Dr. Eric Topol
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And it's just all part of this anti-vax story that we're seeing.
It's just there's nothing that's been shown to be more helpful in vaccine.
promoting health than vaccines.
Tens of millions of lives.
And there's no perfect vaccine.
We'll acknowledge that.
But whenever we have anything in medicine, whether it's a drug or a vaccine or anything, it's always the risk versus the benefit ratio.
And here the benefit is just so exponentially important.
So it's terrible to see this getting negated and overridden and challenged.
Well, quite a bit, actually.
Now, some of it is lifestyle factors.
So if you have a diet, an optimal diet that doesn't promote inflammation,
And that would be a plant-based diet largely.
It would be avoiding as much as possible the bad ultra-processed foods that stimulate inflammation, avoiding too high a protein diet, which has been linked to promoting inflammation and atherosclerosis.
So a diet that's healthy is one thing.
The second is exercise is incredibly important for keeping our immune system intact.
and blocking untoward inflammation.
And then sleep, really important, deep sleep.
It's good.
Wow, that's great.