Gwyneth Paltrow reveals she had COVID-19 ‘early on’ and it has left her with ‘long-term fatigue’

Gwyneth Paltrow said that she battled COVID-19 last year, and it left her with ‘long-term fatigue, body inflammation and brain fog.’

‘I had COVID-19 early on, and it left me with some long-tail fatigue and brain fog,’ the 48-year-old actress said in a Goop piece. ‘In January, I had some tests done that showed really high levels of inflammation in my body.’ 

Paltrow, who starred in the 2011 pandemic thriller Contagion, said that after her diagnosis, she sought care and guidance from the functional medicine practitioner Dr. Will Cole. 

‘After he saw all my labs,’ she said, ‘he explained that this was a case where the road to healing was going to be longer than usual.’ 

The Shakespeare in Love star said that she’s been taking care of herself with an enhanced focus on self-care while refraining from consuming sugar or alcohol, with a new regimen to combat the aftereffects of the virus.

‘Everything I’m doing feels good, like a gift to my body,’ the Oscar-winning actress said. ‘I have energy, I’m working out in the mornings, and I’m doing an infrared sauna as often as I can, all in service of healing.’

She said that in the wake of the debilitating battle, adjustments of ‘cleaning up [her] diet’ and ‘exercise, and even thought patterns … left [her] feeling energized, healthier, and – believe it or not – wanting more.’