Immunonutrition effects on coping with COVID-19

• Published in: Food & function Vol. 12; no. 17; pp. 7637 - 765
• Main Authors: Santos Ferreira, Rosângela dos, dos Santos, Cristiane, Maranhão Mendonça, Lígia Aurélio Bezerra, Espinola Carvalho, Cristiano Marcelo, Franco, Octávio Luiz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 07.09.2021
• Subjects: Biological activity; Complications; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Flavonoids; Food; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Global health; Glutamine; Health risks; Immune status; Immune system; Minerals; Nucleotides; Nutrients; Nutrition; Pandemics; Probiotics; Public health; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Viral diseases; Vitamins

COVID-19 implications are still a threat to global health. In the face of this pandemic, food and nutrition are key issues that can boost the immune system. The bioactivity of functional foods and nutrients (probiotics, prebiotics, water- and fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, flavonoids, glutamine, ar...