Société Francophone de Nutrithérapie et de Nutrigénétique Appliquée, Villeurbanne, France.
Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 2022 Jan;200(1):27-30. doi: 10.1007/s12011-021-02623-3. Epub 2021 Feb 25.
Recently, a discussion has begun on the global management strategy against COVID-19 based on the hypothesis that individuals' macro- and micronutrient status combined with antiviral drugs and herbs can be an ally against the infection. The hypothesis is that people's nutritional and oxidative scavenging capacity may provide fundamental data to predict severe and acute pulmonary distress following SARS-Cov2 infection. Consequently, the scientific community has addressed the role of balanced diets, nutritional supplements, and micronutrients, including folk herbal formulations, in reducing hospitalization and the severity of pulmonary impact in COVID-19 by preventing the most serious forms of the infection. This led to an animated debate on the potential effectiveness of some vitamins, micronutrients, and traditional Chinese medicine in preventing COVID-19, with some authors convinced that plant extracts could act oppositely, exacerbating the effect of the infection. While current research is still far to assess the suggestions and issues raised in this short communication, it is undoubtedly true that determining an individual's current metabolic status, including macro- and micronutrients, is an essential factor in defining any individuals' deficiencies, which will need to be addressed urgently through a proper diet, specific personalized nutritional supplementation, and lifestyle changes.
最近，人们基于个体的宏量和微量营养素状态结合抗病毒药物和草药可以成为对抗感染的盟友这一假设，开始讨论全球 COVID-19 管理策略。该假设认为，人们的营养和氧化清除能力可能为预测 SARS-CoV2 感染后严重和急性肺窘迫提供基本数据。因此，科学界已经研究了平衡饮食、营养补充剂和微量营养素（包括民间草药配方）在通过预防感染的最严重形式来减少 COVID-19 住院和肺部损伤严重程度方面的作用。这引发了一场关于某些维生素、微量营养素和中药预防 COVID-19 的潜在有效性的激烈辩论，一些作者坚信植物提取物可能会产生相反的作用，加剧感染的影响。虽然目前的研究还远远不能评估这篇简短交流中提出的建议和问题，但确定个体当前的代谢状态，包括宏量和微量营养素，无疑是确定任何个体是否存在缺陷的一个重要因素，这些缺陷需要通过适当的饮食、特定的个性化营养补充剂和生活方式改变来紧急解决。
