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Micronutrients Supporting Immune System: Review for COVID-19

İmmun Sistemi Destekleyen Bazı Mikronutrientler: COVID-19’a Yönelik Bir Derleme

Emel Öktem Güngör(Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Ankara)
Nihan Yaldız(Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Ankara)
Sevan Çetin Özbek(Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi, Beslenme ve Diyetetik Bölümü, Ankara)
Pages
53–56
Publication Date
2020-06-30
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In the literature, reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 infections with external supplementation is limited, but micronutrient optimization is essential in maintaining the immune system of the host and deficiencies can be seriously harmful.Optimal nutrition provides physiological optimization of the immune system.Studies have shown,vitamins A, C, D and E and trace elements such as zinc and selenium have a key role in supporting the human immune system and reducing the risk of infection.Also, some vitamins and minerals are used in the treatment of viral infections.This article reviews the role played by essential micronutrients in reducing and treating COVID-19 risk.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 has become the most important public health problem.Some individuals have a slightly asymptomatic and some individuals have a severe symptomatic suggests the importance of a strong immune system.
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Key Findings & Data:Declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 has become the most important public health problem.Some individuals have a slightly asymptomatic and some individuals have a severe symptomatic suggests the importance of a strong immune system.
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Conclusion & Impact:In the literature, reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 infections with external supplementation is limited, but micronutrient optimization is essential in maintaining the immune system of the host and deficiencies can be seriously harmful.Optimal nutrition provides physiological optimization of the immune system.Studies have shown,vitamins A, C, D and E and trace elements such as zinc and selenium have a key role in supporting the human immune system and reducing the risk of infection.Also, some vitamins and minerals are used in the treatment of viral infections.This article reviews the role played by essential micronutrients in reducing and treating COVID-19 risk.
🔬Design:Review & Systematic Survey
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⚙️Variables:İmmün sistem · vitamin · mineral

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Declared as a pandemic by the World Health Organization, COVID-19 has become the most important public health problem.Some individuals have a slightly asymptomatic and some individuals have a severe symptomatic suggests the importance of a strong immune system. In the literature, reducing the risk and severity of COVID-19 infections with external supplementation is limited, but micronutrient optimization is essential in maintaining the immune system of the host and deficiencies can be seriously harmful.Optimal nutrition provides physiological optimization of the immune system.Studies have shown,vitamins A, C, D and E and trace elements such as zinc and selenium have a key role in supporting the human immune system and reducing the risk of infection.Also, some vitamins and minerals are used in the treatment of viral infections.This article reviews the role played by essential micronutrients in reducing and treating COVID-19 risk.

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Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından pandemi olarak ilan edilen COVID-19 en önemli halk sağlığı sorunu haline gelmiştir. Hastalığı bazı bireylerin hafif asemptomatik, bazı bireylerin ise ağır semptomatik olarak geçirmesi güçlü bir immun sistemin önemini düşündürmektedir. Nütriyonel homeostazın sağlanması güçlü bir immun sistemin varlığı için oldukça önemlidir. Literatüre göre dışarıdan takviye ile COVID-19 enfeksiyonlarının risk ve şiddetinin azaltılması sınırlıdır, ancak mikrobesin optimizasyonu konakçının immün sisteminin korunmasında esastır ve eksiklikler ciddi zararlı olabilir. A, C, D ve E vitaminleri ve çinko, selenyum gibi eser elementlerin insan bağışıklık sistemini desteklemede ve enfeksiyon riskini azaltmada kilit rolleri olduğu yapılan çalışmalar ile gösterilmiştir. Ayrıca bazı vitamin ve mineraller viral enfeksiyonların tedavisinde kullanılmaktadır. Bu makale; COVID-19 riskinin azaltılması ve tedavisinde temel mikro besinlerin oynadığı rolü gözden geçirmektedir.

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Güngör, E. Ö., Yaldız, N., Özbek, S. Ç. (2020). Micronutrients Supporting Immune System: Review for COVID-19. Yüksek İhtisas Üniversitesi Sağlık Bilimleri Dergisi, Cilt: 1 Sayı: 1, 53–56. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medidd.2020.100028

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