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: Received: 25 August 2020 / Approved: 27 August 2020 / Online: 27 August 2020 (10:35:19 CEST)
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Razzaque, M.S. COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Boosting Immune Responses by Maintaining Adequate Nutritional Balance Reduce Viral Insults?. Preprints2020, 2020080611
Razzaque, M.S. COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Boosting Immune Responses by Maintaining Adequate Nutritional Balance Reduce Viral Insults?. Preprints 2020, 2020080611
Razzaque, M.S. COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Boosting Immune Responses by Maintaining Adequate Nutritional Balance Reduce Viral Insults?. Preprints2020, 2020080611
APA Style
Razzaque, M.S. (2020). <b>COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Boosting Immune Responses by Maintaining Adequate Nutritional Balance Reduce Viral Insults?</b>. Preprints. https://doi.org/
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Razzaque, M.S. 2020 "<b>COVID-19 Pandemic: Can Boosting Immune Responses by Maintaining Adequate Nutritional Balance Reduce Viral Insults?</b>" Preprints. https://doi.org/
Abstract
The impact of nutrition on immunity is an intense area of research. Malnutrition is linked to a higher risk of microbial infections, while severe infections usually lead to a nutritional imbalance in affected patients. The nutritional status has an impact on the severity of the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 infection. Studies conducted on small numbers of patients have shown the benefits of maintaining optimal vitamin (B12 and D) and mineral (zinc and magnesium) balance in reducing the intensity of COVID-19. Although consuming a balanced diet with a healthy lifestyle is always desirable, the importance of such practice is even more meaningful during the COVID-19 pandemic. Keeping an optimal balance of vitamins and minerals through healthy dietary habits helps to maintain a robust immune system that is essential to combat invading microbial pathogens, including SARS-CoV-2.
Keywords
Vitamin B12; Vitamin D; Zinc; Magnesium; COVID-19
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Food Science and Technology
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