London - Sana
A recent study revealed that taking multivitamins and omega-3 or vitamin D supplements reduces the risk of infection with the Coronavirus among women.
According to the Medical Express website, the researchers indicated during the study published in the British Medical Journal that nutritional supplements help support a healthy immune system and play a role in reducing transmission of the virus, by relying on user data for a technological application to study the symptoms of Covid 19 that is used in Britain to find out Whether regular supplement users are less likely to be tested for coronavirus.
The researchers took into account the age factor and the main health risk factors for the participants and analyzed the information provided by 372,720 UK subscribers in the application about their regular use of nutritional supplements throughout the months of May, June and July last year during the first wave of the epidemic, in addition to any results of a swab test for the Corona virus.
When the researchers looked specifically at gender, age, and weight, they found the protective associations of probiotics, which are beneficial bacteria in the body, omega-3 fatty acids, multivitamins, and vitamin D only in women of all ages and weights, which contributed to a 14, 12, and 13 reduction in the risk of infection. And 9 percent, respectively, while no such clear associations were seen in men.
