New study: Plant Based diets protect against COVID

New study suggests plant-based diets are associated with lower risk of moderate/severe COVID symptoms. Can we trust the findings? What can we learn from this? study on effect of diet on covid: people on plant-based diets (WFPB + vegetarian) were 73% less likely to get moderate to severe COVID symptoms & people on low carb or high protein diets were almost 4x more likely to get moderate to severe covid than the plant-based crowd maybe the people on plant-rich diets are more health conscious and careful with social distancing and are exposed to a lower virus load so they get less sick? just 1 example. article describing the study: vegan diet reduces covid symptoms. A more accurate headline would be "study finds association between plant-based diets and severity of covid symptoms" reactions from social media: "Vegan diet cuts covid risk. low carb increases risk". same misunderstandings. they classified a ‘case’ of COVID as a positive test OR symptoms compatible with covid. So we don’t know how many participants really had covid analysis only in people with a positive test: no significant difference in covid severity. odds of covid infection were lower for WFPB, vegetarian and pescatarian combined into 1 group does this study demonstrate that plant-based diets protect against covid? No. Connect with me: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrGilCarvalho/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NutritionMadeS3 Animations: Even Topland @toplandmedia References: https://nutrition.bmj.com/content/early/2021/05/18/bmjnph-2021-000272 Disclaimer: The contents of this video are for informational purposes only and are not intended to be medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, nor to replace medical care. The information presented herein is accurate and conforms to the available scientific evidence to the best of the author's knowledge as of the time of posting. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions regarding any medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay seeking it because of information contained in Nutrition Made Simple!. #NutritionMadeSimple #COVID #diet

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