Assistant Professor

Chemistry

Ramabai Ambedkar Government Degree College

 Gajraula, Amroha, U.P., India  

Abstract:

Percentage %  of total corona cases with  total population (135 crore) in India is about 0.003929%. Percentage %  of total corona cases with  total population (780 crore) in the world  is about 0.04898%. It means for the last more than two months 99.99% people in India and 99.95 % people in the world are suffering from mental stresses and economical losses without having any diseases. At this time, the numbers of corona cases are not decreasing actually. The Decrease in number of corona cases is only due to strict lockdown. If we remove lockdown then there will not be any decrease of corona cases anywhere in the world. This corona disease is not going anywhere within some months. It may continue for years. Question arises here is that whether we can continue lockdown for years? Answer seems no. CM of Delhi Mr. Kejriwal said that there would not be a day without corona case in near future.  In my point of view, It will not be feasible to  keep lockdown continue for years. In this situation our mental stress and economic conditions will become more worsen than adverse impact of covid-19 pandemic. A person cannot survive without food but that person may survive of covid-19 disease. The only ways to fight this problem are either an effective vaccine or boosting our immune system to fight against this infection. If vaccine becomes ready then it is good but if not then we have to fight it by our immune system. Enhancement  of immune system of our body is very essential and only way to fight with this virus. Some good healthy foods, physical exercise and positive thinking  will definitely boost our immune system.  Our body requires certain nutrients such as various types of proteins (about 20% of  total food)  which contain all type of amino acids,  Carbohydrates (Glucose, fructose, sugars), Lipids (Vegetable oils- mustard oil, olive oil), Minerals (Calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorous, magnesium, selenium), Antioxidants containing food (about 20% of total food)  such as vitamins A, B, C, D, D3, E and  beta carotene and K) etc. These nutrients can be obtained from seasonal salads, milk products, eggs and meat, grains –legumes, seasonal raw vegetables and seasonal fruits etc

Our immune system does a very urgent job of defending us from disease causing microorganisms. By now, there is no scientifically proven direct link between lifestyle and enhanced immunity. It does not mean that our lifestyle do not have any effect on our immune system. In my point of view immunity is the combo pack of healthy and nutrient foods,  yogic and physical exercises,  our ways of thinking, age, psychological stress, adequate sleeping, and genetic effect. Our best doctors and best scientists cannot fully understand our body functions and its mechanism, so it is better that we try to live as naturally as possible. We require to manage the employments for laborers and skilled persons There are many employment agencies specializes in short term contracts for manual labor mostly in factories, constructions, offices, manufacturing units etc. Thus we can help to give employments to unemployed non skilled or skilled workers. We will develop a mentally and physically and economically strong  societies in India.

Key words: Death percentage, recovery percentage, healthy diet, lockdown, quarantine,  immunity, covid-19, yoga, exercise  

Introduction:

According to the data of  the date 07-05-2020, there are about 53045 corona cases in India,. Out of  17118  closed cases, 1787 (10%) cases are cases of deaths and 15331 (90%) cases are cases of recoveries. There are about 3820864 corona cases in the world.  Out of 1568259 closed cases, 265098 (17%) cases are cases of deaths and 1303161 (83 %) cases are cases of recoveries. Percentage %  of total corona cases with  total population (135 crore) in India is about 0.003929%. Percentage %  of total corona cases with  total population (780 crore) in the world  is about 0.04898%. It means for the last more than two months 99.99% people in India and 99.95 % people in the world are suffering from mental stresses and economical losses without having any disease. But it is very necessary to cooperate  with and obey  the  government plans to fight corona. Because there is no effective vaccine developed till now then we have to fight this virus by our strong immunity at present. If we could not prepare any vaccine for this virus in future then it will be our compulsion to face this virus with our immunity. If we are facing diseases like cold, flu and  other seasonal infections then we should plan our diet by including following immune system booster.

 Seasonal allergies are indicator of imbalance in the immune system. The symptoms would be stuffy nose, ears and sinuses, inflamed eyes, headaches, sore throat and difficulty in breathing, caused by the mucus- producing process of the immune system. Mucus is released from the body to prevent foreign bacteria from entering it. Emotional stress can also cause low immunity.

There are several good foods which can boost our immune system.

Citrus fruits: Vitamin-C increase the production of white blood cells. These WBCs   are key to fight infections like cold and flu. Recommended daily amount of vitamin-C for adults are as 75 mg for woman, 90 mg for man. it is very effective against new corona virus and SARS-COV-2. Sources of Vitamin - C are  grape, orange, tangerines, lemons, red  bell peppers.

Red bell pepper, carrot and papaya:  These contain very high amount of vitamin-C and beta carotene. Our body converts beta carotene in to vitamin -A. Papaya provide a digestive enzyme 'Papain' which has anti inflammatory effect.  Papaya also has substances like magnesium, potassium and folate.  These are immunity booster.

