Dr. Paul Mason - 'How to Survive Coronavirus - Part 1: The Role of Diet' 

Six months ago I was in sad shape. My joints hurt, my feet hurt, I was gaining weight at an alarming rate, and I had Insulin Resistance. Then I switched from a low fat/high carb diet to a low carb/high fat diet. I gave up processed foods and made sure I was eating far better. Now I've lost 55 pounds, my feet & joints no longer hurt, and I have far more energy. I'm so glad I discovered Intermittent Fasting and Low Carb BEFORE the COVID-19 Virus hit us.

Dr. Paul Mason... one of the world's top docs!

Dr Mason, you cannot imagine the difference a high fat high protein diet has made to my stage IV illness. It is so very kind, helpful and magnificent of you to broadcast this information. Cheers, my friend. A long and wonderful life to you. ☀🍀

Paul, I sincerely hope your LCHF message gets through to as many as possible. Health is, ultimately, our greatest wealth.

This should be used by those with scientific Knowledge ( GPs, nutritionists, dietitians, health coaches, exercise physiologists, occupational therapists etc ) to explain to the general population " how not to get severely ill with coronavirus" in the face of a viral challenge. Another valuable and timely contribution from Dr Paul Mason. Well researched.

Meanwhile, people are panicking and hoarding carbs at the grocery store. The irony.

wow, i am sharing your talk as far and wide as i can. especially to my GP and Endocrinologist who told me over a year ago she isn't interested in my ketogenic diet. My HgA1c went from 6.8 to 6.0 in a few months. no drugs, just keto. she still didn't care. thank you thank you thank you!

You are great Dr Mason! From hundreds of papers I read, your presentation puts all in one place. Kudos! What a joy to read you

Share with doctors? Better to post to politicians in a letter and demand answers. Doctors say what politicians tell them to. Dr Mason is amazing again. Many thanks

This presentation should be seen by every Doctor at every level throughout the world. We have a sick world 🌎 and it is time to realise that LCHF life style is our saviour J R Savage UK😀 Excellent Paul.

Even with my poor english I can understand him easy and clear. THANK YOU FROM POLAND.

Dr. Mason, This video is fantastic! You have covered the role of the diet in metabolic issues and our immune system, backed up by clinical data. I will be sharing this with with everyone I know.

Followed this advice 1 year ago, Resolved HBP and improved cholesterol markers. Today is day 9 after being tested positive for covid 19 (very minor symptoms) , thank god I saw this a year ago.! Thank you Paul, you are a global treasure.

Dr. Paul Mason is always SPOT ON with his presentations. I try to talk to my friends who are obese or high blood pressure and tell them to cut back on the carbs and they think I'm on crazy pills. I do carb cycling (low carb 1 day, 200 grams the following) with OMAD/time restricted feeding and its the best I've felt on years. Between Dr.Mason and Dr. Fedtke, the knowledge will actually blow your mind! Thank you for the talk! Also: who thumbs down this video? Seriously?

Spot on. They have had multiple centurions on the news who have survived it and every one of them was super skinny and looked in good health. (102, 104 and 105 years old) On the other hand I've seen pictures of many Americans who have died from it and every one of them was obese.

I started Keto in late november 2019, at >140Kg, Metformin, 62 units of injected insulin / day. Enalapril, And yes Statin of course. At the end of January 2020 I could remove the last of those drugs :) Today the scale shows 103Kg, so I still have a bit to go as far as weight is concerned. But I feel absolutely great! Like I'm on some super drug. Today when I see these extrem sport people do something crazy my instinctive reaction is; pfft. I could do that! :D

This guy is BRILLIANT!

This is THE BEST 30 mins anyone can spend on grasping the issue of how to be healthy especially in at time of covid 19 but all the time. THANK YOU PAUL. You are a real star in the firmament.

