Welcome to the second episode of the Freediving Podcast by Renee Blundon. This episode is part two about nutrition to improve your lung health and lung function for freediving while at the same time, improving your immune system to make it more resilient to COVID-19 and other viruses and bacteria.
This episode will focus on vitamin D and N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC) in detail and will also touch on a few other important vitamins and nutrients. We’ll also cover some super interesting info about the oxidative stress and free-radical damage caused in in the body from freediving, and what foods and supplements can help your freediving recovery.
This podcast can be helpful other athletes who are looking to improve their breathing and lung capacity, or anyone really who wants to improve their lung and respiratory health, which at the same time helps to improve your overall health and therefore your quality of living.
Time Stamps:
00:00 Introduction to the podcast 01:50 Recapping Episode 1 – Nutrition for freediving, vitamin A & omega balance 03:25 Intro to Part 2 of Nutrition for Freediving & lung issues in freediving 04:57 Vitamin D – an essential nutrient that your body absolutely needs 05:45 How they treated patients with respiratory issues with sunlight and cod liver oil 08:20 How is cod liver oil effective for lung and respiratory health? 10:30 Freediving in the wintertime in regards to vitamin D 13:50 How vitamin D and cathelicidins boost the immune system 14:37 Tips for getting vitamin D from sunlight 17:39 With COVID-19 are freedivers erring on the side of caution? 19:14 Should you get a Vitamin D Test? If so what do you look for? 21:27 Foods that are rich in Vitamin D 22:00 How to supplement with Vitamin D 22:40 N-Acetyl Cysteine – Needed to make Glutathione, an important antioxidant 23:49 Oxidative Stress and Free Radical Damage Caused from Freediving 29:29 Glutathione & NAC in regards to COVD-19 and other viruses and bacteria 34:10 Foods Rich in N-Acetyl Cysteine 35:15 N-Acetyl Cysteine Supplementation 35:55 Omega 3 Supplementation 36:23 Conclusion, recapping and discussing Vitamin C Resources:
Why Taking Vitamin D Pills Could Help the Fight Against TB and HIV
Oxidative Stress in Breath-Hold Divers After Repetitive Dives
A Rapid Review of the Evidence for Effectiveness in Treating COVID-19
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