Viral Immunity Recipes; Let Food be Thy medicine

I invite you to hone in on what types of foods may be the most supportive for prevention of 'Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2'( SARS-COV2).

There are certain naturally occurring compounds that have been shown to inhibit 3- chymotrypsin-like protease (3CLpro). This is a fancy word for an enzyme integral in viral replication in SARS. By inhibiting this enzyme, viral replication is thought to be stunted.

Sinigrin, Hesperetin, Herbacetin, Rhoifolin, epigallocatechin gallate, and Quercetin are a few of these naturally occurring compounds. The following recipe encompasses a little bit of each of these.

Viral Recipe:

Blend a dressing composed on fresh squeezed grapefruit, orange and lemon juice, a generous handful of cilantro, 1 tbsp flax seed oil, apple cider vinegar, + anything else that feels nutritive in your kitchen.

Spread over an assortment of steamed or baked brassica vegetables (kale, broccoli, cauliflower), asparagus, and radish.

Enjoy alongside a cup of green tea

Disclaimer: This advice is based upon research conducted in regard to SARS-CoV, which shares 79.5% sequence identity to SARS-CoV-2.

Disclaimer 2, This is not Medical advice, this is life advice.
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References:⁠
- Yang, Yang, et al. "Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Treatment of Patients Infected with 2019-New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2): A Review and Perspective." Int J Biol Sci 16.10 (2020): 1708-1717.⁠
- Mazumder, Anisha, Anupma Dwivedi, and Jeanetta Du Plessis. "Sinigrin and its therapeutic benefits." Molecules 21.4 (2016): 416.⁠
- Anand A. Zanwar, ... Subhash L. Bodhankar, in Polyphenols in Human Health and Disease, 2014⁠

 Refaat, John, et al. "Rhoifolin: A review of sources and biological activities." Int. J. Pharmacogn 2 (2015): 102-109.

- Jo S, Kim S, Shin DH, Kim M-S. Inhibition of SARS-CoV 3CL protease by flavonoids. J Enzyme Inhib Med Chem. 2020;35:145-51

-Nguyen TTH, Woo HJ, Kang HK, Nguyen VD, Kim YM, Kim DW. et al. Flavonoid-mediated inhibition of SARS coronavirus 3C-like protease expressed in Pichia pastoris. Biotechnol Lett. 2012;34:831-8