As a continuation of my post for boosting immunity in the face of COVID-19, I wanted to share some intel and insight from renowned researcher and best selling author, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, PhD who has over 60 years of experience in the field of nutritional science.
Dr. Campbell developed research and feature called “Our Most Important Defense Against COVID-19: Finding Hope through Scientific Evidence” which outlines how consuming a whole, plant diet (vegetables, fruits, whole grain cereals, legumes and nuts) can increase our defences. This falls in line with my stance on ayurvedic, non violent consumption habits in order to strategically boost immunity for all beings.
Dr. Campbell comments that “we find ourselves in this difficult place because for years industry, government, and academia have suppressed the most important truth of health, which is that there is credible evidence that a diet of whole, plant-based foods (vegetables, fruits, whole grain cereals, legumes and nuts) can create more health than all the pills and procedures combined.
“The supporting evidence for this bold statement refers to the ability of this diet to not only prevent so-called chronic degenerative diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, cancer, etc.) but also to treat many of these same diseases, a response that can be seen in days.”
As someone who became vegan just over three years ago with the intention of optimising my body, mind and existence on this plane, I have experienced my health, reality and artistry strengthen since making more conscious decisions with my consumption. This also ties into vedic thinking and karmic values from many ancient philosophies, so it is great to hear Dr. Campbell confirming this from his perspective with many years in industry as even currently young doctors are only taught up to 4 hours of nutritional studies within their entire degrees which is pretty telling of how supressed this information has been systemically.
Dr. Campbell continues, “the story gets even more compelling, especially concerning our current crisis. In my opinion, good evidence exists to show that the beneficial effects of a whole food, plant-based (WFPB) diet also applies to viral diseases like COVID-19. I am referring to 1) research findings in my lab in the 1970s through the 1990s, 2) supplementary evidence from a comprehensive study of diet, lifestyle and disease, twice done, in a human population in rural China during the 1980s, and 3) specific evidence from researchers on diet and viral infection.”
For more insight, click though to Plant Pure Communities where you can read more depth from Dr. Campbell’s research which further cements that “a WFPB diet can 1) prevent, perhaps even reverse, the chronic degenerative diseases which make older individuals more susceptible to COVID-19 while 2) simultaneously increasing immunity by inactivating the COVID-19 itself.
Consuming this diet does not mean we won’t get infected by the virus, but it should increase our defenses to avoid the worst effects from the infection, and in so doing, help to flatten the curve of hospitalisations.”
Dr. Campbell urges the public to educate themselves and states that “there is no greater form of education than experience, so I also suggest you consider going on a plant-based diet, if only for 10 days, to experience its health benefits.”
I know many of you reading this are already vegan, but feel free to share this research with friends and family that you might be trying to help at this time.