Gwyneth Paltrow is opening up about her experience with COVID-19 and the symptoms she has been experiencing months after recovery.
“I had COVID-19 at first, and it left me with a little bit of long-tail fatigue and brain fog,” wrote Paltrow in a recent post for his website, Goop.
People who show symptoms more than two months after the diagnosis of the coronavirus are often called “long haulers”.
Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, explained to TODAY in July that many patients with COVID-19 experience symptoms that last for months, from fever to pain and chills to shortness of breath and general fatigue .
Paltrow said she did tests in January that showed she had “really high levels of inflammation in my body”. She said she consulted Dr. Will Cole, who advised her on a “version of a protocol” that he describes in his book, Intuitive Fasting.
“It is ketone and plant-based, but flexible (I have eaten fish and some other meats) and I fast until 11 am every day,” she wrote, adding that she is used to cleaning, but her current eating plan is more ” freewheeling “.
She said she has been cooking a lot as a result, but all without sugar and “of course” without alcohol.
She went on to list several products she is using that are available on her website, including several supplements that she said were mainly “in the service of a healthier gut”.
Paltrow listed butyrate, zinc, B vitamins, “some vitamin D3” and fish oil as some of the supplements he takes every day. She also said that she regularly uses vitamin C serum and an infrared sauna.
“A side benefit is my skin, which makes me happy – and makes me want to double skin care even more,” she wrote. “Let’s make 2021 the year of never needing makeup again, guys!”
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With Paltrow opening up about previously having COVID-19, she joins a long list of other A-list celebrities who have publicly documented their experience. Perhaps most notable is the fact that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are some of the first celebrities to make their diagnosis public, a movement that a study later found that helped shape public opinion.
According to the study, the people interviewed who heard the news said that Hanks’ diagnosis “highlighted the reality of COVID-19” and broadened their understanding not only about the seriousness of the situation, but also about its susceptibility to the disease.