Are vegetarians and vegans less likely to get severe Covid?
When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. The study, published in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health journal, examined six different countries to determine whether dietary patterns had an effect on Covid symptoms. Healthcare workers from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the UK and the USA who had "significant exposure to COVID-19 patients" completed a web-based survey between July and September 2020. Is it dangerous...  Four best sunburn remedies - how to instantly relieve sunburn  They provided information including demographic characteristics, dietary information and information on whether they caught the virus and how it affected them. Of the almost 2,900 participants, 568 had COVID-19 and 2,316 did not. Of those 568 who did, 138 people had 'moderate-to-severe' Covid-19 and 430 had 'very mild to mild' illness. The study found that participants who said they ate only plant-based diets were 73 percent less likely to suffer from moderate-to-severe illness from coronavirus. Plant-based diets are those that do not have any animal products in them - including milk, eggs and any type of meat.