Question

While in the supermarket recently during the pandemic, I was like, “Ok, I need to pick spinach for my smoothie,” but they are quite exposed to air and people’s breathing. So I was wondering: what are the risks of using them uncooked in a smoothie? Is there any particular way I can wash them or use them to minimize risks associated with the coronavirus and COVID?

Kevin D.

Answer

Regarding the whole “Covid” situation, there is, unfortunately, a lot of misinformation and a lack of proper education that is circulating throughout our society, which has also generated a lot of unnecessary fear, given how the virus has been politicized, weaponized, and taken out of medical and health context. Without turning this answer into a book on immunology, it is crucial to know that viruses are completely different than bacteria and poorly understood. Yet, most people and even experts alike refer to them like bacteria and try to apply the same prevention or treatment measures. Most bacteria that we are regularly subjected to can be killed by various measures. However, viruses are not living things, more like genetic code, only particles of nucleic acids and protein. Most medical and science professionals still do not understand them themselves, even though our society often makes it seem like we do. And while some bacteria can produce toxins that can make people sick, viruses are more like waste products within the person’s body that can accumulate due to diseased internal conditions. If a person has come into contact with what is commonly known as some kind of “virus”, it cannot impact them unless the person has diseased internal conditions themselves that cause the release of such waste products. Therefore, there is a lot that we can do to reduce getting sick, but it all starts with creating a healthy internal environment, rather than fearing anything real or imaginary outside of us.

1. Take measures to create a healthy internal environment in the body

The first thing to focus on is to keep one’s body as clean, balanced, and healthy as possible BY having a healthy diet and healthy lifestyle habits. Our immune system protects us from millions of different invaders daily. It does what it was intended to do when we support our body, rather than work against it by creating a toxic, imbalanced, and diseased environment through ingesting harmful foods and drinks and other substances, not getting enough sleep, leading a high-stress life, not being active, etc. Working with our bodies, rather than against them, through dietary and lifestyle habits, will offer us the most protection, prevention, and peace of mind when it comes to all acute and chronic diseases. Nature did not set us up to fail, but we must take responsibility for our health and internal state of being via our choices and actions each day.

2. COVID is a respiratory, not a digestive disease

Second, we need to use what we already know about conditions that we call the “cold” or “flu,” which is what “COVID” is at its core. These detox states impact our respiratory pathways to release toxins from our bodies via the nose, throat, and chest primarily. Sure, during these toxin releases, there may be an intestinal detox component, like diarrhea, but none of this is something that we would get from our fruits and vegetables or food in general. If food is contaminated with anything the body considers a “toxin”, yes, it can cause a digestive detiox reaction, but this is not what “Covid” is. Therefore, there is no risk of getting a cold or flu-like illness from fruits and vegetables.

3. Your lifestyle can protect you or be a risk factor for any disease

The most important thing to focus on is how much you are sleeping daily, whether you are exercising daily, if you are eating enough fruits and vegetables daily, and not exposing yourself to unnecessary chemicals or toxins. The last thing we should fear is what our society calls “viruses”, which are nothing like we have been told. In fact, stress and fear are what make us most prone to any disease. So the more we pay attention to the fear-mongering that is presented by the media and by misguided political and medical personalities, the more we are likely to create a toxic internal environment that will attract disease. Therefore, focus on doing the right things for your body and mind, while releasing the fear and mind viruses of coordinated narratives that only cause harm. The stronger you become mentally and physically by applying healthy lifestyle factors, the less you will be impacted by fear-based narratives of any kind.

How to take smart precautions

In conclusion, the risk of getting a cold or flu-like disease that many now know as COVID from eating raw produce is zero. For good health and smart lifestyle habits to prevent any detox disease (commonly called infection) the key is to always: wash your hands thoroughly upon coming home AND wash the produce thoroughly under running water, possibly also brushing it with a food brush, before using it to prepare and consume. A vinegar wash or a special produce wash, as some people like to do, especially if they have a compromised immune system, is possible but usually unnecessary. Still, these are mostly designed for bacterial toxin problems. As long as the produce is washed in clean, uncontaminated water, in most cases, that is all that is needed to rinse/wash any raw fruits and vegetables that will be consumed.

We cannot forget too that we have stomach acid for a reason: to disinfect our food before it goes into the intestines and bloodstream and that only fails when intestinal bacteria are excessively high in the food (i.e., undercooked animal foods), with some bypassing this safeguard, and our body is already in a state of imbalance or disease that makes it unable to kill any that get through further down the line. Otherwise, between stomach acid and our immune system, we continue to function correctly despite being subjected to millions of foreign particles each day. I wish the media and health organizations made people more aware of this, as this kind of info is greatly lacking today and contributing to all sorts of irrational and unfounded fears.

In the end, I cannot emphasize enough that the most important thing at this time in our society (as should always be) is to focus on cleaning up and out one’s body and supporting our bodies (and minds) in the best of ways. When the body is optimally supported, it can overcome pretty much anything, as it was perfectly designed to do. We have to remember this always and not allow the fear-mongering of today’s media and lack of meaningful education from our health organizations to cause us to forget this and operate from a state of dizzying fears, anxieties, and worries.