NEW ORLEANS (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- What you can eat and drink can affect your risk of contracting COVID-19, fitness expert Mackie Shilstone told WWL-TV.
Shilstone pointed to a new study from the Department of Preventive Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Researchers used publicly available data to examine the participants’ eating habits.
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The review found "consuming more coffee, vegetables, and being breastfed, as well as, consuming less processed meat intake were independently associated with lower odds of COVID-19 positivity."
"Habitual consumption of one or more cups of coffee per day was associated with about a 10% decrease in risk of COVID-19, compared to less than one cup/day," while "consumption of at least 0.67 servings a day of vegetables (cooked or raw, excluding potatoes) was associated with a lower risk of COVID-19 infection."
Researchers found that participants who ate processed meats (e.g., salted, cured, smoked) had a higher risk of contracting the virus but did not find any increased risk related to red meat consumption, "suggesting meat per se does not underlie the association we observed with processed meats."
"Our results support the hypothesis that nutritional factors may influence distinct aspects of the immune system, hence susceptibility to COVID-19," researchers concluded.
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