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High Levels Of Melanin In Skin May Help Black People Resist Coronavirus
Trudreadz ^ | Jason Williams

Posted on 03/15/2020 4:08:28 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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21 posted on 03/15/2020 4:42:57 PM PDT by dontreadthis (A TIMELINE OF TREASON on Profile Page)
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To: nickcarraway

Having sex with a virgin caused the AIDs virus to leave the dude and go into the girl, healing the dude.

Everyone knows this.

So, being black as defense against this virus checks out.


22 posted on 03/15/2020 4:45:02 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: SauronOfMordor

Oh, you can’t say that...


23 posted on 03/15/2020 4:46:05 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot ("Jesus was a fundamentalist".- BipolarBob)
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Vitamins might be of benefit to the immune system. Leafy greens too. Your defense might depend on a healthy immune system. This might be the time to start bolstering your natural defences.

There is no silver bullet in place. What meds are people being administered who are really sick from it? Or, if they are gutting it out until the virus either runs its course of is defeated by the individuals immune system

I was wondering about the general health of people succumbing to the effects of corvid-19, today. Lifestyle choices, eating habits and things of that nature.


24 posted on 03/15/2020 4:47:00 PM PDT by Clutch Martin (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Melanin is an antioxidant but melatonin is a better one.

And dark-complexioned people have fewer ACE2 receptors on the lungs and other organs to host the virions.


25 posted on 03/15/2020 4:52:10 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: nickcarraway

That’s racist!


26 posted on 03/15/2020 4:52:40 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (If you don't recognize that as sarcasm you are dumber than a bag of hammers.)
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To: nickcarraway

Omg! Darken society now, white wimmens!


27 posted on 03/15/2020 4:53:05 PM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
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To: steve86

There are many antioxidants. I don’t know how one decides one is better than the other, but I’d say in terms of simple side effects, melatonin is not exactly the most effective way to combat oxidative stress in the body. It may be a tool that can be used sparingly, but the hormonal disruptions it can cause (at least for me) are too great at anything but a tiny dose for me to put up with.

I’d stick with SOD, glutathione, garlic, vitamin C, and astragalus for a good base of combating oxidative stress and warding off bugs.


28 posted on 03/15/2020 4:55:55 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: nickcarraway
Other possibilities: he didn't grow up in a polluted Chinese city and he doesn't smoke like a chimney.

I wonder what the cure rate is for country Chinese vs. city Chinese.

29 posted on 03/15/2020 4:58:41 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Newton invented calculus when the plague shut down Cambridge. What will you do with your time off?)
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

I take 15mg of melatonin at night. Tried astragalus about a year ago, two capsules as per label recommendation, got severe diarrhea. About three weeks later, tried again only one capsule this time, got severe diarrhea again so canned it. However, most of the herbs and supplements my late wife from the Indian sub-continent recommended to me have worked out well.

It is straightforward to rate antioxidants in terms of their ability to inhibit oxidation.


30 posted on 03/15/2020 5:14:02 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: steve86

In terms of sheer inhibition of oxidation, I think Glutathione and SOD are going to come in way above melatonin, but I’m glad it works for you. It has some nasty hormonal effects and is a natural DHT inhibitor, which is often a good thing for people who are trying to control male pattern baldness, but it can cause side effects similar to something like Finasteride. Totally shut me down and messed me up something awful until I realized that it was the culprit lol


31 posted on 03/15/2020 5:20:27 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: steve86

Have you tried NAC?


32 posted on 03/15/2020 5:21:00 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Yes, I take NAC every day.


33 posted on 03/15/2020 5:24:19 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: perfect_rovian_storm

Yes, I take several supplements that raise glutathione. (Although I can’t pronounce it and my NP kids me about it).


34 posted on 03/15/2020 5:26:27 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc O'Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: nickcarraway

That is down right racist


35 posted on 03/15/2020 5:28:12 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: ocrp1982

as bad as this coronahoax virus is, you may have to stand on the sun to get full 100% protection.


36 posted on 03/15/2020 5:29:48 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: steve86

That’s good...I find it helps a lot. I’ve got the whole family either on NAC or if they’re crazy like me, straight glutathione. I make a flavored powder for the kids that dissolves in water. Keeps us healthier than the neighbors, that’s for sure...lol


37 posted on 03/15/2020 5:32:20 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: nickcarraway

Didn’t know blacks had melanin in their respiratory mucosa.
It sure looks pink to me when I examine them.


38 posted on 03/15/2020 5:44:54 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: yldstrk
It’s killing Asians.

See, and this follows along with another Freepers 'completely baseless but makes you wonder' thought, that this virus may be an unfinished bioweapon intended to cripple Taiwan so the Chinese could simply waltz in (provided that they had developed a vaccine, of course).

39 posted on 03/15/2020 5:47:44 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The living will envy the dead.)
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To: SauronOfMordor
Does this mean Italians are not eggplant and more cantaloupe?

Reference to one of the best ad lib lines in movie history.

40 posted on 03/15/2020 5:55:15 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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