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To prevent COVID-19
“Your Food is Your Medicine,” Avicenna said thousands of years ago, and we are still far from understanding how food might improve our immune system in 2020.
How nuts can help you to fight covid?
With the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 in recent months, there has been a surge in interest in infection prevention techniques. As a result, some media outlets issued COVID-19 prevention tips in a variety of sectors, including food. Although there is insufficient scientific proof that a single diet can help prevent infections in the respiratory system, whether COVID-19 or other viruses, recommendations for particular foods have been made.
How can foods improve our immune system?
The term “immuno-nutrition” was first used in the scientific and clinical fields a few years ago to describe research whose goal was to investigate the modification of either immune system activity or the consequences of activation by nutrients or specific food items.
In order to protect ourselves from viruses, our immune system becomes active in a disease condition, which often leads to inflammation (virus, bacteria, chemicals, plant-pollen, etc.). Oxidant molecules are also formed during this process. Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory nutrients may help the body’s antioxidant defenses, limiting the capacity of oxidants generated during inflammation to cause damage. Some of these qualities are found in omega-3 fatty acids, minerals including selenium and zinc, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, and D.
Malnutrition has also been linked to an increased risk of sickness, with either an insufficient or excessive intake having deleterious effects on immunological function and susceptibility to a number of infections.
However, there are few particular studies that have studied the relationship between a single food type and the immune system in regard to diet, as far as we know. As a result, we lack sufficient scientific evidence to make clear population-level recommendations.
Do we have any information about regional diets like the Mediterranean, and Western?
A Western diet mixed with chronic overnutrition and a sedentary lifestyle has been shown to cause a persistent state of inflammation, which can be damaging to the body. Dietary patterns, such as the Mediterranean Diet, which emphasizes the eating of a variety of vegetables, fruits, grains, legumes, nuts, fish, and olive oil, have been linked to lower levels of inflammation in the blood. As a result, we hypothesize that diets may supply physiologically active chemicals with local and systemic immune function impacts.
Let’s talk about nuts. Can consuming nuts prevent Covid-19?
Nuts, which are found in most healthy eating plans, are known for their high energy density, which is due to their high lipid content (especially from unsaturated fatty acids). They also contain plant protein, phytosterols, vegetable fiber, and micronutrients (folates, vitamin E, selenium, magnesium, and other minerals and vitamins), which may work together to improve human health. Unfortunately, no human studies have been undertaken to look at the impact of nut consumption on viral or bacterial illness, as well as the possible repercussions of these diseases.
We cannot prescribe nuts to prevent COVID-19 infection due to a lack of scientific data, as certain media outlets have claimed in recent months. Nut consumption was consistently linked to lower rates of coronary heart disease, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and mortality, as well as total death, in large epidemiologic investigations.
Nuts have also shown promise in improving vessel function, lowering postprandial glycemia and insulin resistance when used to replace bad carbohydrates, lowering the risk of certain cancers, delaying age-related cognitive decline, lowering the risk of depression, and improving sperm motility and other fertility parameters.
Conclusion
The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic highlights the fact that diet and its relationship with the immune system, particularly in the context of respiratory disorders, has received little attention. Meanwhile, following a healthy lifestyle (defined by a balanced eating pattern such as the Mediterranean Diet, which includes nuts) appears to be the greatest option for keeping our immune system in good working order.
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