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Chrystal Bougon cried after the needle went into her arm. Not because her first dose of the Moderna vaccine hurt. But because, finally, being fat actually paid off.
The 53-year-old was inoculated in the parking lot of Kaiser Permanente in San José on a rainy Friday in March, four days after eligibility in California was broadened to include people with underlying conditions. Among them, a body mass index of 40 or more 233 pounds for an adult who is 5 feet 4 inches tall.
Bougon’s medical record at Kaiser shows she is morbidly obese; as an activist, she prefers the word “fat.” Her experience with medical providers has been one incident of size stigma after another, she said, like the time she went in with a scratched cornea and was told to lose weight. She fears being hospitalized with COVID-19 and unable to advocate for herself.
Best Fish for Fat Loss and Optimal Health presented by Allmax Nutrition Best Fish for Fat Loss and Optimal Health presented by Allmax Nutrition Written by Daniel Gwartney, MD 06 April 2021
If you have ever gotten stuck on an icy road, you know the frustration of hearing your tires spin while you get nowhere. Sometimes dieting feels like that – usually during your waking hours. Nearly everyone who wishes to lose weight has the desire and willpower to follow a diet and exercise program. Every January, gyms are filled with a lemming-like trail of new members who spend three weeks with a renewed vision of adding muscle and losing fat, only to disappear the remainder of the year. It isn’t laziness that accounts for the drop-off in most cases, rather it’s frustration over the lack of results.
However, the study, which was not peer-reviewed, has since been retracted
Health24 spoke to a professor in nutrition science who said that further research is needed, and warned against taking high doses as a preventative
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought on a heightened fear of infection for us and our loved ones, leading us to do all we can to minimise exposure and improve our overall immunity.
But while maintaining a healthy vitamin D level can play a role in having a healthy immune system, it’s unclear whether it may help us to fight Covid-19 more effectively and quickly, as well as reduce the chances of hospitalisation – as some studies have suggested.