Broccoli: It is packed with vitamins –A,C E, antioxidants, minerals and fibers. It is immunity booster.

Garlic: Garlic is present in almost every cuisine of the world. It adds a zing to the food. Garlic is considered to slow down hardening of the arteries. It makes our blood thin. It has high concentration of sulfur containing compound-allicin.

It is also anti – fungal in nature.

Ginger: It is used in many sweet desserts. Ginger contain some heat in the form of gingerol like-caosaicin. It might have property to low cholesterol. Ginger can help in decreasing inflammation, sore throat, other inflammatory illness.

Spinach and green vegetables: It is packed with many nutrients like- vitamn-C, berta carotene, iron, other minerals, antioxidants. Which can increase our infection fighting ability.

Yogurt and milk products: We should sweeten our plain yogurt by fruits and drizzle honey. These are great source of about all vitamins, specially B-12 and vita-D, about all proteins and minerals especially calcium. It is great immunity booster.

Almonds  and wallnuts: These are packed with vita-E, antioxidants, healthy fat, omega-3, proteins and minerals. Adults require about15mg of vitamin-each day.

Sunflower seeds: It contain vitamin- B-6, E, phosphorous, magnesium, selenium, proteins. It give potential to fight infections.

Turmeric: It is key ingredients of several curries. It is anti inflammatory to treat both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. It is packed with high conc of curcumin. Which can heal the damaged muscles and good immunity booster. It  also have some anti fungal ansd anti viral properties.

Green Tea: It is packed with flavonoids and epigallocatechin (EGCG). These are powerful antioxidants. It also has amino acid L-theanine. It induce germ fighting substances in our T cells.

Kiwi: It is packed with substances like- folate, potassium, vitamin-C, K. These substances help to produce WBCs in the body to fight infections.

Meat and eggs: These are very rich sources of Vitamins-A, B-6, B-12, E, gelatin, chondroitin, about all type of proteins, iron, zinc, calcium, folic acid etc.

These all are very strong immunity boosters.

WHO recommends the rational use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in hospitals and quarantine centers.

Second very necessary things to boost our immunity are yoga and physical exercises of at least 30 minutes daily. So that we can fight and kill corona virus by our immune system.

Literature review: 

Its full name is Novel  Corona Virus  (Covid-19). This name is given by WHO. WHO recommended following safety measures to stop this virus.

A distance of at least 2 meter is necessary to ensure safety for all. Wash hand with water and soap regularly and sanitize your hand. If soap is not available then use hand sanitizer with 70% of alcohol. Do not touch your eyes, mouth and nose whole day without sanitizing your hand. Immediately throw your used tissue papers in to closed bins after use. Cover your nose and mouth with handkerchief or tissue paper while sneezing or coughing. Avoid to go in mass gathering and in crowded places. Social Distancing is a key point to stop the spreading of this virus.

Role  of Physical education, Sports & Yoga to enhance immunity.

More than 200 different viruses can enter our body at any moment. Our life is very hectic.  We are normally prone to running nose, cough, cold, stomach ache, headache, fever, flu, diarrhea etc.

Healthy eating habits and proper hygiene can reduce the risk of common seasonal sickness. Yogic exercises can make our body organs very strong. Because during yogic exercises different body organs work at higher frequencies due to which efficiency of body organs increases. Daily such exercises of the body give strong body and thus enhanced immunity. This enhanced immunity of the body always help us to fight infections.

Yogic exercises keeps our mind more strong. More mental ability to tolerate more stress. physical exercise reduces stress and strength our body and thus increase immunity.

Main symptoms of  Covid -19 are Fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, pain in throat. For this pandemic helping numbers as government of India toll free phones-1075,  01123978046 and Email—ncov2019, ncov2019@gmail.com.

IMF estimated 1.9 % GDP growth in financial year 2021-22 is the highest among G-20 nations. Unemployment has risen from 6.7% on march- 20%  to 26%  on 19 april-20 during lockdown. About 140 million people  have lost their job. In first lockdown of 21 days, Indian economy has lost about 32000 crore ₹ each day. Supply chains are under lockdown restrictions. Daily wage groups or laborers are at most threatening state. It has been more than one month that there is significant  low  production in L & T, Bharat forge, U T cement, Grasim, Aditya Birla group, Tata groups of companies, Themax and about all SMSE. SENSEX and Stock market in India has sharply come down from its peak. During lockdown government was spending lots of fund.

RBI governor has announced several measures to counterbalance the economic impact of the covid pandemic which include  ₹ 50000 crore special finance to NABARD, SIDBI, NHB on 18-april to protect these entities.

India changed its FDI policy to stop opportunistic take over of Indian industries due to covid pandemic.

