Nutritional recommendations for the physical and mental health of patients with COVID-19: Rapid review

Evidence suggests that the assessment of the nutritional status of COVID-19-infected patients is crucial before undertaking treatments. Nutritional support should be the basis of the management of an infected individual. The nutritional supplementation for COVID-19 patients’ needs to account for the sleep, stress level, anxiety, depression, as well as body mass index of the individual. Therefore, the main objective of this review was to clearly show the role of nutrition during COVID-19, symptoms of COVID-19 with nutrition implications, micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) for Covid-19, the nutrients needed for improving mental well-being during COVID-19 response, and to find out the common brain chemicals that can be affected during stressful conditions like COVID-19.

Keywords

Nutrition; Physical ;Mental; covid-19 response

Published Date: 2023-01-11; Received Date: 2022-11-01