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What dietary recommendations are effective for reducing the risk or severity of COVID-19 infection and managing symptoms of post-COVID-19 syndrome (long COVID)?

SEARCH TERMS

MeSH Terms

Post-acute COVID-19 syndrome
Nutrition therapy 
Diet 
Dietary supplements

 

Text Words

Long COVID
Low histamine diet 
Histamine intolerance
Mediterranean diet 
Plant-based diet
Vegetarian diet 

DATABASES and Grey Literature Sources (e.g. international guidelines) Searched

PubMed
TRIP 
Epistemonikos
Google Scholar

Reasons for excluding reviews or studies identified using a hierarchical literature search

Nguyen-Hoang A. Nutrition therapy for long COVID. Br J Nurs. 2021 Nov 25;30(21):S28-S29. doi: 10.12968/bjon.2021.30.21.S28. PMID: 34839684.
  • Narrative commentary  
 
Vahid F, Rahmani D. Can an anti-inflammatory diet be effective in preventing or treating viral respiratory diseases? A systematic narrative review. Clin Nutr ESPEN. 2021 Jun;43:9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.04.009. Epub 2021 Apr 24. PMID: 34024569; PMCID: PMC9587761. 
  • No studies on COVID 19
 
Ling V, Zabetakis I. The Role of an Anti-Inflammatory Diet in Conjunction to COVID-19. Diseases. 2021 Oct 29;9(4):76. doi: 10.3390/diseases9040076. PMID: 34842636; PMCID: PMC8628803.
  • No studies of published interventions in those with COVID-19 

DATE of Search

Date Search Completed: February 2023

Search Limits (e.g. date, language):  2018-present, English language