Going through winter without catching a cold or, more seriously, the flu, involves having a healthy lifestyle and consuming foods that strengthen immunity. What are they ? The kiwi In the category of fruits rich in vitamin C, the kiwi is on the podium! A single kiwi fruit covers the daily needs of the body for this precious vitamin, which increases the absorption of iron. And there are French kiwis! This avoids buying fruit that has traveled … The grenade This fruit is full of antioxidant compounds (tannins, anthocyanins …), and is recognized for its antibacterial and antiviral properties. Studies have shown its protective effects on the heart and the…
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Coronavirus: Can Antibodies from Cured Patients Help?
“Since there are people who recover from coronavirus, we can safely say that they have developed the antibodies necessary for this cure. So could we not, from a blood test, identify these antibodies in order to make them either a vaccine or at least a medicine against this virus? ” Asks Martin Paradis, of Saint-Martin-de- Beauce. The ‘re Antibodies are proteins that the immune system produces so they “cling” to a pathogen (virus, bacteria, toxin) and off. So technically, we cannot make a vaccine from antibodies: vaccines are rather weak or dead microbes, or often “pieces” of microbes that we present to the immune system so that it learns to…
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Healthy Carrier of Coronavirus: Is It Contagious Even Without Symptoms?
No fever, no cough … 80% of people infected with coronavirus present a mild form of the disease or show no symptoms at all (asymptomatic form of the disease). How do you know if you are contagious? How long does the risk of contagion last? Can we be a healthy carrier of coronavirus?” 80% of infected people report little or no symptoms , so Covid-19 (the coronavirus discovered in China in December 2019, editor’s note) is a virus that is asymptomatic or mild in the vast majority of French people, “said Olivier Véran, current Minister of Solidarity and Health on Monday March 10, 2020. A characteristic that complicates the detection…
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7 unusual effects of coronavirus
Rush on toilet paper, planes running empty, drop in the quality of telephone calls, dogs and cats thrown out of the window … The disturbances caused by the Covid-19 epidemic lead to a cascade of consequences that sometimes go. .. very far. The quarantine of millions of inhabitants, the closure of schools and universities, the shutdown of factories and the suppression of transport: governments are taking great measures to try to stem the spread of the coronavirus . But these exceptional measures are not without consequences. A quick tour of the spectacular and unusual effects of the Covid-19 Fruit and vegetables rotting in the fields Confined to their region, Chinese…
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Coronavirus: what are the risks of confinement for our mental health?
Beware of collateral damage. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic , a team of British researchers is warning world leaders about the potentially “dramatic” effects of the containment measures imposed to curb the coronavirus. In France, such a device came into force on Tuesday, March 17, at noon, for a minimum of fifteen days – without the question of the impact on mental health having been clearly posed. In an article published on March 14 in the scientific journal The Lancet (in English) , seven members of the psychology department of King’s College London warn: “The potential benefits of a massive and compulsory quarantine must be weighed carefully possible…
