ReviewFrontiers in public health2020
Importance of Dietary Changes During the Coronavirus Pandemic: How to Upgrade Your Immune Response.
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- Promising Antiviral Activities of Natural Flavonoids against SARS-CoV-2 Targets: Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Pooled it
- Intermittent Fasting and Probiotics: Synergistic Modulation of Gut Health for Therapeutic Advantages.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Review
- The association between nutrient patterns and hospital stay duration and symptoms in COVID-19 in Iranian patients: cross-sectional study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Potential Laboratory Markers in COVID-19 Patients with Gastrointestinal Impairments as Prognosticators of the Disease Severity.Tanaffos · 2024Article
- The association between macronutrient intakes and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in an Iranian population: applying a dynamical system model.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Relationship Between Dairy Intake and Hospitalization Risk and Disease Severity in Patients With COVID-19.Clinical nutrition research · 2023Article
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic Lifestyle Changes May Have Influenced Small Bowel Microbial Composition and Microbial Resistance.Digestive diseases and sciences · 2023Article
- The association of dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH) diet with hospitalization risk in patients with COVID-19.Clinical nutrition open science · 2023Article
- Folic Acid and Leucovorin Have Potential to Prevent SARS-CoV-2-Virus Internalization by Interacting with S-Glycoprotein/Neuropilin-1 Receptor Complex.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Amazonian fruits with potential effects on COVID-19 by inflammaging modulation: A narrative review.Journal of food biochemistry · 2022Review
- Effects of nutrients on immunomodulation in patients with severe COVID-19: Current knowledge.World journal of critical care medicine · 2022Review
- Immune System and Psychological State of Pregnant Women during COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Micronutrients Able to Support Pregnancy?Nutrients · 2022Review
- Zinc augments the antiviral potential of HCQ/CQ and ivermectin to reduce the risks of more serious outcomes from COVID-19 infection.Journal of trace elements in medicine and biology : organ of the Society for Minerals and Trace Elements (GMS) · 2022Review
- Associations of Nutritional Behavior and Gut Microbiota with the Risk of COVID-19 in Healthy Young Adults in Poland.Nutrients · 2022Article
- You are what you eat: How to best fuel your immune system.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Review
- The Effects of Vitamins and Micronutrients onJournal of immunology research · 2022Review
- Nutritional risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection: a prospective study within the NutriNet-Santé cohort.BMC medicine · 2021Article
- Korean traditional foods as antiviral and respiratory disease prevention and treatments: A detailed review.Trends in food science & technology · 2021Review
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Abstract
The new coronavirus pandemic continues to spread causing further public health, social, and economic issues. The disparities in the rates of death between countries poses questions about the importance of lifestyle habits and the immune status of populations. An exploration of dietary habits and COVID-19-related death might unravel associations between these two variables. Indeed, while both nutritional excess and deficiency are associated with immunodeficiency, adequate nutrition leading to an optimally functioning immune system may be associated with better outcomes with regards to preventing infection and complications of COVID-19, as well as developing a better immune response to other pathogenic viruses and microorganisms. This article outlines the key functions of the immune system and how macronutrients, micronutrients, and metabolites from the gut microbiome can be essential in the development of an efficient immune system. In addition, the effects of intermittent fasting on the inflammatory state as well as metabolic parameters will be discussed.
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