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Dear Mark: Coronavirus Edition 2 – COVID-19 Questions, Answered

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For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering more COVID-19 (coronavirus) questions. If you’re getting tired of coronavirus content, I understand, but I also owe it to my readers to give them my take on the research—and the questions have been pouring in. Information is coming out at a rapid pace and there are a lot of wild claims and recommendations flying around. With any luck, we’ll all be able to focus on something else in the near future. Thanks for your understanding. Let’s go: Is the fever threshold higher in hypothyroid? I work in the health care field and need to be at work but also must remain healthy. I take my temperature often. There are still no cases reported in my county. Over the years I randomly have taken my temp. It is always low…ranging from 95.5 to rarely over 97. If my temp suddenly approached 98 or over would I be considered to possibly have a fever? That is a great question. I’ve actually wondered the same thing. We know that mice with hypothyroidis

Your Quarantine Options

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Confession: I burst into tears practically every other day when I realize the magnitude of what is happening around us. I allow myself to “let it out” for a few minutes, but then I force myself to get it together because I know I have a choice in the matter. “Attitude is a choice. Happiness is a choice. Optimism is a choice. Kindness is a choice. Giving is a choice. Whatever choice you make makes you. Choose wisely.” ― Roy T. Bennett We are all in this together, and I know some of us are struggling with staying home and not having access to the outside world as much as we used to. I totallllly get it. But there are two ways we can deal with the situation: OPTION 1 : We view it as out of our control and give up. We throw away all progress we’ve worked so hard to make and just wait for this to be over. OPTION 2 : We get creative and figure out a way to keep ourselves healthy and continue to make some sort of progress. If there’s a will, there’s a way! Sure, life isn’t ideal rig

Nutrition While At Home

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Your goal for good nutrition at home right now: just eat. Hey, it’s a good time to clean the fridge drawers! Does your fridge look like this? I am sure you are like us and stocked up on as many groceries as possible before hunkering down at home. We have more carbs and snacks than we could ever eat, some frozen meat and protein, and never enough produce. Fruitless breakfast Of course the first thing we ran out of were fresh vegetables. Second, the fruit. So for a handful of days we were relying on frozen only. This time away from the grocery store has forced us all to get creative with freezer and pantry meals. If we had had just a bit more notice, we could have made casseroles and crock pot dump bags until the cows came home. For us Plenty delivery is a lifeline for fresh food, but it only lasts for a few days until we’re on our own again. I want to assure those of you who are used to having meals built on fresh green salads and antioxidant-filled fruit that your nutritional s