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<p>Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has brought life to a standstill around the world. Until a vaccine was found to combat COVID-19, the world conducted research and made recommendations for nutritional natural foods. Considering the risks incurred by contracting the disease, even though the production of various vaccines and vaccination of healthy people has started in some countries, individuals need useful foods to be ready for the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, nutrient contents such as antioxidant compounds, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics that contribute to the immune system have been investigated. This paper attempts to determine the role of these dietary supplements in reducing the risk of COVID-19 and/or changing the course of the disease in COVID-19 patients and their effects on mortality. Supplements used and recommended for the COVID-19 pandemic life were investigated. In conclusion, more research is needed to determine the effectiveness of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, prebiotics, and antioxidants used during the COVID-19 pandemic to inhibit the effect of SARS-CoV-2. In order to overcome the new global crisis, nutritional cures and treatments should be upgraded. However, additional research on the subject is needed.</p>
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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has brought life to a standstill around the world. Until a vaccine was found to combat COVID-19, the world conducted research and made recommendations for nutritional natural foods. Considering the risks incurred by contracting the disease, even though the production of various vaccines and vaccination of healthy people has started in some countries, individuals need useful foods to be ready for the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, nutrient contents such as antioxidant compounds, vitamins, minerals, and probiotics that contribute to the immune system have been investigated. This paper attempts to determine the role of these dietary supplements in reducing the risk of COVID-19 and/or changing the course of the disease in COVID-19 patients and their effects on mortality. Supplements used and recommended for the COVID-19 pandemic life were investigated. In conclusion, more research is needed to determine the effectiveness of nutrients, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, prebiotics, and antioxidants used during the COVID-19 pandemic to inhibit the effect of SARS-CoV-2. In order to overcome the new global crisis, nutritional cures and treatments should be upgraded. However, additional research on the subject is needed.

A review of natural foods consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic life

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Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease that has brought life to a standstill around the world. Until a vaccine was found to combat COVID-19, the...

Effects	Micronutrients	References
Anti-inflammatory	Vitamin D, Curcumin, Quercetin, Propolis	[99, 100, 105, 106, 107]
Antioxidant	Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Curcumin, Selenium	[37, 106, 108, 109]
Antiviral	Selenium, Curcumin, Quercetin, Riboflavin, Vitamin C, Green Tea, Propolis, Resveratrol, Zinc	[99, 100, 103, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113]
Immune response	Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B12, Folate, Pyridoxine, Zinc, Nicotinamide, Selenium	[38, 109, 113]
Interferon production	Vitamin C	[111]
Virus-ACE2 interaction reduction	Quercetin, Curcumin	[11]

A review of natural foods consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic life

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jun 29, 2022

Page range: 188 - 198

Received: May 11, 2021

Accepted: Nov 16, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0020

Keywords
Covid-19, nutrients, probiotics, vitamins

© 2022 Meltem Hurcan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Various effects of natural micronutrients and bioactive substances

A review of natural foods consumed during the COVID-19 pandemic life

Article Category: Review

Published Online: Jun 29, 2022

Page range: 188 - 198

Received: May 11, 2021

Accepted: Nov 16, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ahem-2022-0020

KeywordsCovid-19, nutrients, probiotics, vitamins

© 2022 Meltem Hurcan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Various effects of natural micronutrients and bioactive substances

Keywords
Covid-19, nutrients, probiotics, vitamins