Dr. Mobeen Syed

• Drbeen Personalized Medical Education (https://www.drbeen.com/)

• Drbeen Medical Lectures YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/USMLEOnline/)

"Mobeen Syed M.D, MS graduated from King Edward Medical University in 1994. After practicing clinical medicine for a few years, he continued his studies in Computer Science with the goal of merging innovative technologies and healthcare. Dr. Mobeen's dedication for teaching began at Horizon Medical Institute, where he and his world-renowned brother Dr. Najeeb focused on teaching basic sciences to medical students. Dr. Mobeen's unique skillset as a physician and software engineer enabled him to innovate several products, including a portable 3D ultrasound system designed by MediTeQ RI. His experience as a high tech executive includes time at Staples, Kohl's, Rue Lala, Gemvara, TJX, and most recently e-commerce giant, PayPal. Dr. Mobeen's dedication to innovative and pioneering medical education has been a mainstay in his life. At Drbeen corp, he strives to create a managed marketplace for medical providers that enables them to learn medicine in conjunction with new technologies. Dr. Mobeen loves painting, music, medical illustrations, teaching, reading, and playing ping-pong. Dr. Mobeen, his wife Hina and his two sons currently live in the heart of Silicon Valley, Cupertino, California."—from drbeen.com

Important Notes

• Nothing said in this podcast should be understood as medical advice.

• Please consult your doctor before making any changes to your diet by way of supplementation.

• It is my understanding that the doses for food supplements described in this conversation apply to adults, not to children.

A few Drbeen Lectures (for more detail)

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• Vitamin D: "Could Vitamin D Help Fight COVID-19?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJyT1YSwe-8)

• Vitamin C: "COVID-19 Insights: Could Vitamin C Help with COVID-19?" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXULPNF6cTI)

• Hydroxychloroquine: "COVID-19 Insights: 3 Ways Hydroxychloroquine May Help Fight COVID-19" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjkPdwlhI8A)

• Quercetin: "COVID-19 Insights: Quercetin as Zinc Ionophore and COVID-19 Outpatient Management" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9YFXo84lCk)

• NAC: "NAC N-Acetylcysteine" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8kKWgsGIU8)

Items mentioned in / relevant to the conversation

[JC: Please note that none of these links is endorsed by Dr. Syed. They are simply links to materials I used in preparing the interview.]

• "Vitamin D", NHS website. [JC: As of 13 June 2020 this webpage makes no mention of immunity with respect to vitamin D. This was the top webpage to come up when I searched for "Vitamin D NHS".]

• "The new guidelines on vitamin D - what you need to know", NHS website. [JC: As of 13 June 2020 this webpage makes no mention of immunity with respect to vitamin D. This was the second-to-top webpage to come up when I searched for "Vitamin D NHS".]

• Paul Lips et al, "Current Vitamin D Status in European and Middle East Countries and Strategies to Prevent Vitamin D Deficiency: A Position Statement of the European Calcified Tissue Society", European Journal of Endocrinology 180.4 (2019)

• Gorton & Jarvis, "The effectiveness of vitamin C in preventing and relieving the symptoms of virus-induced respiratory infections", Journal of Manipulative & Physiological Therapeutics, 22.8 (October 1999)

• Leo Goldstein, "Vitamin C in COVID-19 Prevention", Wattsupwiththat.com (31 May 2020)

• Brenton Kinker et al, "Quercetin: A Promising Treatment for the Common Cold", Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine (24 May 2014)

• Husam Dabbagh-Bazarbaci et al, "Zinc Ionophore Activity of Quercetin and Epigallocatechin-Gallate: From Hepa 1-6 Cells to a Liposome Model", Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2014 62 (32), 8085-8093

• Derek Lowe, "N-Acetyl Cysteine: A Warning Shot", blog.sciencemag.org (04 October 2019)

• N-acetylcysteine (NAC): "WHO model list of essential medicines" (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/who-model-list-of-essential-medicines)

• N-acetylcysteine (NAC): This external PDF mentions the slight possibility of negative reactions to NAC. [JC: Hence, we stress the importance of seeking medical advice before experimenting with food supplements.]

• Marielle Breau et al, "The antioxidant N-acetylcysteine protects from lung emphysema but induces lung adenocarcinoma in mice", JCI Insight. 2019;4(19):e127647. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.127647.

• EVMS COVID Care Protocol (https://www.evms.edu/covid-19/covid_care_for_clinicians/)

• "Beware of plant supplements called flavonoids; they could make you sick, warn UC Berkeley public health experts", Campus News, Berkeley (2000)
  

• Christine Skibola & Martyn Smith, "Potential health impacts of excessive flavonoid intake", Free Radic Biol Med 29(3-4):375-383 (via Researchgate.net) (2000)

• The retracted Lancet study (https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)31180-6/fulltext)

• James M Todaro, MD, "A Study Out of Thin Air", medicineuncensored.com (29 May 2020)
  

• "An open letter to Mehra et al and The Lancet", via Zenodo.org
  

• Melissa Davey, "Surgisphere: governments and WHO changed Covid-19 policy based on suspect data from tiny US company", The Guardian (03 June 2020)

Acknowledgements & Disclaimer

• The views expressed in this podcast by Dr. Mobeen Syed are his responsibility alone. They do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mind Renewed.

• The image of Dr. Syed is Copyright © Drbeen.com, all rights reserved, used here with kind permission.

• Podcast theme music: Chillout Me by Antony Raijekov from his Jazz U album (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

• TMR wishes to state that the fact that these creative materials appear in TMR productions should in no way be understood as implying that its creators endorse anything published by TMR.

• Podcast artwork (below) by The Mind Renewed (CC BY-NC 4.0)