Pharmaceutical Sciences Postgraduate Program, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil.
Complex Systems Modelling Postgraduate Program, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Clin Nutr. 2022 Dec;41(12):3077-3084. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2021.03.018. Epub 2021 Mar 22.
BACKGROUND & AIMS: COVID-19 is an emergency public health problem of global importance. This study aimed to investigate the effect of foods and nutrients as complementary approaches on the recovery from COVID-19 in 170 countries, especially considering the complexity of the disease and the current scarcity of active treatments.
A retrospective study was performed using the Kaggle database, which links the consumption of various foods with recovery from COVID-19 in 170 countries, using multivariate analysis based on a generalized linear model.
The results showed that certain foods had a positive effect on recovery from COVID-19: eggs, fish and seafood, fruits, meat, milk, starchy roots, stimulants, vegetable products, nuts, vegetable oil and vegetables. In general, consumption of higher levels of proteins and lipids had a positive effect on COVID-19 recovery, whereas high consumption of alcoholic beverages had a negative effect. In developed countries, where hunger had been eradicated, the effect of food on recovery from COVID-19 had a greater magnitude than in countries with a higher global hunger index (GHI), where there was almost no identifiable effect.
Several foods had a positive effect on COVID-19 recovery in developed countries, especially food groups with a higher content of lipids, proteins, antioxidants and micronutrients (e.g., selenium and zinc). In countries with extreme poverty (high GHI), foods presented little effect on recovery from COVID-19.
COVID-19 是一个具有全球重要性的紧急公共卫生问题。本研究旨在调查食物和营养素作为补充手段对 170 个国家 COVID-19 康复的影响，特别是考虑到疾病的复杂性和当前缺乏有效治疗方法的现状。
本研究采用 Kaggle 数据库进行回顾性研究，该数据库将各种食物的消费与 170 个国家 COVID-19 的康复情况联系起来，使用基于广义线性模型的多元分析。
结果表明，某些食物对 COVID-19 的康复有积极影响：鸡蛋、鱼和海鲜、水果、肉类、牛奶、淀粉根、兴奋剂、蔬菜产品、坚果、植物油和蔬菜。一般来说，较高水平的蛋白质和脂质的消费对 COVID-19 的康复有积极影响，而大量饮酒则有负面影响。在已经消除饥饿的发达国家，食物对 COVID-19 康复的影响比全球饥饿指数（GHI）较高的国家更大，在这些国家，几乎没有可识别的影响。
在发达国家，有几种食物对 COVID-19 的康复有积极影响，特别是那些含有更高脂质、蛋白质、抗氧化剂和微量元素（如硒和锌）的食物组。在极度贫困的国家（高 GHI），食物对 COVID-19 的康复几乎没有影响。
