Food as a countermeasure to SARS-COV-2

Abstract

Over 2500 years ago Hippocrates said: “Let food be your medicine and medicine be your food”. From this position, a literature review in determining effective preventive and health-improving nutrition during the Covid-19 pandemic was carried out, measures to reduce the risk of a vulnerable viral disease using available foods with specific properties that can accelerate the recovery process and reduce various complications that accompany in case of Covid-19 disease was considered. A wide range of valuable foodstuffs, widely consumed of plant and animal origin, are presented, which to a certain extent help to get out of a serious illness without any complications, supply the human body with the necessary components that can block the spread of a viral infection and create immune resistance in the human body. Attention is paid to Chinese folk medicine, which during the Covid-19 epidemic in China played a role in the treatment of coronavirus among a wide range of people. The role of well-known vitamins in wellness and preventive nutrition in order to improve the general condition of people who survived the Covid-19 disease is shown.