Because of the corona virus, the question of how to strengthen your immune system came up. Vitamin supplements are not a solution, experts say.
- There are no drugs or vaccinations to treat the coronavirus yet.
- People therefore want to protect their immune system themselves against the pathogen and resort to vitamin supplements .
- However, experts often do not consider dietary supplements to be a good idea.
Coronavirus: Dietary supplements are offered as protection against Covid-19
From vitamin A to zinc , everything is available with the vitamin preparations . Due to the corona virus *, the agents are experiencing a boom, as there is no other drug against the pathogen.
Aside from the hygiene measures , many people want to take action themselves. They want to bring their immune system up to scratch so that Covid-19 can not harm them. Suppliers of nutritional supplements take advantage of this situation and offer everything possible on the Internet, as RUHR24.de * reports.
Coronavirus: experts warn of vitamin supplements in Covid-19
According to the consumer advice center in North Rhine-Westphalia, this trend was initially evident in the English-speaking world. Gradually, however, he is also picking up speed in Germany because of Covid-19 . It is more than questionable how useful the dietary supplements really are to protect the immune system against the coronavirus (live ticker NRW) *.
For example, Florian Aigner (40), physicist and science journalist at the Technical University of Vienna, who believes that the immune system does not simply get better if you swallow additional vitamins. He therefore advises on the futurezone site to be on guard when someone wants to sell food supplements . Because they are usually ineffective, if not dangerous.
Coronavirus: Dietary supplements suggest false security against Covid-19
And the consumer advice center also states: Food supplements do not help to prevent a disease with the novel corona virus or to treat the pathogen.
On the contrary: Some advertising promises of the vitamin preparations , such as "protects against viruses", have not been scientifically proven and provide false security for consumers. You should therefore stay away from such supplements .
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- Product Warning (@ Product Warning1) March 24, 2020Vitamin preparations and dietary supplements only make sense in rare cases
Vitamin supplements and nutritional supplements only make sense in rare cases. For example, in people who suffer from a deficiency due to illness or who may be malnourished.
However, all other people do not need any food additives , says Florian Aigner. In addition, it has already been scientifically proven that, for example, taking high-dose vitamin C or D does not lead to an extraordinarily good strengthening of the immune system .
Because the body can only absorb a certain amount of vitamins, the rest it is not used. According to the scientist, the human immune system is a finely balanced system that usually regulates itself.
Coronavirus: strengthen the immune system naturally and without vitamin pills
Instead of food supplements: fruits and vegetables are the better vitamin boosters.
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If you want to become active yourself and want to strengthen your immune system in times of the coronavirus crisis , you don't have to despair. Because there are quite a few useful tips that help keep the immune system in good condition and that are also scientifically proven.
This includes:
- Varied and balanced diet with lots of greens, fruits and vegetables.
- Lots of exercise outdoors.
- Avoiding stress and getting enough sleep is said to strengthen the immune system.
The magic vitamin preparations and nutritional supplements are therefore often empty advertising promises rather than real miracle cures for the corona virus . They should therefore be used with caution - or rather not at all, according to the experts. love
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