Semiz Sabina, Serdarevic Fadila
College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Association South East European Network for Medical Research-SOVE, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Front Nutr. 2020 Oct 6;7:581680. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2020.581680. eCollection 2020.
Recent evidence shows that COVID-19 patients with existing metabolic disorders, such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome, are exposed to a high risk of morbidity and mortality. At the same time, in order to manage the pandemic, the health authorities around the world are advising people to stay at home. This results in decreased physical activity and an increased consumption of an unhealthy diet, which often leads to an increase in body weight, risk for diabetes, insulin resistance, and metabolic syndrome, and thus, paradoxically, to a high risk of morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19 complications. Here we summarize the evidence demonstrating that the promotion of a healthy life style, including physical activity and a dietary intake of natural polyphenols present in coffee and tea, has the potential to improve the prevention and management of insulin resistance and diabetes in the time of COVID-19 pandemic. Particularly, it would be pertinent to evaluate further the potential positive effects of coffee beverages, rich in natural polyphenols, as an adjuvant therapy for COVID-19, which appear not to be studied sufficiently.
近期证据表明，患有糖尿病和代谢综合征等现有代谢紊乱疾病的新冠病毒肺炎患者面临较高的发病和死亡风险。与此同时，为应对疫情，全球卫生当局建议人们居家。这导致身体活动减少，不健康饮食的摄入量增加，进而常常导致体重增加、患糖尿病风险上升、胰岛素抵抗和代谢综合征，因此，自相矛盾的是，因新冠病毒肺炎并发症而面临较高的发病和死亡风险。在此，我们总结相关证据，表明推广健康的生活方式，包括身体活动以及摄入咖啡和茶中含有的天然多酚类物质，有可能在新冠病毒肺炎大流行期间改善胰岛素抵抗和糖尿病的预防与管理。特别是，有必要进一步评估富含天然多酚类物质的咖啡饮品作为新冠病毒肺炎辅助治疗手段的潜在积极效果，目前这方面的研究似乎还不够充分。
