health/immunity/covid-19/
is the risk from having African ancestry or being carb-intolerant?:
2021.2.4:
. africs (those with some African ancestry)
are said to be more prone to severe covid-19:
is it happening even to africs on a slow carb diet?
(a diet low in sugars and baked goods).
. we know that obese euros (whites)
are also prone to covid;
obesity comes from being carb intolerant,
ie, not adapting well to the
chosen level of glycemic load.
. the problem with the Western diet
is that it has both a high glycemic load
and is high in fats and stress
that cause insulin resistance.
. if africs are more prone to insulin resistance,
they need to compensate by using less carb's.
[3.23: significance of cortisol:
. sugar and stress both raise cortisol
that both causes insulin resistance
and more importantly,
suppresses the immune system, and that
is when covid-19 becomes overwhelming.
. high doses of sugar provoke more cortisol
when it causes rebound hypoglycemia.
. racism may be a source of stress
that raises cortisol; and also,
being unable to obtain healthy food
(underemployed or living in a food desert)
can also suppress the immune system
by causing shortages of vitamins C, D, and zinc.
. cheap food usually contains too much fat
which may contribute to insulin resistance,
and combined with high doses of sugar,
that causes high insulin and obesity.]
2.5: web:
CDC and Dr. Anthony Fauci:
. africs are 33% of hospitalized covid-19 patients
yet only 18% of the general population.
. latinos faired the best with only a
0.571 (8/14) risk, compared to english euros:
0.76 (45/59).
Dr. Anthony Fauci:
. africs have higher rates of [carb intolerance:]
([insulin-resistant]diabetes, obesity,
hypertension [caused by high insulin])
http://amerdreamduh.blogspot.com/2012/02/hypertension-is-from-sugar-not-salt.html
as well as asthma,
all conditions at higher risk for covid-19.
3.23:
. africs are also prone to having lower vitamin D levels;
because the sun is less able to penetrate darker skin.
the latino difference: younger:
https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/hispanic-health/index.html
Hispanics in the US are on average
nearly 15 years younger than whites
[euros (european ancestry now english-speaking)].
Heart disease and cancer in Hispanics
are the two leading causes of death,
accounting for about 2 of 5 deaths,
which is about the same for whites.
-- they also have 35% less heart disease
and 49% less cancer;
but that is because they are younger.
Hispanics have lower deaths than whites
from most of the 10 leading causes of death
with three exceptions
—more deaths from diabetes and chronic liver disease,
and similar numbers of deaths from kidney diseases.
Hispanics have 23% more obesity than whites
and about a 50% higher death rate from diabetes.
Hispanics are as likely as whites
to have high blood pressure.
but have 24% more of the
poorly controlled high blood pressure.
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