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so today I want to talk about why diabetes makes you more susceptible to

getting viruses and more specifically I’m talking about COVID-19 being a

diabetic triples the mortality rate from this virus but the question is why well

here’s why the virus enters the cell through your own body’s receptor and the

type of receptor is this right here ace 2 receptor so it goes in there and it

starts to replicate so here’s the thing the more ace 2 receptors you have on

your cells the higher the susceptibility to this virus you’re going to be and

diabetics have a lot more ace 2 receptor proteins on their cells people with high

blood glucose have more ace 2 receptors people that have higher amounts of

insulin also have higher amounts of these receptors and this is why they’re

more susceptible to viruses however there’s a couple additional reasons that

you need to know about number one the condition insulin resistance and by the

way about 75 percent of the population has instant resistance so it’s very very

very very common insulin resistance can impair your immune response to a

virus okay but that’s not all people with hyperglycemia high sugar which is a

lot of people and I’m talking also about people that are pre-diabetic have a

decrease in neutrophils now let me explain what a neutrophil is when you

have an infection about 70 percent of your white blood cells are neutrophils

so they’re very very common they are basically a phagocyte they’re a cell

that eats viruses and bacteria but primarily they’re involved in a lot of

viral infections so when you’re diabetic your neutrophils go down now there are

three things that neutrophils do number one they eat viruses for lunch

okay number two they release anti microbial chemicals that kill pathogens

like hydrogen peroxide okay and chloride bleach they actually release bleach and

they end up killing the microbes number three they have another strategy using

what’s called an NETS nets where they literally put a net over the microbe and

dissolve that microbe with the chemicals one of the problems with neutrophils is

they do create a lot of collateral damage because they have these poisons

and sometimes they can affect your immune system but the point is that if

you don’t have enough neutrophils your immune system is going to be compromised

where your body just doesn’t have the weapons to fight so you can imagine this

if you want to send out your troops to battle without any weapons what’s gonna

happen this is what happens when your blood sugar is high and this is why a

diabetic has a higher mortality rate with this virus and other viruses as

well now if you’re a diabetic and you’re concerned about COVID-19 the coronavirus

and you continue to eat foods that are high in carbohydrates then we know you

are missing a real key piece to this entire puzzle because with some slight

modifications of your diet by cutting out those carbs and decreasing the

frequency of your meals you can greatly improve diabetes and you can actually

improve your immune system as well so if you’re a diabetic you need to know what

to eat to minimize the risk factors so I put that video right here and check it

out