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Can your diet affect Covid-19 symptoms?
September 3, 2021

A recent study into the relationship between COVID-19 patients, their dietary choices and the severity of their symptoms found that patients on a plant-based diet were 73% less likely to experience the most severe symptoms when compared to those on a diet that included animal products. Read on to find out more about this interesting discovery into how adopting a plant-based diet can protect against experiencing the most adverse COVID-19 symptoms…
Can your diet affect Covid-19 symptoms?
It’s been almost 2 years since the outbreak of COVID-19 yet there is still so much uncertainty about how the virus spreads, how to best treat it and most importantly how to protect people from the worst of its effects, death. New research explores the relationship between the dietary choices of hundred of front-line healthcare workers and their symptoms of Covid-19 infection.Â
Having lived through almost 2 years of a pandemic, we like to all think that we know all there is to know about it, or at least as much as we want to know about it. However, with the number of changes that COVID-19 has brought to our lives, scientists have continue to research and release more new information to build resilience against the infection.
While it is widely documented that following a plant-based diet has many health benefits, especially against chronic lifestyle diseases. This scientific discovery suggests that a plant-based diet may also be protective against severe symptoms of the latest viral illness, Covid-19. Though the study’s findings are reassuring in providing more information on how to better approach COVID-19 management plans, it in no way suggests that people on a plant-based diet are to ignore the vaccination, social distancing, mask wearing and hand washing guidelines that are provided by health experts and governments globally. Follow the link below to read our press release on the full results of the latest research into plant-based diets and Covid-19.
Your Diet Could Reduce Your Chances of Severe Covid-19 Symptoms by 73%