God bless you, thank you for such a marvellous video so caring of you to break it all down for the lay person. My doctor has had me tormented re my non compliance re cholesterol lowering meds. I had to take the decision to stop going no back up, understanding of low carb. She has me dead and buried. I've now got confirmation re LDL, cholesterol, BP. I'd done so much research over 2 yrs on low carb. Never had all this explained like you have done. I am smiling, Happy re my health progress. 🤗Subbed & Liked:)

I’m blown away by what you have to say as I try my best to get my dr to listen to my reasons for no carb high fat/protein diet I eat as he tells me I cannot possibly cut out a good group such as grains and tells me, an Endochronologist that I need to see a (uniformed) dietician. But I refuse and take my nutrition into my own hands. Thank you for your wonderful informative messages which I’m passing on to my sick friend with hypertension as I’m trying to get her off her meds telling her food is the medicine to heal her. Now I have the science you present to back up what I tell her. Great 👍🏼 job. Thank you and keep them coming. 🙏🏻

Thank you! It is amazing, though, how resistant people are to hearing this information.

Thank you for doing what you do, Doc Mason! The world needs to hear what you have to say!

Some of the myriad benefits of fasting on the immune system and for anti-aging, all evidence based: Blood sugar and insulin are lowered, allowing white blood cells to move more freely throughout the body and do their job. Ideal blood sugar is around 80. Some viruses activate glycolosis (the release of sugar in the body) and clinically it has been shown that decreasing glucose metabolism in the body weakens the influenza virus. When you move out of MTOR your body shuts down the building blocks of the cell which are used to produce organelles and proteins. This means the mechanisms needed by viruses to replicate are by and large unavailable when you are in a deeply fasted state. It stimulates the AMPK complex and activates autophagy. Autophagy (literally self eating) will cause cells to recycle foreign matter such as viruses. AMPK does many helpful things in the body including activating the body's antioxidant defenses. Deep ketosis virtually eliminates inflammation in the body. This can offset the life threatening symptoms of viral pneumonia which effectively kills you through inflammation. This also creates BHB ketones in your body, which also help your immune system and anti-oxidative system, especially in the brain. Ketones also provide an additional energy source during infection, which is critical when trying to fight off a bug. In fact you can have as much as three times the total energy available in your blood when you are in deep ketosis, or even more. It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency and thereby making cells better able to fight off infection. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism and cancer prevention! T and B immune cells retreat to the bone marrow and are renewed at a genetic level, each cell having all its DNA repaired. This supercharges your immune system and makes your cells young again. On top of all this, fasting encourages the direct apoptosis (death) of infected cells, shortcutting the typically length and messy process of killing them off through macrophages which can kill off bystander cells and is part of how cytokine storms cause issues.. Your body releases interferon which is also triggered by the body during viral attacks to shut down the replication ability of the surrounding cells and stop infections. After 72 hours or more fasted, your body actually recycles large numbers of immune bodies and creates new ones, rejuvenating your entire system. In this process many white blood cells and mitochondria fuse together and the working parts of damaged cells are kept while the bad ones are recycled. Stem cells also release into the bloodstream at this point. When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells. This kills these cells off completely. Senescent cells are responsible for the effects of aging and are the root cause of the development of cancer. If it were possible to destroy them all it would completely stop aging and cancer. That is not possible but fasting can help limit these effects by killing off many of the affected cells and limiting the future effects of aging. Fasting also releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth, helping a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers. Eating one meal a day can bring most of these benefits to a lesser degree, and adding a few entire days off from eating per week will have even more effect especially when starting to feel poorly. Pregnant or nursing women should not fast, nor should people with pancreatic tumors or hypoglycemia. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution. People with Addison's disease may also be unable to fast. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind simply break the fast and seek advice.

Once again a terrific video from Dr. Paul Mason! I had already read/heard that most of COVID19 patients in ICU were obese or overweight, but the explanantion from the journalists (at least here in France) was a bit short : they are obese so they don't have a good health. Now, thanks to Dr. Mason, I understand better the implication of insulin levels and glycation in diseases like the flu and the covid19.

Thank you for this - it's one of the best presentations I've seen - just stating exactly what is... BEAUTIFUL!!!

Fantastic video Dr Mason. I’ve shared this with all my doctor friends and family.

Awesome! Thank you for taking the time to make this video, with such a simple and concise message, it is much appreciated!

I would like to see your take on IL6 in the next part. I hear ACE may not be as important as first thought. Great video. I am always very impressed with your work. 👍🏻🇮🇪

Wow. Dr. Mason, I’ve watched quite a few of your presentations and they are absolutely brilliant. Such an incredibly high standard with clearly presented evidence and everything is referenced. Brilliant and highly commendable. Thank you so much for this. Please keep up your great work! Thank you 🙏

Thank you Paul. Another easily understood, comprehensive overview of the role of poor diet and adverse health outcomes. I think that the message is slowly getting through.

