Scientists have studied how taking supplements affects corona symptoms.
Read how zinc and vitamin C perform here.
To protect the body from pathogens, many resort to home remedies.
Whether it's the one apple a day, ginger stock or the vitamin C effervescent tablet: Everyone swears by at least one measure that does not have to be approved by the doctor.
Dietary supplements in particular are very popular with many people when it comes to strengthening the immune system.
And this despite the fact that most medical professionals and nutritionists point out that a balanced diet provides the body with all the important nutrients it needs for a strong defense.
But even with regard to Corona, many citizens believe that they can prevent the disease and / or shorten the duration of the disease with food supplements.
The latter was investigated by an American research team from the Cleveland Clinic in the states of Ohio and Florida.
The focus was on how high-dose zinc and vitamin C (ascorbic acid) affected corona symptoms.
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The study included 214 adult corona patients, who were around 45 years old on average.
Almost 62 percent of the subjects were female.
The study directors divided the test subjects into four groups
: each received either 50 mg zinc gluconate, 8,000 mg ascorbic acid, both active ingredients or a standard treatment daily for ten days, according to the Pharmazeutische Zeitung (PZ).
The endpoint was defined as the number of days it took to achieve a 50 percent reduction in symptoms.
After evaluating the results, the study leaders concluded that there were
no significant differences between the four different groups
.
The patients who received standard treatment without nutritional supplements achieved a 50 percent reduction in symptoms after an average of 6.7 days.
For those who were given high doses of vitamin C, it was an average of 5.5 days, for the zinc gluconate group, the symptoms “halved” after an average of 5.9 days, and for the group that took zinc and vitamin C it happened after an average of 5.5 days to a 50 percent reduction in symptoms.
"In this randomized clinical study with outpatients diagnosed with Sars-CoV-2 infection, treatment with high-dose zinc gluconate, ascorbic acid or a combination of the two preparations
did not significantly reduce the duration of
symptoms compared to standard treatment,
" said the conclusion of the US researchers.
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