Month: May 2020

If you’ve read the blog post The Importance of Nutrition for the Immune System you’ll be aware that nutrients from food and supplements play an important role in the development and preservation of the immune system. Nutrient deficiencies decrease immune defences, and increase susceptibility to infection (1). As with any health matter, it is ...

Recently an international research team published a report advising how the public can support their immune system and give it the best chance of fighting the coronavirus. And guess what? They suggest nutrition is an important strategy that should be included in public health recommendations (1). If you are reading this blog you are probably aware ...

One of the confounding things about the coronavirus is the wide range of disease severity that infected people experience. Whilst a minority of patients with the disease require hospitalization, for these patients the effects can be severe and, in some cases fatal. Other people have mild symptoms or none at all. Understanding why some patients ...