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“COVID-19 is an acute illness caused by infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Although most people recover from COVID-19 within a few weeks of presenting with symptoms, some experience long-term complications that affect multiple organs, including the heart, lung, kidney, skin, and brain.”

“Irregular heart rhythms become more common with age, and there is ongoing debate about whether omega-3 fatty acid intake reduces the risk of atrial fibrillation (AFib) or may, in some cases, actually increase it.”

“Rates were 81% higher with vitamin D deficiency and 91% higher with insufficiency than in the reference group. Excess abdominal fat can contribute to chronic low-grade inflammation throughout the body and may also trap vitamin D in fat tissue, reducing the amount available to other cells and tissues.”

“Although most of these symptoms are acute and resolve within a few weeks, many people experience long-term complications of the illness, a phenomenon referred to as "post-COVID-19 syndrome. A recent report describes the long-term neurological effects of COVID-19.”

(https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/148/6/861/4992079?login=true) Conversely, evidence suggests that consumption of red meat increases colorectal cancer risk by 20 to 30 percent (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4698595/).

“The authors found that the effectiveness of both vaccines was lower against the delta variant than against the alpha variant, but the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was at least 88 percent effective against delta after two doses, and the AstraZeneca vaccine was 67 percent effective after two doses.”

“Fructose absorption begins in the epithelium (i.e., skin-like cells) of the small intestine, which measures approximately 320 square feet in surface area (about the size of a small studio apartment).”

“Since the 1980’s, clinicians and researchers have been puzzled by the “French paradox”: the observation that residents of France have a surprisingly low incidence of cardiovascular disease given their high rates of smoking, intakes of saturated fat, and hypercholesterolemia (i.e. abnormally high serum levels of harmful low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol).”

“By comparing identical twins, who share nearly all their genes, with fraternal twins, who share about half, the team could estimate how much of the link between cannabis use and sleep was due to genetic influences.”

“The authors found that the probability of breaking the current maximum reported age at death (122 years and 164 days, set by Jeanne Calment of France) this century is nearly 100 percent; the probability of a person reaching age 126 is approximately 89 percent; and the probability of a person reaching age 130 is nearly 13 percent.”