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Covid-19 is Changing the Virus Game & Blood Vessels are Losing – Dr. William Li with Dave Asprey : 712

Jun 16, 2020

Dr. William Li, an internal medicine physician and vascular biologist, uncovers alarming new findings about COVID-19's devastating impact on blood vessels, leading to increased blood clotting. He delves into the critical role of the endothelium and how the virus uniquely invades and damages these cells. The discussion expands to dietary strategies for maintaining vascular health and the importance of nutrition in supporting immune function. Li also highlights innovative approaches for recovery and the significance of understanding vascular integrity post-infection.

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INSIGHT

Endothelium's Importance

The endothelium, a single-cell lining of blood vessels, is crucial for overall health.
It connects all organs, delivers nutrients, and facilitates healing and growth.

INSIGHT

COVID-19's Systemic Impact

COVID-19's effects extend beyond the lungs, causing damage to various organs and blood clots.
This is linked to damage in the endothelium, which connects all these affected areas.

ANECDOTE

Viral Invasion of Endothelial Cells

Electron microscopy revealed COVID-19 viruses invading and destroying endothelial cells like "zombies".
This direct attack on blood vessels was a novel finding, unlike typical viral behavior.

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In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest, Dr. William Li, is sharing brand new research that shows COVID-19 causes severe damage to blood vessels. This leads to widespread blood clotting in the lungs.

He explains what all this means in real terms you can understand. He’s been deep into new research and is one of the authors of a study that was just published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr Li is an experienced internal medicine physician and author of the book, “Eat to Beat Disease.” He’s also a research scientist—specifically a vascular biologist. He’s been actively involved in angiogenesis research and clinical analysis for more than two decades. Angiogenesis is the development of new blood vessels and Dr. Li is one of the world’s leading experts in this field.

“Endothelium is just a fancy word to describe the cells that line the lining of our blood vessels,” Dr. Li says. “Endothelium is the connector that brings blood, oxygen, nutrients, everything to every single cell in our body, and if we block those channels, we wind up actually having big problems that happen in the heart, happen in the brain, and then diabetes.”

“It's actually very rare that you actually find a virus or bacteria invading an endothelial cell,” explains Dr. Li. But Covid-19 changed that game.

“We actually saw for the first time viruses invading endothelial cells and filling them up like a gumball machine. They were literally like zombies getting in infecting and then basically pulverizing the membranes from the inside out. There's something very unusual about this.”

Dr. Li and I talk about how Covid-19 acts more like a cold than the flu and other weird things. “The other thing we saw is massive inflammation–your immune system trying to clear out the virus in the infected endothelium,” he says.

Listen on as Dr. Li and I go way into the newest research about what else Covid-19 is doing in the human body and what you can do to strengthen your own immunity.

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