Does a plant-based diet really help beat COVID-19?

Vegetarian Spring Roll with salad on the side
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Author
Duane Mellor
Year
2021
Published in
The Conversation Trust

Since the beginning of the pandemic, it’s been suggested that certain foods or diets may offer protection against COVID-19. But are these sorts of claims reliable?

A recent study published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health sought to test this hypothesis. It found that health professionals who reported following diets that are vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian (those that exclude meat but include fish) had a lower risk of developing moderate-to-severe COVID-19.

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