What to do about the COVID-19 outbreak! Come and try it with your doctor!

Beginning in May 2022, the rapid outbreak of COVID-19 in Taiwan is estimated to have infected people with a total population of 15%. In this period of community infection outbreaks, medical resources are increasingly scarce. How should we save ourselves through nutritional supplements? The following is sorted out for you!

At the end of 2021, a large-scale article on special nutritional interventions for COVID-19retrospective researchpublished. The study collected more than 4,000 papers, and finally included 19 papers that met the criteria for further sorting and analysis. In conclusion, the research team believes that high doses of vitamin C, vitamin D, and zinc (Zn) are helpful in reducing complications associated with COVID-19 infection (complication indicators include indicators of inflammation, use of oxygen therapy, length of hospital stay, death rate, etc.), and in terms of safety, the above three nutritional interventions have no obvious adverse reactions.

However, after reading the paper carefully, the author is more inclined to support the use ofhigh dose vitamin CandVitamin D; and zinc supplementation, considering that the results of previous papers are inconsistent, so the author will not recommend its use. As for how many doses of special nutritional supplements to use, although referring to the data in the paper, the daily doses of vitamin C and vitamin D are at least about 3 g/day and 10,000 IU/day, respectively, but considering race and individual differences Depending on the patient's condition, the author recommends consulting a medical professional before making a decision.

In addition to taking purified nutritional supplements, there are many foods in our daily life that are rich in vitamin C. Among common fruits and vegetables, the top five vitamin C content per 100 g of edible parts are:

1. Red Heart Guava: 214.4 mg
2. Red bell pepper: 137.7 mg
3. Yellow bell pepper: 127.5 mg
4. White meat guava: 120.9 mg
5. Shakyamuni: 99 mg
(The above Vit. C content data refer to the Nutritious Bread websitethis article, interested readers can read this article carefully)

Taiwan is a big fruit country, and it has just started to enter the guava production season recently. The price is very close to the people. If a guava is about 400~500 g, you can get at least about 500 mg of Vit. C by eating a guava. It's a good deal! Therefore, the author suggests that if there are not too many dietary taboos or difficulty swallowing, you can supplement more fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C in the near future, or take nutritional supplements directly, and use your diet to fight the epidemic together!

〈The author is former Attending Physician in National Taiwan University Hospital, and Master of Science from National Taiwan University〉

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