent study from Japan. "the illusion of evidence based medicine"
"The advent of evidence based medicine was a paradigm shift intended to provide a solid scientific foundation for medicine. The validity of this new paradigm, however, depends on reliable data from clinical trials, most of which are conducted by the pharmaceutical industry and reported in the names of senior academics. The release into the public domain of previously confidential pharmaceutical industry documents has given the medical community valuable insight into the degree to which industry sponsored clinical trials are misrepresented.1234 Until this problem is corrected, evidence based medicine will remain an illusion."
source: bmj content 376 bmj o702
What is medicine's 5 sigma?
thelancet PIIS0140-6736(15)60696-1.
Metastudies strongly indicating effectiveness
"The results of the meta-analyses and respective TSAs suggest a definitive association between the protective role of vitamin D and ICU hospitalization."
ncbi PMC9864223/
vdmeta
"The datasets provide strong evidence that low D3 is a predictor rather than just a side effect of the infection."
a Mortality Rate Close to Zero Could Theoretically Be Achieved at 50 ng/mL 25(OH)D3: (125 nmol/L)
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Study of prevention rather than post-treatment
“In a new study, researchers show a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and COVID-19 severity and mortality. The study is among the first to analyze vitamin D levels prior to infection, which facilitates a more accurate assessment than during hospitalization, when levels may be lower secondary to the viral illness.”
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HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED? 40-60ng/ml is sensible. If deficient may need higher doses temporarily!
source: dcalculator - GrassrootsHealth
Toxicity is very rare.
The definition of deficiency is set as too low by many countries according to the Endocrine Society. This results in misleading study results which claim there is no proven effect.
Many scientists and doctors are frustrated by the unscientifically low recommended doses by many health authorities and the lack of awareness campaigns
Other studies
source: Evidence for Vitamin D Supplementation's Impact on Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths - MDPI
source: Vitamin D supplementation and respiratory tract infections - Nature
source: Vitamin D for COVID-19: Effectiveness, dosage, and safety - The BMJ
source: Vitamin D levels in people with COVID-19 - PLOS ONE
source: Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths - ResearchGate
source: The first clinical trial to support vitamin D therapy for COVID-19 - Medium
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I've not had a flu or COVID vaccine and never gotten either. It boggles my mind how people will get a shot, be sick for three days from it, and then still get the flu and get mad at me for not being vaccinated. My dude, I'm not the problem here.
This makes sense. You saturate the body with antioxidants, fiber and have a ideal BMI you will have a stronger immune system. Love that summary towards the end. I would bring up the correlation between US antiCovidvax sentiment and generally poorer diet in rural America, but this was done in Brazil.
Anecdotes alert:
I'm sure my wife and I are on borrowed time, but neither of us have been infected by COVID yet. But we not only eat plant-based, but have followed protective measures including all boosters so likely all of the above. One thing you look at with correlation though is a mechanism for that correlation. With global warming, there is a very clear relationship between CO2 levels and warming, so we are confident with that link. There is obviously a link between the immune system, inflammation in the body and diet. Poor diets with high inflammatory markers are going to result in a higher risk of getting sick. Your video and the study clearly show this in the data. I see a massive increase in my social media feed of friends sick with COVID or the flu. Being obsessed with nutrition and diet, it is difficult not to think about risk factors and a heuristic tendency to correlate at least in the mind. Just BMI/diet, activity level and risky behavior like alcohol consumption is clear in my mind.
" In our study, we found that BMI and the prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in the omnivorous group than in the plant-based group. Vegetarians had lower BMI, prevalence of overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome.21 However, after the adjustment of BMI in the logistic regression the difference of lower diagnosis of COVID-19 in plant-based and vegetarian groups remained, suggesting that the difference in incidence of COVID-19 could be associated with other factors present in the diet. On other hand, physical activity also relates to a lower likelihood of adverse COVID-19 outcomes. In a meta-analysis, it was found that, those who engaged in regular physical activity had a lower risk of infection, hospitalisation, severe COVID-19 illness and COVID-19-related death than their inactive peers.22 In addition, in our study, after the adjustment for physical activity the lower incidence of COVID-19 remained in the plant-based and vegetarian group."
I'm curious where I'd have been placed in this study as I eat fish twice a week, lol.
I'd be flexitarian, because I don't eat any other meat and avoid dairy (don't buy it from the store, generally don't eat it)
I definitely want to see that video on long COV-ID.
i’ve only gotten sick once since going vegan and it was covid. i’m not WFPB which could have something to do with it but i was pretty sick, i never want to catch covid again
no one talks about how vaccines are animal tested and not vegan.
@jonahwhale9047
seems like any change is a hard battle, does not mean it is worth having or fighting for. i really struggle with this.
