The 5 Things You MUST Know about Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV)

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1:00There are five things that you must know about Epstein bar virus. Now, why is it so important to know more about this virus? Well, simply because chances are pretty great that you have this virus and it could potentially create a problem in your life. And so the more you know about it, the less you are going to be adversely affected by it. Roughly 95% of the population has this virus. So that's greater than 9 to 10 people. So this virus definitely pertains to you and having this information can greatly protect you against a problem with this virus. So Epstein bar virus is called the kissing virus because a lot of times people get it when they're in their teenage years, but even children can get it as well. But they are usually asymptomatic and probably because Epstein bar virus primarily attacks a certain immune cell called the B cell, B lymphocyte. And that's part of the acquired immune system that develops as you get older.

2:04But that's just my theory. It could be another reason. But this information is based on this new book that I'm reading called latency strategies of herpes viruses, okay? I show this to my wife and she's like, well, I'll let you read it first. She has absolutely no interest in reading this book, but she appreciates me reading it and summarizing it for herp. But this book is all about the strategies that the herpiviruses use to go underneath the radar and survive and live in your body. And this term latency means that the virus goes in a dormant state. It hides in your body and it's very difficult for your immune system to detect if not impossible. So there are certain viruses that when you get infected, they stay in your body and they can potentially come out in certain environments. Other viruses are killed and they can be eliminated from the body.

3:06The latent viruses stay in your body. So number one, and we're going to get to five things. The Epstein bar virus is in the family of the herpes virus and it's one of the viruses that can go into this latent phase. So you get infected, it creates a lot of problems with your throat, glands. It can create severe fatigue and achiness of the joint. And I had it when I was, I think in 10th grade and it was terrible. I couldn't breathe because my throat was so close down and I just had to wait it out and kind of get through it, but it can be pretty nasty. And then after a period of time, it can fully kind of go away. You know, usually you could take two, three, four weeks, okay? And then in your mind, you're like, okay, that's gone, I'll never get that again, right? Well, here's the thing about Epstein bar virus. You can never get rid of it. You have to just focus on keeping it in remission, which has everything to do about understanding the sneaky little tricks and strategies that this virus uses to survive.

4:11And then what you can do to help your own immune system keep this thing at bay. Once you get this virus, you cannot get it out of the body. Well, actually, I lied. There is one way that you can get it out of the body and I learned that in this book. You can get rid of all your bone marrow and replace it or transplant it with a new bone marrow from someone who does not have this virus. But that might be a little impractical. So the first thing to know is that we can't get rid of it. So the goal should be to keep it in remission. But so wild about viruses, especially this virus, is the sophistication of strategies that it has developed over a long period of time to stay alive and do its damage when viruses really are supposed to be not alive. They're just this genetic material wrapped in the sack.

5:11But it's very, very mysterious on how they can be dead, but live off your cells and develop all these wild strategies, which I'll get into a few. The second thing you need to know is the Epstein virus is associated with the increased risk of certain cancers, autoimmune diseases, rheumatoid arthritis is associated with Epstein virus, chronic fatigue syndrome as well as fibromyalgia. So when the virus gets reactivated, it doesn't necessarily exhibit all the full-blown symptoms that maybe you had when you first got it. It may manifest in fatigue, soreness, lethargy, brain fog, achy joints and achy muscles. Maybe ahead. This is Andrew Huberman, host of the Huberman Lab podcast. I'm excited to share that the performance I wear company Roca and I have teamed up to create a pair of red lens glasses. These are meant to be worn in the evening after the sun goes down.

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8:13So it downgrades the receptor of vitamin D. It binds to the receptor, okay, so it binds with it blocks that. It also interferes with the metabolism of vitamin D. So now you can't go from the inactive to the active vitamin D, and it affects the absorption of vitamin D in your gut. Now the second nutrient that it interferes with is zinc. It interferes with the zinc transporters not allowing zinc to be transported to the different parts of the immune system. So if your immune system is deficient in zinc, it can't release the weapons that the immune system needs to destroy viruses. There's a lot of research of using the active form of vitamin A retinal to inhibit the obscene virus. So it blocks the absorption of vitamin A. And this is really important to know because vitamin A is essential in mucus membranes and producing the mucus barrier to prevent this virus from invading the tissues.

9:18And so this is just another reason why making sure you have enough vitamin A, vitamin D, and zinc in your diet is so important. And on top of that, remember when I mentioned that the Epstein-Barr virus has a primary mechanism of attacking the B lymphocytes, okay, well it just so happens that the primary nutrient that the B lymphocytes need is vitamin A retinal. All right, so now that you have that, there's another thing that Epstein-Barr virus does to survive. It has the ability to bypass your immune system's regulation of temperature during a viral attack. So basically, it can prevent you from getting a fever. So you might think that's a good thing, but you have to realize that your immune system heats up to actually inactivate viruses. So here you are. You have this reactivation of this virus and you're tired, your brain fog, but maybe you

10:20don't have a fever to help you get rid of it. So it just lingers on for a week after week, month after month. This is kind of important information because if you start to feel maybe some of the symptoms or subclinical symptoms of an Epstein-Barr virus infection, you should be going into the sauna. You should be taking a hot bath. You should be trying to induce some type of a fever in your body by maybe wearing a lot of clothes while you're in bed to stay really hot and stay out of the cold temperature that may help you. The fifth thing that you need to know, emotional stress and more specifically, things related to loss of a loved one, loss of money, loss of anything or any emotional stress. In practice, I've noticed nearly 100% of the time people that had autoimmune diseases, people that had chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia always had emotional stress.

11:21Think about what stress does, stress activates cortisol. What does cortisol do? It suppresses the immune system. It opens up a door for these viruses to come out and create a lot of problems. The importance of this or the significance of this is for you to start to really focus more on dealing with stress than any other factor since if you can resolve the stress somehow, you can actually put this thing back in remission. There's other things that can also activate this virus out of remission, certain toxins, pollution, chemicals, drugs, the contraceptive pill. Yeah, that can increase your risk of having a come out of remission. Your infections like the cold, like flu, COVID, even certain vaccines like the COVID vaccine can bring this thing out because of what it does to the immune system and also steroids like prednisone or certain medications that are steroid base can actually activate this

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14:26And of course, if there's any other triggers like taking birth control pills and you notice that this virus comes out every time you take that pill, then you're going to have to come up with a plan B. All right. Number two, make sure you're getting enough vitamin D, zinc and retinol. It just so happens that there is one thing that has a really nice balance of vitamin D and vitamin A. And that is cod liver oil. And there are some natural herbs that can help suppress viruses, especially the Epstein virus. I put some research down below specifically on these herbs that I'm going to mention. I'm not recommending getting all of them, but one or two would be a smart thing. So we have elderberry, we have echinasia, we have olive leaf extract, then we have andrographis, which is an herb that has significant effects over that Epstein barbirus. And then we have astragalis, which is a Chinese herb to help put this Epstein barbirus back into remission. I've done a lot of videos on how to reduce stress since that's the most important thing related

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