I am trying to book an online Skype appointment with this doctor after listening to a lot of his talks over the last few days. We need more knowledgeable doctors like Dr Mason.

Thank you so much for this well organised information. Those papers abandoned due to the " wrong results" are interesting.

I respect your knowledge Dr

Thank you, Dr. Mason.

Thanks!! Your broadcast certainly helps me stay the course on my LCHF diet. Almost a year now.

Brilliant and essential information again for you Dr🙏. All of which should be mainstream! Stay well and happy

As always you open our mind. As always excellent presentation! Thanks!

Beautiful summary; but you were gentle on the ethics of those who hid results of well designed, taxpayer funded, research which happened to contradict the group-think of the day (which some would say was quazi-religious!). Diplomatic. good.

Fantastic. One of the most concise and clear explanations anyone could hope to hear. Thank you for your effort. I am going to forward this to most of my friends and post it on Facebook. I will be curious to see if the average lay person gets it but I think they will.

Keep up the Great work Paul. Love hearing your advice. 👍

Medical doctors need to listen to this.

Amazing video DOc . I Will share it as much as posible . Best regards from Barcelona

My sleep apnea vanished within one month of going on the ketogenic diet. I'd probably hardly lost any fat at all at that point. (Eventiually lost 80lb after two years.)

Love this lecture, you have included all aspects of LCHF, and covid, and even include the danger of ventilation! (inability to save all) Especially appreciated is your comment on TPN, as an ICU nurse, I've been worried about these feeds for years. Still no official link between Statins and sepsis? It will come.

At age of 70 I went LCHF june 2018 I lost 23% of my starting bodyweight . I feel brilliant My wife has sleep apnea and adopted LCHF too but changed to eating a vegetarian high carb diet and has become obese. I see it every day so sad

Love you so much, keep sharing all your wisdom!!!

Thank you for sharing your Knowledge Paul. The information you impart is Brilliant. Could you possibly break up the Videos into smaller segments. The reasons been, there is so much exceptional information to absorb and think about at once and to retain, after considering the information, plus we all lead busy lives, so under 10 mins, would for me, be more beneficial. Than you again.

If only Angel Keys was alive today to see these findings. I would love to see the expression on his face!! Nice work Dr. Mason👍

Paul your creative thinking about what we already know is genius it drives medical thinking forward!

How true this talk turned out to be after 2 years. Well done Sir

Thank you ! A wonderful presentation .

Great summary! Its all here. Thanks you!

My favorite part of hospital visits is the fluffy sugar cake with frosting and sprinkles.

Thanks for a very clear answer to many health problems.

Do you understand sir what you're doing? You are saving life's? Been carnivore now for 2 years. Fatty liver gone, calcification? Gone. Athlete's foot, diabetes, sunburn, need way less toilet paper. Brain function, mood. The main problem we have now is we don't need doctors but just surgeons. The other problem is the world can't all eat like this. Just imagine the meat prices. Last but not least I can't go back. I grill steak and lamb and eat eggs and butter and I love it I eat one meal a day. Fasting heals the body. You sure have balls coming out and stating this. God bless you.

Thankyou Paul for your work on these issues, it pays to read the whole study and not just the Abstract.

Vegans: "Humans need carbohydrate." Science: "Carbohydrate is a non essential macro-nutrient in humans."

Thank you! A lot of great information.

Great !! Great !! presentation Dr Mason !!

Great work, thanks ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Awesome! The world is upside down! Doing low carb in Arizona.

Well, I’ve survived thus far on Part 1 of the series. Any idea, Dr. Mason, for when you might be ready with a follow-up? And thank you for presenting the evidence so clearly!

The terrain is everything.

Please increase volume! One can always turn volume down if found to be too loud! Excellent information I need…. but could not hear well enough to follow.

Excellent discussion, thank you.

Incredible men must be a Nobel Prize winner for sure doing a lot for mankind love you man

Excellent! Thank you, kindly!

Loved this. Thank you. X

This man is wicked-smart!

Thank you sooooo much. This has answered sooooo many of my questions. Thank you thank you thank you♥️♥️♥️♥️

Thank you Dr Paul for the information in healthy diet.

Wonderful explanation. Thank you for this video.