I have been vegan for seven years. I have never had COVID. I am the only vegan in my family. The rest of my family has all had COVID. I think there might be something unique about COVID though. I did get very sick a year ago from some unknown virus. I tested negative for everything but I was a zombie for two weeks.
lol I am sure there is a carnivore youtube channel saying the same thing. Is there a study that covers hand washing ? Let's ask the real questions; Are the majority of vegans vaccinated? Do the majority of vegans mask, even now? Did the majority of Vegans heed warnings to stay home separate etc.. Frankly I think the type O blood debate is better.
Is it because they are Vegan, focused on health. It takes conscious decisions at every meal to be vegan... this at times neurotic behavior spills into all facets of life.
Nuance is key. I'm an omnivore and I have never tested positive for covid despite my spouse having it twice. I eat a whole foods based diet of REAL food and minimal to no ultra-processed foods, refined sugar or grains. I exercise 6 days a week. I manage stress. I rarely am sick anymore. 🤷🏽♀
Same, never positive, omnivore, work in critical care EMS transported almost exclusively the sickest of COVID-19 patients from 21-22. When I say omnivore I don’t dabble in chicken I EAT RED MEAT. I also dance with the devil and on occasion jaywalk.
The most important factor in staying healthy is hand washing.
Dairy, seed oils, and grain fed meats = pro inflammatory 😮
Is it maybe because we don't eat NeU5Gc? That sialic acid incorporates itself in carnist cell membranes. This is the cite where viruses attach. Perhaps viruses attach easier to Neu5Gc sugars?
We went vegan around the start of the pandemic and haven't caught it. Anecdotally, we haven't caught anything since
Would love to hear more info and have a video on Long COVID and Plant based 👍
Me being vegan for 6+ years and having my ass kicked by Covid at the moment😢 still a cool study though and I definitely get sick less since becoming vegan
I tested positive in 2021 but I’ve always wondered if it was one of those odd false positives because I had no symptoms at all. Nothing. Nada. I was chilling during the mandatory 10 day isolation period 😂
Doesn't mean everyone can eat this way, a lot of veggie based meats have pea protein in it, which I'm allergic to, peas, black eyed pea, chick peas peanuts lima beans, lentils and some other foods I can't eat. Does not mean I can't eat beans just very specific ones. I can at least have chilli so yes to chilli beans kidney navy or northern beans pinto.
Don’t want to jinx it..but… I m totally NOvid thus far …even went to work Every day…power to the plant
Thanks, Mic, for all your great info. Love your channel! Here's a complaint though. I ordered the FitTrack Dara scale that you're promoting, and I'm not happy with it or the app. I'm trying to find out how to return the scale for a refund, but I haven't been able to reach anyone there by email or chat (I've been "oh hold" with their chat for over 2 hours!). Horrible customer service. I'm really sorry I ordered the scale to begin with.
may i ask- must the app be used to see basic weight?
@@fenysnake It displays weight, but that's all. I have another scale that displays body mass details without an app, but the Dara scale does not. They finally replied to my chat (after 3 days) and explained how to recalibrate the scale (take the batteries out, etc.). I told them that's not going to fix the pairing issue (I have to pair the scale with the app every time I use it) and I still want my money back. I'll probably have to wait another 3 days for a reply.
thanks for your response! i hope they come through for you in a timely manner 🙏🏽
@@fenysnake Thank you! 🙂
I'll wait for this analysis to get ripped apart
Patience
Really, but what about brittle hair and ginger beard disease? Does it cause that
Thanks!
Definitely Not me…
I was sent to the hospital 3 times in a row from drowning on my own blood, first not sure, second could be a fungus infection which is hard to determine, many antibiotics later nope it’s an infection but wait there is more! I had Covid so needed isolating for 7 days in a new room that was locked down. End result? No symptoms just a carrier, had the 3 shots by that point so far. Also got flown to the other end of the state for lung surgery after., well after I put a little more weight on, terrible over stuck at 43 to 44kgs 😒. Btw I’m not vegan, but I base most my food around fruit, veg, onions, garlic, mushrooms (lately enter the dark world or shittake mushrooms) herbs and spices, nut butters, blackstrap molasses, turkey carob molasses, hemp seeds and protein, and my ultimate fish flakes aka nooch 😅
Why does this man spend all his time attacking carnirvores his obsession with them is quite disturbing.
The carnivore crowd will never accept this.
Husband and I just got Covid for the first time over the holidays. We are just vegetarian though.
I am sick with Covid now. This time I have had breathing difficulties. This research confuses me. I am vegan and I have had Covid 4 times since 2020. This is the 4th time for me. I don’t know what is going on. I don’t wear a mask anymore but I don’t mingle closely with others. I do some group activities but I don’t see others in my group getting sick so often. I am healthy, eat lots of fruits and veggies, clean and sanitary, normal bmi, eat mostly Whole Foods plant based, get exercise, supplement, meditate- I take care of myself. I have been vaccinated 3 times and I am young. I don’t understand it. I don’t plan to stop eating Whole Foods plant based because the alternative looks worse- just a few days ago a news came out that dairy cows are infected with avian flu, so the omnivore path doesn’t sound like a good route.
You’ve been vaccinated THREE times???
Hmmmmmm……🤔