According to a new study, COVID-19 patients who consumed probiotics once a day for a month had lower remission rates. They also saw shorter duration of symptoms and viral load. The placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial sheds light on the gut-lung axis and...
In this politically-correct age, health advocates are frequently censored for simply pointing out that being overweight is unhealthy. But last week the British Medical Journal defied the popular “any size is healthy” crowd and published a report that found...
Repeated studies have shown that Vitamin D deficiency is a global health problem—and, according to a 2018 study, the U.S. is definitely one of the deficient nations. Now the bad news: it’s going to get worse. According to a new simulation study from the...
The variety and volume of bacteria in the intestines may influence the severity of COVID-19, according to new research from Hong Kong. The study was conducted by researchers at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and was published online in the scientific journal Gut...
When it comes to studying nutrients that can help in the battle against COVID-19, the research has focused on the nutrients that have long been known to support the immune system: Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Zinc and probiotics. But two lesser-known nutrients are being...
A new in vitro study that appears in the scientific journal Redox Biology has provided the first evidence that nitric oxide inhibits the replication of SARS-CoV-2. SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Scientists at the Zoonosis...
