Dr. Turner joins A Global and Holistic Approach to Your Health as a guest to discuss his holistic, integrative approach to Long COVID treatment. 

His initial approach to Long COVID include addressing pneumonia symptoms, low adrenal function, brain inflammation, and improving vascular/circular health. 

Join Dr. Turner for a further exploration of sleep and the immune system, including the importance of a resting bedtime ritual and slow-wave sleep.

3 Key Takeaways

* You don’t need to choose between western and eastern medicine to improve your quality of life. Oftentimes, it takes a little bit of everything to get you to your best health.

* Long COVID is treatable. I’ll share four methods for treating COVID, boosting your immunity, and improving your overall health. 

* Sleep is essential for your immune system. Removing hours from your rest routine will sabotage your immune system and prolong any illness. 

Time Stamps

[1:40] Introduction

[4:54] Dr. Turner’s 4 initial approaches to long-term COVID

* Any active COVID symptoms?

* In particular, any cough or lingering sign of pneumonia?

* Assess the patient’s adrenal function

* COVID can impact your adrenal glands

* Symptoms: brain fog; fatigue, especially in the morning

* If you have a good night’s sleep but still awaken feeling tired, that is a cardinal sign of low adrenal function

* Reduce brain inflammation

* This is what drives brain fog or loss of taste and smell (neuro-inflammatory damage)

* Can be addressed with supplements or medication

* Improve circulation

* COVID predisposes to blood clots

* Spike protein damages lining of blood vessels

*  Can be addressed with exercise, supplements, and medication

[11:37] Having long COVID is not an interminable sentence

* Recommends Front Line COVID Critical Care (FLCCC)

* Publishes effective long haul protocols

* Long COVID is treatable and curable

[18:33] Sleep health: The importance of a resting bedtime ritual

* Learn to give yourself a resting bedtime ritual, like tucking kids into bed

* The key is transitioning yourself from day-to-day energy for problem-solving to a nighttime state of internal recharge

* Don’t watch TV, pay bills, or having emotionally-charged conversations right before bed

* Some examples of restful activities: journaling, listening to calming music, reading with a night light, soaking feet in epsom salt, etc.

[20:34] Sleep health: optimal conditions 

* Think of a tomb: cold, dark and quiet

* Optimal sleep is at about 66 degrees

* Slow-wave Sleep

* Deepest, most restorative stage of sleep

* Lack of slow-wave sleep is correlated with Alzheimer’s

* Can be improved with exercise, supplements, medication

[23:24] Sleep and your immune system

* During sleep your body goes through cellular turnover and renewal

* The body reproduces approximately 300 billion cells per day

* Without sufficient sleep, your body is not producing the necessary immune cells to maintain optimal health. Excellent article here. 

* Your immune system fights infections mainly when you are asleep, not when you are awake!

[30:54] Final thoughts 

* Holistic, integrative solutions to living healthy, drawn from his experience as a physician, teacher, and high-level athletic enthusiast

Resources

How to Prevent and Treat COVID

Sleep and Immune Function

mydaolabs.com

FLCCC website

About Dr. Turner

Michael K. Turner, M.D., is a graduate of Stanford University, Harvard Medical School and The Mayo Clinic. He practices Integrative Medicine in his own national concierge practice, providing personalized approaches (including hormones, sleep, recovery, nutrition, supplements and exercise) to help people achieve their optimal state of health. Called “genuine”, “caring”, and “the best doctor in the world” by patients, he brings a high degree of empathy, trademark optimism, and a holistic approach to patient care. He brings a passion for excellence to everything he does. He believes in living and modeling a healthy, balanced lifestyle.  

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