I felt 'it' come on a few days ago. Confirmed today. Luckily (while I'm not out of the woods yet) I've been LCHF for months and I had 2 days sweating it out in bed. So, just 3 days later I've virtually no fever and feel pretty well. Ok, I haven't slept much and I lost my appetite but, touch wood that'll be the end of it.

All great common sense! Thank you!

Why is NONE of this mentioned by main stream media????

Thank you dr. Great information!

Thanks Paul. Was great to meet you at low carb down under last year. Just wondering what formula is low carb if you end up on a ventilator?? Do they have it in NZ hospitals? Definitely would not want the high carb formula!! Not planning to get Covid 19 but just gathering information...

Excellent information as always, but the volume level is terrible. Please try to correct this in future videos.

Fascinating lecture !!!

Hi Dr. Paul. Just a quick question (not sure if it’s related to this coronavirus video of yours). I’ve been doing IF for a few years now and OMAD in the last 10 months. I feel very good all around especially with my mental sharpness. Although my cholesterol levels are high (6.9 mmol/L), it’s ok because you said as long as Triglycerides to HDL ratio is below 0.8. Mine is 0.35 mmol/mmol (.6/1.7). But is my ALT level of 53 u/L a cause of concern for my liver given that the Australian recommended range (RMH Hospital ) is below 40 u/L? Thanks heaps for all your informative videos. Cheers.

Thanks for this.

Excellent !

Hello. This is great. Is there a Part 2?

Is there a Part 2 to this wonderful video ?

Excellent video learnt a lot, thanks 😊

Thank you for your shared info.

So what is the defined level of "High Blood Pressure" in COVID cases? We know that there are different opinions about what IS HBP. Thanks for all you do.

Thank you Sir God bless

Well done!

Great presentation

Dr Paul. Is there any way of getting a script of this video. My husband would find it very difficult understand the audio or process it.

Thank you !!! BEST.DOCTOR.EVER !!! :-)

Please let me know what type of glucose test for an android and Apple is good quality. Thanks for all this information. I'm a long haul trucker trying to be low carb, high animal fat trucker.

I read, part 1. When does part 2 comes out?

I am in total agreement on the metabolic syndrome in regards to C19. From various papers I conclude that it can either be the comorbidity by itself or it could be also impacted by the medications given to treat those chronic diseases. With Insulin that is not a question, with ACE inhibitors it is closely related but I think that also statins have most likely an effect by reducing the LDL levels needed for a healthy immune system. Would be interesting if you research that and provide an opinion. Thanks.

The reason a lot of these studies got lost was the researchers got government funding to prove the food pyramid - they were worried about losing their grant!!!! The government had to keep industry - particularly the wheat industry happy - it was across the world !!!!! So many books in this now for anyone interested

Is there a part 2? Please insert into description. I wish governments would have put this advice out 2 yrs ago. I had my doctor bang on about cholesterol testing even though my ratio is good. Its s annoying.

While I will ALWAYS stay keto , currently positive for Covid and the fatigue is awful. After 5 months ketovore, my energy was thru the roof prior to getting this upper respiratory virus.

Further to my comments Dr Mason I’m currently in hospital with fractured foot and ribs from a fall. I get IBS every time I’m in hospital because they cannot give me my low carb high protein/fat diet I require and I have constant diarrhoea and vomiting. My normal GP has been negligent in picking up osteoporosis in me as I was told I could’ve had the prolia injection six monthly to slow down the loss of bone density after having many dexa scans yet my doctor ignored my request so I went elsewhere to get it. What is your opinion on having that injection to slow down the loss of bone density and women over 69? Thank you for the great videos keep them coming I am still on a low carb high-protein diet and I’m doing the best I can to lose some weight. It’s not easy when everybody is against what I want to do and even ridicule my diet. I have a diabetic brother who laughs when I tell him what to do to reverse type two diabetes. He just goes by the food pyramid which is so outdated and won’t listen to research I send him. He just believes in his diabetes educator and will not research anything for him self which is unfortunate as when his BSL drop he just eats carbs and he won’t listen to me. So frustrating that I could help him get better! He also had a massive heart attack as well, yet he still won’t listen!

Great explanation video showing among other that all that people that were in good health and had problems with complications were maybe not really that healthy. And just hearing name that criminal of Ancel Keys it makes me truly sick.