Nutrition Importance in preventing COVID-19 pandemic disease

Abstract

COVID-19 pandemic was causing havoc across the world. Businesses, education, people’s lifestyle, and many more have been severely affected. As humans are adapting to their new environment, many wonders about nutrients and supplements as some believe that certain substances can help reduce and even prevent the symptoms of COVID-19. Currently, only vitamin C has been proven to help boost immune system to fight against COVID-19. Even though it is not proven that certain diets can help the immune system against COVID-19, one should always have a balanced nutritional diet as it can help boost the immune system against many more diseases. A proper diet can ensure that the body is in the proper state to defeat the virus. However, along with the dietary management guidelines the food safety management and good food practices are compulsory. This article explores the importance of nutrition to boost immunity and gives some professional and authentic dietary guidelines about nutrition and food safety to withstand COVID-19. The discussion of the most recent pertinent literature aims to lay the foundations for making reasonable assumptions and evaluations of different types of nutrition, their functions, their mechanism of action, key targets, and their contribution against COVID-19.