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Can a healthier diet prevent infection and even death from corona?
Does a healthy diet based on plant foods have an effect on your chances of contracting corona?
A new study claims that a third of cases of infection could have been avoided if people had eaten healthier.
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Saturday, September 18, 2021, 11:44 p.m.
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We already know that a diet that is mostly based on plant foods is healthier, but now it seems that it can also help prevent corona infection. A new study from Boston published in the journal GUT reports that consuming healthier foods than plants may lower the risk of coronary heart disease, in addition to lowering the possibility of severe symptoms when infected. Although doctors have been saying for some time that metabolic conditions including obesity and type 2 diabetes can cause severe coronary complications, this study is among the first to add nutrition to the equation.
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital add that the effect of diet on corona risk as well as on the severity of symptoms is particularly strong among those living in weakened socio-economic areas.
"Previous reports suggest that poor nutrition is a disproportionate trait among groups affected by the epidemic disproportionately, but data on the link between diet and the risk of coronary heart disease and illness are lacking," said study editor Jordi Marino, a doctoral student in the School of Medicine. Harvard, in a press release.
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The research team analyzed data collected on 592,571 participants originally collected for corona symptom research.
The work included U.S. and UK residents surveyed between March and December 2020. Each participant completed a survey of their dietary habits, with study authors evaluating “diet quality” using a score, with an emphasis on fruit and vegetable consumption.
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During the follow-up period, 31,831 participants were infected in Corona.
The findings showed that people who consumed the healthier diet had a 9 percent lower risk of contracting corona compared to people who ate a poorer diet.
Similarly, the results showed that those who ate healthier were 41 percent less likely to develop severe corona symptoms.
"These findings have been consistent in a variety of analyzes we have performed that address other health behaviors, social health factors, and virus transmission rates in the community," Marino adds.
"While we cannot stress enough the importance of getting vaccinated and wearing a mask indoors and in crowded places, our research suggests that people may also reduce their risk of getting corona by paying attention to nutrition," said one of the study's authors, Dr. Andrew Chan, a gastroenterologist. And director of the hospital's clinical epidemiology unit.
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The researchers also observed a cumulative link between malnutrition, increased socioeconomic deprivation and COVID-19 risk.
In other words, people living in poorer areas and eating an unhealthy diet are much more susceptible to the virus than any of these conditions alone.
"Our models predict that nearly a third of cases corona have been prevented if either of these conditions did not exist," says Dr. Marino.
In conclusion, the researchers believe that making healthy foods and plant more available and affordable could help in promoting the end of the epidemic. "Our findings are A call for governments and stakeholders to prioritize a healthy diet and welfare with an influential policy, "concludes Dr. Marino.
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