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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 2113" data-attributes="member: 1"><a href="https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/dietary-supplements-important-weapon-fighting-covid-19-other-respiratory-conditions" target="_blank">Dietary supplements an important weapon for fighting off COVID-19, other respiratory conditions  - Oregon State University</a>Supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients, sometimes in amounts exceeding the federally recommended levels, are a safe, effective and low-cost means of helping your immune system fight off COVID-19 and other acute respiratory tract diseases, an Oregon State University researcher says. <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/12/4/1181" target="_blank">Findings</a> were published in the journal Nutrients.Adrian Gombart of OSU’s Linus Pauling Institute and collaborators at the University of Southampton (United Kingdom), the University of Otago (New Zealand) and University Medical Center (The Netherlands) say public health officials should issue a clear set of nutritional recommendations to complement messages about the role of hand washing and vaccinations in preventing the spread of infections."Around the world, acute respiratory tract infections kill more than 2.5 million people every year,” said Gombart, professor of biochemistry and biophysics in the OSU College of Science and a principal investigator at the Linus Pauling Institute. “Meanwhile, there’s a wealth of data that shows the role that good nutrition plays in supporting the immune system. As a society we need to be doing a better job of getting that message across along with the other important, more common messages.”</blockquote>

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