APPROACHES TO C AND D VITAMINS WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION IN PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF COVID-19

Abstract

The new Koronavirus disease (COVID-19), a variant of the coronavirus, was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in march 2020. In this disease, the source is those infected with symptomatic/asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. The disease is generally transmitted by droplets. There are studies that healthy and balanced nutrition, physical activity and regular sleep improve the immune system. This is why these are important in COVID-19. With COVID-19 pandemic, research on the benefits of vitamins in prevention and treatment of diseases has increased. The research found that vitamin D may play an important role in strengthening the physical barrier against viruses, stimulating the production of antimicrobial peptides and reducing the production of inflammatory cytococcus. Vitamin C can increase survival rates by contributing to increased immunity response in COVID-19 patients. The purpose of this review is to observe the effect of vitamin C and D on COVID-19 disease and to review the prevention and therapeutic approaches.

Keywords

• COVID-19
• nutrition
• vitamins
• vitamin D
• vitamin C

COVID-19’UN ÖNLENMESİ VE TEDAVİSİNDE BESLENMENİN ÖNEMİ İLE C VE D VİTAMİNLERİNE DAİR YAKLAŞIMLAR

Öz

Koronavirüsün bir çeşidi olan Yeni Koronavirüs Hastalığı (COVID-19) Dünya Sağlık Örgütü tarafından 2020 yılının mart ayında pandemi olarak ilan edilmiştir. Bu hastalıkta kaynak semptomatik/asemptomatik COVID-19 enfeksiyonuna yakalanan kişilerdir. Hastalığın genel olarak bulaşması damlacık yoluyla gerçekleşmektedir. Sağlıklı ve dengeli beslenme, fiziksel aktivite ve düzenli uykunun bağışıklık sistemini geliştirdiğine dair araştırmalar mevcuttur. Bu sebeple COVID-19’da da bunlar önem kazanmaktadır. COVID-19 pandemisi ile birlikte vitaminlerin hastalıkların önlenmesi ve tedavisindeki faydaları üzerine yapılan araştırmalar artmıştır. Araştırmalarda D vitamininin, virüslere karşı fiziksel bariyeri güçlendirmede, antimikrobiyal peptitlerin üretimini uyarmada ve inflamatuar sitokin üretimini azaltmada önemli bir rol oynayabileceği ortaya konulmuştur. C vitamininin ise COVID-19 hastalarında bağışıklık tepkisini artırmaya katkı sağlayarak hayatta kalma oranlarını artırabileceği belirtilmektedir. Bu derlemenin amacı COVID-19 hastalığı üzerinde C ve D vitaminlerinin etkisini gözlemlemek, hastalığı önleyici ve tedavi edici yaklaşımları gözden geçirmektir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• COVID-19
• beslenme
• vitaminler
• D vitamini
• C vitamini

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