Indian govt was planning to invite the foreign companies who thinking to exit china due to this pandemic.

About 53 % of Indian businesses have been identified to be adversely affected by this pandemic (FICCI survey) Darjeeling tea industries were seeing high fall in revenue.

Due to lockdown most of services of Amazon, Walmart, Flipkart, Big basket, Grofers, Swiggy and Zomato are not functioning or restricted. Cleanliness of kitchen and our surrounding was very necessary. Self  hygiene and hygiene of all surrounding things were  urgently required to fight covid-19 pandemic.

Possible Methods to Live With Covid-19:

The best way to fight this pandemic disease are either we search for vaccine  or we must have to boost our immunity by taking healthy foods and doing physical exercises following social distancing.

1. More  ICU bed than required bed facilities should be available. So that unexpected number of  extra critically sick covid-19  patient may be admitted .  
2. Corona  +ve people should be in quarantine in their home.  
3. Those people who are corona +ve  but do not have separate room for quarantine, such people should be provided quarantine facility by local administration with government aid.  
4. With government guidelines and regulations, all government offices, private industries, offices and shops  should open gradually.  
5. All people of India must cooperate with government of India to fight this pandemic. 
6. About 30 minute physical exercise should be necessary for all people.   
7. Government bodies such as doctors should provide a healthy diet chart to the local people according to government directions so that people can boost their immunity against seasonal infections.   
8. There should be a program to broadcast  advertisements of necessity of  at least 7-hour sleeping  30- minute exercise and  healthy notorious food with local salads , fruits and vegetables.
9. There should be murder level charges against a person who involve in the any type adulteration activities of food items at any level. There must be immediate arrest without bail facilities in any case of adulteration.   
10. There must be population planning commission to plan national population, otherwise no schemes may be implemented successfully.  
11. There are no medicine or vaccines available for HIV, Dengue, SARS , Spanish flu but we are living with these infections. In the same way with the government permission, one day we will be living with this covid-19 of course in compulsion
12. Alternate opening days for different type of shops may be as follow.
    

Result and Conclusion:

Yoga and physical exercises do help in lowering our stress hormones and thus  calm down the nervous system. At the time of relaxation and with less stress hormones, the nervous system  tell the immune system to settle down and order to stop attacking the foreign bodies. Which normally cleared out by sneezing in few days? Thus inflammation and mucus decrease and symptoms of infection diminish.

Yoga and physical exercises help to improve the mechanical efficiency of our lungs by conditioning the repertoire tract that increase the elasticity and strength of whole lung. Thus infections of the body heal.

Yoga Asana will help us to lubricate our joints with synovial fluid and it stabilizes muscles through physical and yogic exercises. Our immune system is very important and it plays a significant role in keeping us fit and healthy. Sit in a comfortable, relaxed position. Calm your mind and observe your thoughts. Perform Anuloma Viloma  for 10 minutes. Perform Kapalabhati (150 blows) with adequate rest in between.

.A doctor’s permission could  be essential  in some cases. To increase immunity, those asanas which increase energy flow to the neck region should be practiced.

Expand your vocabulary. For your daily calculation, do not use calculators. Instead, opt for the old fashioned mental math. As we grow older, it gets difficult to do even the normal math in our heads and we opt for calculators. It  is a very common way to keep your brain active.

Performing  many activities  at same time like working at the computer, putting your little brother to sleep, listening to music, solving math, working on project etc. It will increase your mental ability.

We need to stop letting these gadgets (GPS or Google map) do all our tasks for us. We should use maps instead. These activities utilize your imagination and analytical skills. Avoid using a shopping list. The real task is to make your mind stronger.  First, you memorize all the things in your head and then do shopping. 

Above said all required nutrients can be obtained from seasonal salads, milk products, eggs and meat, grains-legumes, seasonal raw vegetables and seasonal fruits etc. A healthy food is very important to get strong immunity to fight against any infections. A common man can also get strong immunity by ideas given in this paper. Our immune system does a very urgent job of defending us from disease causing microorganisms.

In my point of view, immunity is the combo pack of healthy and nutrient foods,  yogic and physical exercises,  our ways of thinking,  age  ( It is not big factor to contribute in total immunity power), psychological stress, adequate sleeping, and genetic effect.

References:

1. https: //www.healthline.com/health/food-nutrition/foods-that-boost-the-immune-system
2. https: //www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/how-to-boost-your-immune-system
3. https : //en.wikipedia.org/ wiki /Economic_impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_in_India
4. https: //en.wikipedia.org /wiki /Day_labor
5. https: //www.who.int /emergencies/diseases /novel-coronavirus-2019 /technical-guidance/infection-prevention-and-control
6. https: // www.everydayhealth.com/columns/white-seeber-grogan-the-remedy-chicks/ten-simple-natural-ways-to-boost-immune-system.