TY - JOUR
T1 - Is diet partly responsible for differences in COVID-19 death rates between and within countries?
AU - The ARIA Group
AU - Bousquet, Jean
AU - Anto, Josep M.
AU - Iaccarino, Guido
AU - Czarlewski, Wienczyslawa
AU - Haahtela, Tari
AU - Anto, Aram
AU - Akdis, Cezmi A.
AU - Blain, Hubert
AU - Canonica, G. Walter
AU - Cardona, Victoria
AU - Cruz, Alvaro A.
AU - Illario, Maddalena
AU - Ivancevich, Juan Carlos
AU - Jutel, Marek
AU - Klimek, Ludger
AU - Kuna, Piotr
AU - Laune, Daniel
AU - Larenas-linnemann, Désirée
AU - Mullol, Joaquim
AU - Papadopoulos, Nikos G.
AU - Pfaar, Oliver
AU - Samolinski, Boleslaw
AU - Valiulis, Arunas
AU - Yorgancioglu, Arzu
AU - Zuberbier, Torsten
AU - Abdul Latiff, Amir Hamzah
AU - Abdullah, Baharudin
AU - Aberer, Werner
AU - Abusada, Nancy
AU - Adcock, Ian
AU - Afani, Alejandro
AU - Agache, Ioana
AU - Aggelidis, Xenofon
AU - Agustin, Jenifer
AU - Akdis, Mübeccel
AU - Al-Ahmad, Mona
AU - Bassam, Abou Al Zahab
AU - Aldrey-Palacios, Oscar
AU - Cuesta, Emilio Alvarez
AU - Alzaabi, Ashraf
AU - Amad, Salma
AU - Ambrocio, Gene
AU - Annesi-Maesano, Isabella
AU - Ansotegui, Ignacio
AU - Arshad, Hasan
AU - Artesani, Maria Cristina
AU - Asayag, Estrella
AU - Avolio, Francesca
AU - Azhari, Khuzama
AU - Hyland, Michael
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s).
PY - 2020/5/27
Y1 - 2020/5/27
N2 - Reported COVID-19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the population was put forward. Most current debates on COVID-19 focus on the differences among countries, but little attention has been given to regional differences and diet. The low-death rate European countries (e.g. Austria, Baltic States, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia) have used different quarantine and/or confinement times and methods and none have performed as many early tests as Germany. Among other factors that may be significant are the dietary habits. It seems that some foods largely used in these countries may reduce angiotensin-converting enzyme activity or are anti-oxidants. Among the many possible areas of research, it might be important to understand diet and angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) levels in populations with different COVID-19 death rates since dietary interventions may be of great benefit.
AB - Reported COVID-19 deaths in Germany are relatively low as compared to many European countries. Among the several explanations proposed, an early and large testing of the population was put forward. Most current debates on COVID-19 focus on the differences among countries, but little attention has been given to regional differences and diet. The low-death rate European countries (e.g. Austria, Baltic States, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, Poland, Slovakia) have used different quarantine and/or confinement times and methods and none have performed as many early tests as Germany. Among other factors that may be significant are the dietary habits. It seems that some foods largely used in these countries may reduce angiotensin-converting enzyme activity or are anti-oxidants. Among the many possible areas of research, it might be important to understand diet and angiotensin-converting enzyme-2 (ACE2) levels in populations with different COVID-19 death rates since dietary interventions may be of great benefit.
KW - Angiotensin-converting enzyme
KW - Antioxidant
KW - Coronavirus
KW - Diet
KW - Food
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UR - https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/context/psy-research/article/2100/viewcontent/s13601_020_00323_0.pdf
U2 - 10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0
DO - 10.1186/s13601-020-00323-0
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85085590559
SN - 2045-7022
VL - 10
JO - Clinical and Translational Allergy
JF - Clinical and Translational Allergy
IS - 1
M1 - 16
ER -