ArticleBMJ nutrition, prevention & health2020
COVID-19: is there a role for immunonutrition, particularly in the over 65s?
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- Current Trend and Outcomes on Immunonutrition in Medical and Surgical Fields: An Updated Perspective.The Malaysian journal of medical sciences : MJMS · 2024Review
- Coping with the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening immunity as a nonpharmaceutical intervention: A major public health challenge.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Gut Microbiota and Critically Ill Patients: Immunity and Its Modulation via Probiotics and Immunonutrition.Nutrients · 2023Review
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- Role of multiple factors likely contributing to severity-mortality of COVID-19.Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases · 2021Review
- Compliance Indicators of COVID-19 Prevention and Vaccines Hesitancy in Kenya: A Random-Effects Endogenous Probit Model.Vaccines · 2021Article
- The Complex Interplay between Immunonutrition, Mast Cells, and Histamine Signaling in COVID-19.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Keeping a Balance During the Pandemic: a Narrative Review on the Important Role of Micronutrients in Preventing Infection and Reducing Complications of COVID-19.Current nutrition reports · 2021Review
- Association of Food Intake Quality with Vitamin D in SARS-CoV-2 Positive Patients from Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Efficacy of Antioxidant Oral Supplements on the Progression of COVID-19 in Non-Critically Ill Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Insights into neurological dysfunction of critically ill COVID-19 patients.Trends in anaesthesia & critical care · 2021Review
- The Role of Dysbiosis in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19 and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
- Potential therapeutic and pharmacological strategies for SARS-CoV2.Journal of pharmaceutical investigation · 2021Review
- Deficiency of antioxidants and increased oxidative stress in COVID-19 patients: A cross-sectional comparative study in Jigawa, Northwestern Nigeria.SAGE open medicine · 2021Article
- Exploring the implications of COVID-19 on widening health inequalities and the emergence of nutrition insecurity through the lens of organisations involved with the emergency food response.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Review
- Nutrition education in medical school: the case of international medical students in China.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Article
- Nutrition is key to global pandemic resilience.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Article
- Dietary micronutrients in the wake of COVID-19: an appraisal of evidence with a focus on high-risk groups and preventative healthcare.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2020Review
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Abstract
In late December 2019 severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) first emerged in Wuhan, Hubei, China, resulting in the potentially fatal COVID-19. It went on to be officially recognised as a pandemic by the World Health Organisation on 11 March 2020. While many public health strategies have evolved, there has been little mention of the immune system and how this could be strengthened to help protect against viral infections such as SARS-CoV-2. The present paper evaluates the current evidence base relating to immunonutrition, with a particular focus on respiratory viruses. Within the nutrition sector a promising body of evidence studying inter-relationships between certain nutrients and immune competence already exists. This could potentially be an important player in helping the body to deal with the coronavirus, especially among elders. Evidence for vitamins C, D and zinc and their roles in preventing pneumonia and respiratory infections (vitamins C and D) and reinforcing immunity (zinc) appears to look particularly promising. Ongoing research within this important field is urgently needed.
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