Use of the Healthy Living Medicine Platform to Minimize COVID-19 Vaccination: Dispelling This Myth Before It Takes Hold

Article Sport Sciences

Association between regular physical activity and the protective effect of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in a South African case-control study

Shirley Collie et al.

Summary: Regular physical activity is associated with improved vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 hospitalization, with higher levels of physical activity associated with greater vaccine effectiveness.

BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE (2023)

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Article Immunology

Exercise after influenza or COVID-19 vaccination increases serum antibody without an increase in side effects

Justus Hallam et al.

Summary: Exercise can enhance antibody response to influenza and COVID-19 vaccines in adults, without increasing side effects. The study shows that 90 minutes of light-to-moderate-intensity exercise can consistently increase serum antibody levels four weeks after immunization.

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY (2022)

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Review Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems

Shelter from the cytokine storm: Healthy living is a vital preventative strategy in the COVID-19 era

Ross Arena et al.

Summary: COVID-19 continues to have a devastating global impact, with emerging variants reducing vaccination efficacy. Measures such as social distancing and stay-at-home mandates will continue to be necessary. Research has shown that individuals with unhealthy lifestyles, chronic disease risk factors, and/or confirmed diagnoses of chronic conditions are at the greatest risk of hospitalization, ICU admission, mechanical ventilation, and death if infected with COVID-19. The cytokine storm is believed to be a pathological response to COVID-19 infection leading to poor outcomes. This review highlights the association between unhealthy lifestyles and vulnerability to the cytokine storm, as well as the physiological mechanisms that healthy living behaviors can elicit to decrease the risk. The findings suggest a new global syndemic where unhealthy lifestyles, chronic disease risk factors, and COVID-19 outcomes are intricately linked. The promotion of healthy living behaviors is crucial in addressing this syndemic and improving resilience to both chronic diseases and viral infections.

PROGRESS IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES (2022)

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Review Immunology

Effects of Exercise and Physical Activity Levels on Vaccination Efficacy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Petros C. Dinas et al.

Summary: Chronic aerobic exercise or high levels of physical activity can increase influenza antibodies in the human body, while the effects of exercise/physical activity levels on vaccines other than influenza are limited.

VACCINES (2022)

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Review Medicine, General & Internal

Mapping One Million COVID-19 Deaths and Unhealthy Lifestyle Behaviors in the United States: Recognizing the Syndemic Pattern and Taking Action

Ross Arena et al.

Summary: The United States has reached over one million deaths from COVID-19, and there is a clear association between unhealthy lifestyle behaviors and COVID-19 infection. The US is experiencing a syndemic rather than a pandemic, involving unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, chronic diseases, and COVID-19. This syndemic has had a significant impact on the more than one million deaths in the United States during the pandemic. Promoting healthy living behaviors is a major pathway to addressing this syndemic.

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE (2022)

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Review Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems