How to Breathe Easy During COVID-19: A Look at Oxidative Stress! 😷

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If you are living in a city, do you think you can still be healthy? What is oxidative stress? Is oxidative stress made worse due to air quality and increases your risk of getting COVID-19? In this episode, we discuss oxidative stress and air pollution, and their relation to COVID-19. Learn how these two factors often work together—resulting in the debilitation of our bodies. Preventative measures will be addressed at length to give you, your family and your loved ones a fighting chance of protecting your immunity in these times and beyond the pandemic. We will also discover how major hospitals in India are protecting their staff and patients. Join us for Level Up! Episode 5 with host Dr. Lela Lewis and special guests, Dr. Steve Lee, Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel, Dr. Anil Kumar Chillimuntha, and Dr. Carlton Byrd, as they discuss the oxidative stress and air pollution with their health effects. You will know how these two are connected with the Coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about LEVEL UP and our recent symposiums at awr.org/health. MEET THE HOST Dr. Lela Lewis, MD, MPH, is the medical director of AWR360° Health. She conducts free medical clinics across the globe, and also serves as the president of Your Best Pathway to Health, leading a team that provides free medical clinics across the United States. She is an Obstetrics & Gynecology specialist in Arizona and has more than 19 years of experience in the medical field. She is a graduate of the Loma Linda University School of Medicine. MEET OUR GUESTS Dr. Carlton P. Byrd is currently the senior pastor of the Oakwood University Church on the campus of Oakwood University in Huntsville, AL, and is the speaker/director for the Breath of Life television broadcast. In his 26 years of pastoral leadership in the states of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and Georgia, Dr. Byrd has been an active participant in the community, constructed churches and schools, and baptized more than 20,000 people. Most recently, Dr. Byrd conducted an evangelistic revival in Tanzania, Africa. He is happily married to his wife of 22 years and they are the proud parents of three daughters. Dr. Zeno Charles-Marcel currently serves as vice president of medical affairs at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. He is board-certified in internal medicine with a further qualification in geriatric medicine. Professional activities range from clinical preventive medicine to critical care practice, hospital administration, community health, medical education, and research. He is currently the vice president for medical affairs at Wildwood Lifestyle Center and Hospital, editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health & Healing, and holds academic appointments at both the University of Montemorelos and Loma Linda University. Dr. Anil Kumar Chillimuntha is the vice president of METAS Hospitals in Gujarat and Surat, India. He has more than 22 years of experience in the medical, educational and management fields, including intensive care unit and emergency department management. He has also practiced in the respiratory care field. Dr. Steve Lee is a surgical oncologist and associate professor at Loma Linda University School of Medicine and currently serves as vice-chairman of the Center for Skull and Neck Surgery Department and co-director of the Center for Skull Base Surgery. He lives in Redlands, CA, with his wife and two daughters and enjoys dragging them out into the great outdoors every chance he gets. ##AWRLevelUp #OxidativeStress #AirPollution Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh8lHPwZS3c