Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/aaIi2jdCaVU   The high fat, low carb diet that is keto triggers activation of special lung T lymphocytes that make mucus webs which sideline  influenza viruses.  This finding is now reported by Yale immunobiologists using a mouse model.   The keto diet facilitates influenza virus death and better experimental animal survival compared with a high carb diet.  A line of mice incapable to producing the mucus-generating T cells saw no benefit from the keto diet.   With the flu season upon us, do get the vaccine.  Add to its protection by going keto and increasing your intake of fatty fish, beef, full-fat milk and cheese, avocado, peanut and almond butters, and healthy fatty oils.   Emily L. Goldberg, Ryan D. Molony, Eriko Kudo, Sviatoslav Sidorov, Yong Kong, Vishwa Deep Dixit, Akiko Iwasaki. Ketogenic diet activates protective γδ T cell responses against influenza virus infection. Science Immunology, 2019; 4 (41): eaav2026 DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aav2026   https://www.healthline.com/nutr