Dr. Ron returns to the show to focus on the topic on everyone’s minds these days, and provides an extremely compelling and fresh perspective about the true mechanisms for how the virus attacks the body and how you can greatly improve your chances of getting sick.  In short, your aerobic condition and your body composition are directly associated with your chances of getting sick, and how sick you get. But ― if you improve your aerobic conditioning and shed the inflammatory belly fat, aka visceral fat ― you greatly reduce your chances of trouble. Dr. Ron has promoted the connection between visceral fat and health for a long time, and now brings this topic into greater focus as we all strive to reduce the risk and spread of the highly contagious Covid-19. The reason why belly fat is relevant to Covid-19? “Because belly fat releases chemicals that cause your immune system to overreact ― which is what we’re trying to prevent with Covid-19,” says Dr. Ron. We hear plenty of anxiety-producing content from mainstream news outlets, so why not listen to this self-described “eternal optimist” discuss how to get healthier, how society will adjust in many positive ways (including more teleworking to increase worker efficiency), and more telemedicine (which can provide further insights to the doctor about how you live your life at home). Dr. Ron’s goal is to simply take people out of “panic mode” and prepare them for the “long haul” that lies ahead, which is why he thinks it is imperative that we, “Stop looking at Covid as an infectious disease, and more as a lifestyle disease.” Be sure to visit Dr. Ron’s highly informative site, culturalhealthsolutions.com, read the article when he affectionately calls the “Covesity” pandemic, and also download a free eBook titled, The Covid Survival Guide here.  You can also listen to past Get Over Yourself episodes with Dr. Ron, like Aging Gracefully, Medicine and Mindset, and Avoiding Heart Attacks and Evolving Your Perspective On Healthy Eating.  TIMESTAMPS: Introducing Dr. Ron, Brad mentions the new term “covesity” which is the association of the state of poor health during this time of COVID-19. [04:50] Dr. Sinha talks about the benefits of telemedicine with patients. [07:51] There are fewer medical appointments as people are sheltering in place.  This worries Dr. Sinha. [09:02] We've got to get out of the vision and thinking that COVID is basically exclusively an infectious disease. [10:06] It all depends on your body and your mind and how you are going to respond to this. [14:06] Brad asks Dr. Sinha whether we are making too much fuss of this. It’s about keeping your body healthy. [15:27] If you have elevated belly fat versus fat in other areas, there is increased risk factor for heart disease and cancer.  [19:52] Looking at the bloodwork can tell you about your risk factors. Vitamin D is also very important to look at.  [25:30] How are people getting taken down by this still since the shelter in place started? [28:57] You can be asymptomatic and be a carrier. There is still a lot of potential to spread. [31:48] Brad asks the doctor if his medical training included anything this severe as a pandemic. [34:16] Learning diaphragmatic breathing makes a huge difference. [35:22] Overall, it looks like physical activity is increasing during this time. [38:38] Micro workouts are a great breakthrough in the fitness industry. [40:20] It’s not just standing up and getting into that but having variation throughout the workday. [43:58] Get moving.  It is important to move every 30 to 40 minutes. [45:38] Maybe we can expect the corporate world to learn some healthy lessons during this COVID 19 sheltering experience.  [48:20] Around the 40 to 45-minute mark of sitting, we start to produce inflammatory cytokines. [50:07] The viral load versus the cytokine load is what causes the body to attack itself and you get taken down. [53:28]  LINKS:   CAR.O.L. Dr. Ron Sinha Podcast Cultural Health Solutions QUOTES: