COVID-19 Prevention

There is a lot of information out there on how to prevent being infected by COVID-19. Good primary prevention like washing hands, using sanitisers, keeping social distance and wearing a mask is good advice, but there is more to prevention than just external protocols.
So what additional steps can we take? Most people infected by COVID-19 have a compromised immune system, this is apparently due to two key factors:

1. Co-morbidities (obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, hypertension).
2. ​Nutritional deficiencies.

To prevent infection and lower the risk of death, we must prepare and build up the immune system to function quickly and more effectively! Only by having a prepared and strong immune system will you be able to protect yourself and reduce your infection risk. So here are a few recommendations to optimise your immune system to help you fight any viral infection. 
Food:

• Eat real food! Reduce sugar and refined carbohydrates.
• ​Limit processed meals.
• Eat more vegetables, fruits and nuts.
• Hydrate well with water! 

Lifestyle:

• Try and sleep at least 8 hours a night.
• ​Exercise at least 3 times a week, even if it is a mild form exercise like walking.
• Relaxation and meditation.

Supplementation:

• Multivitamin and mineral, one daily.
• Vitamin C, between 3000-4000mg daily, reduce if it causes laxative effect (bowel tolerance).
• Vitamin D 2,000 - 5,000 IU daily depending on body weight.
• Zinc 30 mg daily.
• Magnesium 500 mg daily (in malate, citrate, or chloride form).
• Selenium 200 mcg daily (also contained in many multivitamin supplements, or eat a couple of Brazil nuts).
• Probiotics, 30 billion a day.

Out of the above supplements vitamin C is the most important and therefore should be the first line of defence against any viral disease including COVID-19. Vitamin C has been used successfully against every single virus including influenza, pneumonia, and even poliomyelitis. COVID-19 is a seriously contagious disease, but contagion to a virus largely depends on the susceptibility of the host. It is well established that low vitamin C levels increase susceptibility to viruses. 
The above protocol will not prevent you from becoming infected but will provide your body with necessary cofactors to negate many of the serious complications of the disease.