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Lewis HowesDoctor Explains Form Of PREVENTION & TREATMENT of Viruses | Roger Seheult & Lewis Howes
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Dr. Seheult on Vitamin D, Hydrotherapy, Masks and Vaccines
- Dr. Seheult explains that vitamin D is a steroid hormone that changes how cells behave, and that observational data linking deficiency to worse COVID-19 outcomes is now being tested in randomized trials such as the Spanish calcifediol study.
- He describes a prevention and early-treatment toolkit including vitamin D, NAC, zinc, quercetin, contrast showers and hot fomentations, citing the 1918 pandemic sanitarium data and interferon response as the rationale.
- He argues for a multi-layered approach in which masks handle large droplets, ventilation handles airborne spread, and lifestyle measures like moderate exercise, diet, sleep and nature exposure support immunity without replacing distancing or vaccination.
- He frames vaccination as a risk-benefit choice between the vaccine and the infection, explaining mRNA, common side effects, long-term unknowns on both sides, herd immunity limits from hospital capacity, and variants.
- Throughout, he stresses distinguishing lab (in vitro) or observational findings from proven human results, and urges skepticism paired with open-mindedness.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasAssociation is not causation in vitamin D research
Early studies showed people with COVID-19 were often vitamin D deficient, but Seheult says only randomized controlled trials can show whether giving vitamin D changes outcomes.
The form and timing of vitamin D may matter
He notes the Spanish pilot gave calcifediol (25 hydroxy vitamin D), skipping liver conversion, and ICU need dropped from 50% to 2%, though randomization was imperfect and a larger study is planned.
Sun, skin color and latitude affect vitamin D
UVB is needed and does not pass through glass or sunscreen well, and darker skin requires longer exposure. He says supplementation is reasonable above the 35th parallel and suggests getting levels checked, aiming above 50 ng/mL.
Heat-based hydrotherapy may boost the innate immune response
Seheult says SARS-CoV-2 suppresses interferon early, and he cites 1918 sanitarium data (about 1% mortality versus 6% in Army camps) and a monocyte study showing tenfold interferon at about 39°C, while acknowledging it was not a randomized trial.
Masks and ventilation address two different spread routes
Masks block large droplets, but tiny airborne particles accumulate in poorly ventilated rooms, so he says both masks and airflow are needed; planes are relatively safe due to HEPA filtration when engines are running.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesIt's kind of like we've been, uh, in class, and we've been, uh, you know, cramming for quizzes all along, and now we're sitting down for the final exam, and, and we got nothing.
— Dr. Roger Seheult
accepting somebody for what they are doesn't mean that they, that you want to keep them the, the way they are, that you're willing to work with them and move them to a place where they should be.
— Dr. Roger Seheult
Don't believe anybody. Be skeptical, but investigate it, 'cause it could be the truth.
— Dr. Roger Seheult
Politics is something, is like a hobby that you might wanna do.
— Dr. Roger Seheult
Somebody that can reflect greatness, uh, and doesn't get in the way. That's, that's the definition of greatness, and that's, that's what I try to do, is try to get out of the way.
— Dr. Roger Seheult
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