Dietitians, Health Officials Help With Nutrition Advice, Food Safety Info

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This “How Your Diet Can Help Flatten the Curve,” by two professors from Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a former Secretary of Agriculture is an example of providing nutrition advice as well as underscoring the importance of nutrition education.

Some excerpts:

  • Higher intakes of specific nutrients appear to boost the immune system, while low intakes lead to less effective immune responses and higher susceptibility to infection.
  • Take this opportunity to eat healthy foods at home like: citrus fruits, berries, broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, red bell peppers, sweet potatoes, shellfish, beans, almonds, hazelnuts, peanut butter, turmeric and tea.
  • Beyond the measures we are taking to fight the virus in the short term, we must also reduce the long-term impacts. Preventing and lessening the severity of existing cardiovascular disease and diabetes should be a key tactic. Among different risks and preventive approaches for these diseases, nutrition tops the list.
  • A recent multi-investigator study estimated that about 45% of all cardiovascular disease and diabetes deaths are directly attributable to poor diet. Even without Covid-19, another recent study estimated that poor diet kills about 530,000 Americans annually — or nearly 1,500 deaths a day.