Association between severity of COVID-19 symptoms and habitual food intake in adult outpatients.

Elihud Salazar-RoblesKourosh Kalantar-ZadehHumberto BadilloMartín Calderón-JuárezCesar Alberto García-BárcenasPedro Daniel Ledesma-PérezAbel LermaClaudia Lerma

Published in: BMJ nutrition, prevention & health (2021)

Increase in habitual frequency of intake of 'legumes', and 'grains, bread and cereals' food groups decreased overall symptom severity in patients with COVID-19. This study provides a framework for designing a protective diet during the COVID-19 pandemic and also establishes a hypothesis of using a diet-based intervention in the management of SARS-CoV-2 infection, which may be explored in future studies.

Keyphrases

physical activity
weight loss
coronavirus disease
sars cov
randomized controlled trial
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
current status
young adults