Can Improve Metabolic Health Safe Us From Potential Pandemic Viruses?

Since the 14th century, the World has experienced around 20 worst pandemics that claimed millions of lives, and after 100 years we again experienced the 2019 pandemic named Covid19 or coronavirus. 

As the pandemic reached its severity sparing no territorial boundaries globally, several critics demanded the scientists and researchers answer all the investment put into testing and developing vaccines for such circumstances. 

The response was disappointing from the officials. For more than 12 months, we had no vaccine or cure for the mutated virus that was born some hundred years ago in hibernation.  

Till the preventive measures were officially announced and explained the world population was terrified for their health, mental health being as well as financial resources. 

Additionally, after the first wave of coronavirus disappeared, the experts warned of the potential risk of the second wave in which the virus might mutate even further. 

The second wave with mutated covid19 virus hit the United Kingdom territories first just after the distribution of the first vaccine was initiated. Currently, there is a lot of uncertainty surrounding vaccines as the ultimate solution. 

Right now, some countries are recovering from the pandemic last bits, some are dealing with the after-effects, and the rest are at the potential risk of a second wave, everybody is moving towards radical changes. Along with business practice, the standards of health care are also changing. 

In the health care sector, recently, there has been a lot of emphasis on metabolic health to increase immunity against several diseases.

The primary purpose of the metabolism to break down and convert the food into energy. During the process, our metabolism extracts the good sugar calories, vitamins and proteins from the beverages and food, then combines it with the oxygen. As a result, it gives the energy to function correctly.

Metabolism as a medical term is also used to describe all the chemical reactions concerned with the homeostasis of the cells and organisms. Suppose we concern ourselves further with the complexity of the metabolic system. In that case, it is divided into main categories such as catabolism which refers to the breakdown of the molecules for the energy release and anabolism which refers to the synthesis of the compounds required by our body cells. Metabolism is also responsible for the elucidation of the cellular signaling and its underlying mechanisms. 

The studies suggest that unhealthy metabolism can cause several physiological disturbances, including malnutrition, exhaustion, hormonal changes, obesity, and insulin resistance, eventually leading to diabetes mellitus type II.

Currently, the investigation of the underlying metabolism mechanisms is being done with the help of bioactive food compounds.

On the other hand, the immune system is primarily responsible for protecting our organs and other systems from the attack of bacterial diseases and viruses. Our immune system goes through several mechanisms to fight against potential disease symptoms, which often also cause physical changes. 

Any dysfunctionality in the weak immune system makes us a potential host of contagious and autoimmune diseases. 

The Relation between Metabolism and Immune System:

Our metabolism and immune cell function are not only linked but lawfully intervene in each other's mechanisms and functionality. Studies demonstrate that any alterations in cellular metabolism influence the immune cell system and correspondingly, the immune cell function determines the body's cellular metabolic state. 

According to the professionals, undernutrition is positively associated with immunosuppression (Suppression of the body's immune system) increasing the potential risk of infection, virus, and other kinds of autoimmune diseases. On the other hand, overnutrition is responsible for chronic inflammation and autoreactivity, increasing the potential risk of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases as well as disrupts immunity. 

How Is Metabolic Health Connected To Protection Against A Viral?

The reason we should connect the dots between our metabolism and immune system to prepare our body against a viral attack as much as possible.

 If you ask why the simple explanation is: As the genome of the virus is reduced, they rely on the host's metabolic machinery as a mechanism to replicate and speed up the multiplying/ infecting process. 

Viruses can inhabit almost every type of ecosystem, gaining the power to infect all groups of organisms. Viruses are considered as abundant pathogen on earth and are obligate intracellular parasites. Mutant or developed parasites act as an intricate association existing between the virus and host. 

There is little physiological understanding of how the virus affects the host system, which can ultimately help us understand the viral pathogenesis and host response. 

As preventative measures, several studies have been made to investigate the innate immune system and the pathways involved with the defense against viruses inclusive of the responses at genetic and cellular levels.

How to Boost Your Metabolism:

Since pure metabolic system stability is directly proportional to our immune system and vice versa, it is necessary for us to work on our metabolic health to increase the strength of the immune system as well.

Several health sociologists, health care experts, and Senior Home Health Care Services are also emphasizing better metabolic health for quick recovery. 

Some of the quick methods to boost metabolism backed by science includes

You should include proteins with every meal to improve the metabolism as proteins cause the thermic effect of food TEF responsible for burning more calories and functioning. 

There are a lot of myths related to the consumption of cold water. However, drinking cold water can effectively increase your metabolism process.

If you are an exercise freak, it is easier for you to boost your metabolism. Since metabolism's effectiveness depends on how many calories it can burn, high-intensity workouts work well with the phenomena. A high-intensity training will increase and improve overall body functioning as well as boost several hormones responsible for energetic mood. 

While the researchers are studying the metabolic requirements and mechanisms of these viruses in order to develop tailored drugs these are a few measures we must take to ensure our health and safety in the future.

Even though it is likely that the next pandemic in 100 years with invading our lives with mutated properties, a strong relationship between the metabolism and immune system can save the population from fatal consequences. In the circumstances of the contagious virus humans, cant dodge it but we can survive it.