In this episode of Functional Medicine Research, I interview Dr. Joe Mather and Dr. Jeffrey Moss about Covid-19 immune strategies.  We had a great discussion about the immunology of Covid-19, diet, lifestyle, supplements, as well as Dr. Mather's first-hand clinical experience with Covid-19.

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Below is a full transcript of the interview on Covid-19 immune strategies:

Dr. Hedberg: Well, welcome everyone to Functional Medicine Research. I'm Dr. Hedberg. Really excited today to have two very special guests. We're gonna be talking about COVID-19.

And the first guest is Dr. Joe Mather. He's a MD. He also has a Master's in Public Health and Tropical Medicine. He's a board-certified Family Practice Physician. He graduated from Tulane University School of Medicine and Tulane University School of Public Health and completed his Family Medicine Residency in 2014. And he did actually travel to Malaysia to do infectious disease research and became interested in the role of intestinal infections and their impact on health. He also worked in a rural New Zealand clinic and he was the Medical Director of an Urgent Care and working as a Concierge Physician at the Center for Longevity and Wellness. Dr. Mather strives to deliver evidence-based individualized medicine to his patients. He does have a functional medicine practice in Louisiana where he works with a variety of patients with a specific interest in complex chronic disease and helping patients to optimize their health and longevity.

Now, interestingly, I just learned that, in 2013, Dr. Mather worked on a medical mission, and this was in Nicaragua where he provided healthcare to the remote mountainous region of Nicaragua and helped 2,400 patients and 5 villages. And he also has additional experience in infectious disease, he actually conducted a research project on tuberculosis treatment among Burmese refugees in Malaysia. So that's one of the reasons why I was really excited to have him on because of his deep infectious disease research and also because he's the only one of the three of us who has direct experience with COVID- 19.

So, Dr. Mather, welcome to the show.

Dr. Mather: Thank you so much. Happy to be here.

Dr. Hedberg: Great.

And then our other guest is Dr. Jeffrey Moss. He's the founder of Moss Nutrition. He graduated from the University of Michigan dental school where he employed clinical nutrition and his dental practice. He still has a small clinical nutrition practice today. He founded Moss Nutrition 27 years ago, providing high-quality research-based products and excellent education on how to use these products as well.

And so Dr. Moss has been involved in functional medicine for over 30 years, and he's been writing monthly newsletters, providing commentary on controversial and cutting-edge topics.

Dr. Hedberg:  Dr. Moss also established a online course on organic acids and amino acids testing, and he's a frequent speaker, teaching seminars across the country, and he's been a featured guest on many radio shows.

So, welcome Dr. Moss to the show.

Dr. Moss: Thank you. Thank you for having me.

Dr. Hedberg: So, COVID-19 is a really interesting times and I put together just some basic immunology of what I've been reading about what's going on with this virus. And I think the three of us, I know I've talked to Dr. Moss about this. The three of us were hesitant to put anything out about COVID-19 in the beginning, mainly because of a lack of experience with the actual virus, but also, it was more of a cautious and wait-and-see type approach and we wanted to make sure there was enough available data to start making some valid conclusions. And again, as I mentioned earlier, you know,