COVID-19: Q&A with Dr. Neal Barnard - Fact vs Fiction
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 23 March 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
We are learning more about the coronavirus each day, but deciphering fact from fiction can be difficult. As the global pandemic continues, the internet is exploding with alleged cures and protections from the virus at a time when we so desperately want them. There are claims that certain foods will make a person immune from COVID-19 and that medicines such as ibuprofen can put an already infected person at greater risk of falling gravely ill.
So how do you know what to believe?
This episode of The Exam Room™ podcast is dedicated to getting to the truth. "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined Dr. Neal Barnard who answers your questions about the coronavirus.
- What whole foods are best for boosting the immune system?
- What about claims that the keto diet can prevent the virus?
- Is it true that not eating animal products can protect could prevent pandemics like this?
- Are pregnant women more at risk?
- Can you get coronavirus more than once?
- Can you have the virus and not know about it?
- If you become infected by the virus are you certain to become sick or can the body kill it off quickly?
If you would like to submit a question for the doctor please tweet @ChuckCarrollWLC or @PCRM using the hashtag #ExamRoomPodcast.
Schedule a telemedicine appointment with doctors and dietitians at Barnard Medical Center. Available to residents of the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, New York and Massachusetts.
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Chuck Carroll
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IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Dr. Neal Barnard
Twitter: @DrNealBarnard
IG: @DrNealBarnard
Facebook: http://bit.ly/DrBarnardFB
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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Barnard Medical Center Telemedicine
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Resources
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COVID-19 Global Map: https://bit.ly/CVID19map
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| 0:00.0 | It shall be on Facebook, what are some foods that we can eat that will help mellow out our |
| 0:03.9 | mood? It's super stressful right now. |
| 0:06.2 | We have discovered that when people get animal products out of their diet, their moods do |
| 0:10.6 | improve. |
| 0:11.6 | So what we think is happening is that the vegetables, the fruits, and beans, and whole grains |
| 0:15.4 | are changing the gut microbiome in a healthier direction, the gut feeds back to the brain. |
| 0:28.3 | Well hello there, and welcome to this special edition of the Exam Room Podcast brought |
| 0:33.4 | to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:35.2 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion, Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:38.5 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen, or a view, or a download, wherever |
| 0:43.7 | it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:51.1 | Today's show will be devoted exclusively to you. |
| 0:56.4 | For the next half hour or so, I will be sitting down with Dr. Neil Barnard to answer your |
| 1:00.9 | questions about the coronavirus. |
| 1:05.8 | Now we understand that many of you are concerned, and we share in that concern, and that is |
| 1:11.3 | why we are going to do our best to share with you all of the information that is available |
| 1:16.2 | to us so that we can all fight back against this pandemic. |
| 1:21.2 | And together, do our part to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. |
| 1:27.9 | I want to thank you all for sending in your questions today to Dr. Barnard, and I encourage |
| 1:32.7 | you to please keep them coming. |
| 1:34.9 | You can tweet them to us, send them to us on Instagram using the hashtag Exam Room Podcast, |
| 1:41.1 | or find us on Facebook and message us there. |
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