Nutrition Strategies Pre-infection, during, and Post-infection with Coronavirus Disease

Lamya Mallasi; Fatimah A. Alsaeed; Dina M. D.  Badr; Suzy M. Salama

doi:10.3889/oamjms.2023.11537

Authors

Lamya Mallasi Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Science and Arts, Mahayel Aseer, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5048-2042
Fatimah A. Alsaeed Department of Biology, College of Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia; Research Center for Advanced Materials Science, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5291-7334
Dina M. D. Badr Department of Chemistry, Muhayil College of Science and Arts, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0293-8735
Suzy M. Salama Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage Center, Ghibaish College of Science and Technology, Ghibaish, Sudan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0430-1436

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3889/oamjms.2023.11537

Keywords:

Coronavirus, Immunity, Gut microbiota, Breast-feeding

Abstract

Coronavirus disease is a serious viral infection that is characterized by severe inflammation and lymphopenia. The virus attacks many organs causing acute respiratory distress and malfunctioning of the organs leading to death. Through strengthening of the innate immune system, a balanced diet plays a critical role in defense against bacterial and viral diseases. A healthy diet before, during and after an infection can lessen the severity of the symptoms and speed up the recovery of damaged cells. Due to the Mediterranean diet’s high concentration of bioactive polyphenols, which have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antithrombic properties, numerous studies have suggested that it is a preventative dietary strategy against many diseases including coronavirus disease. Nutrition and herbal plants play a key role to enhance the immunity of people to protect and fight against coronavirus. Diet rich in antioxidants and phytochemicals represents perfect barrier to the virus through elevation of the innate immunity of the body. In addition, gut microbiota including prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics were found to enhance immunity to reduce the symptoms of the disease during infection. Protein-rich foods and honey bee products reported significant role during and post-coronavirus infection. This review presents updated information from original pre-clinical and clinical researches, and review articles as well to expose the nutritive strategies including breastfeeding benefits to infants pre-infection, during, and post-infection with coronavirus.

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