We are grateful to remain open while California is in the purple tier, and look forward to continuing providing healthcare to our community during this time.
We are following all state and county guidelines in order to offer the safest possible environment in which to care for our patients.
We recommend building immune resiliency at all times, but even more so during a pandemic.
A vaccine may not be available for many more months, and with the potential of getting sick at the forefront of many people’s minds, we urge everyone to consider how your body might respond if you do become unwell.
Whether it’s the COVID-19 virus, the common cold, or the seasonal flu, it’s important for each of our immune system’s to behave and respond as best they can, should you become compromised. For this reason, we’re remaining open and available to provide care for you.
Reducing inflammation in the body, managing pain, healing our gut, getting adequate sleep and rest, and modulating the immune system is at the top of our list of recommendations, alongside doing whatever possible to limit and regulate the effects of stress. We are here to support you in your health journey during this time.
All of our providers have been hard at work to stay abreast of functional and integrative treatments for the COVID-19 virus. It’s unlike any virus that we’ve seen in the past in the way that it affects various organs and systems in the body. We are learning too of the potential for many to suffer post-COVID symptoms (post-COVID syndrome).
While we are still learning how to support the system fully, we do know some strategies that can be safely implemented to allow a return to balance.
Functional Medicine for Immune Resilience
If you are wanting to learn more about how to improve immune resiliency, please schedule a Functional Medicine appointment with me— either tele-medicine or in-person appointment. (If you have been exposed, diagnosed, or recovering, please schedule a phone consultation only).
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be sharing some insights on how to develop and build immune resiliency with some tools that may provide support if you do get sick.
Below you will find some of our recommendations for immune-supportive supplements.
Foundational Nutrients for Immune Resiliency
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Vitamin D with K2:
(We recommend you have your levels checked by a healthcare professional first)
5000 IU/day for adults and 2000/day IU for pediatrics is a safe dosage.
We like to add Vitamin A into these fat soluble vitamins to regulate the immune system.
Elevate Pharmacy recommendation:
Vitamin D Complete 5000 by Allergy Research
Zinc:
Picolinate form is the most well absorbed and best for promoting immune function.
Maximum dosage is 40 mg/day.
Elevate Pharmacy recommendation:
Zinc 30 by Pure Encapsulations
NAC or Glutathione:
Anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory; can play a crucial role in the immune system and help manage inflammation.
It supports the lungs and mucous production.
Elevate Pharmacy recommendation:
NAC 600mg (twice a day) by Pure Encapsulations or
Liposomal Glutathione by Quicksilver (2 pumps twice a day)
Vitamin C:
1g in divided doses throughout the day.
Anti-oxidant and vital for appropriate immune response.
If you find yourself depleted and struggling to take daily supplements, you might consider getting an immune boosting IV from Ha Dang, ND, LAc at Elevate.
Please call for more information.
We hope you will stay safe during the holidays and throughout this winter — We are here to support you should you need us.
Melinda Choy, CEO, LAc, FM Practitioner
Elevate Wellness Center
