April 2020 Alert. Nutrition and the Immune System

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With our inboxes and social media feeds burning with information and advice on Covid-19, for this edition of the Nutrition Evidence alert, we have put together a selection of articles for you from peer reviewed journals related to the immune system, so you can feel confident in the messages that you share with your clients. Whilst we are constrained by lack of scientific evidence regarding diet or supplements that would prevent a person from contracting Covid-19, we are not paralysed by it. We can continue to serve our clients who want support for overall health and wellbeing, including their immunity. This is bread and butter to Nutrition Practitioners and something we are well placed to do. The articles listed below cover the science behind dietary and lifestyle measures, as well as micronutrients, that have been shown to be supportive of immune system health. We hope you find our choices stimulating.

BANT is producing a weekly Covid-19 bulletin for its members, to support them during these challenging times. BANT members can read all these here. BANT has also issued a public announcement regarding Covid-19 which members can refer clients to as required.

Stay safe and well during these unprecedented times.

In good health,

Miguel Toribio-Mateas, Editor-in-Chief

Blog Spot April 2020

As part of a collaboration with Optibac Probiotics, we are highlighting one of their blog posts each month. This month the focus is on immunity and practical - and often free - steps that we can all take to support our health.

How to take care of your immune system by Kerry Beeson BSc Nut. Med

If you are interested in learning more about what Optibac has to offer practitioners, please contact them on practitioners@optibacprobiotics.com

Featured Articles for April 2020

The following 11 articles are featured as "recommended reading" this month:

Vitamin C: should we supplement? 2018 in Current Opinion in Critical Care

Evidence that Vitamin D Supplementation Could Reduce Risk of Influenza and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths. Nutrients. 2020

Fast food fever: reviewing the impacts of the Western diet on immunity.Nutrition journal. 2014

Garlic: a review of potential therapeutic effects.Avicenna journal of phytomedicine. 2014

Vitamin D: Nutrient, Hormone, and Immunomodulator.Nutrients. 2018

A pilot, open labelled, randomised controlled trial of hypertonic saline nasal irrigation and gargling for the common cold.Scientific reports. 2019

The Sleep-Immune Crosstalk in Health and Disease.Physiological reviews. 2019;

Vitamin C and Immune Function.Nutrients. 2017