According to the authors of the study, this is the first study that uses population data to examine the role of specific dietary choices in the prevention of Covid-19.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to hit us hard. Each of us has been impacted in many ways – confinement, economic downturn, deteriorating mental health and more.

As we try to adapt to the new normal lifestyle, experts from around the world suggest that cases could increase soon. That’s why they suggest vaccination and a healthy diet to immunize us internally.

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A recent study, led by experts from Northwestern University in Illinois, found that coffee consumption can provide protection from COVID-19. Healthy vegetables also made a significant contribution to the study. The results were released in the journal Nutrients.

In an official press release, the researchers concluded that:

1. One or more cups of coffee per day was associated with about a 10% decrease in risk of COVID-19 compared to less than one cup per day.

2. Consumption of at least 0.67 servings per day of vegetables (cooked or raw, excluding potatoes) was associated with a lower risk of COVID-19 infection.

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3. Processed meat consumption of as little as 0.43 servings per day was associated with a higher risk of COVID-19.

4. Having been breastfed as a baby reduced the risk 10% compared to not having been breastfed.

“Coffee is a major source of caffeine, but there are also dozens of other compounds that may potentially underlie the protective associations we observed,” said declared the study’s lead author Marilyn Cornelis, associate professor of preventive medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

While the research indicates that nutrition may help combat Covid-19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccinations as the most effective method to avoid the virus.

Hence, most of the researches related to Covid-19 focus on an individual’s immunity.

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Dr Thanh-Huyen Vu, the study’s first author, is now analysing whether this diet behaviour is “specific to COVID or respiratory infections more broadly”.

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