What do specialists want authorities to introduce in food to prevent SARS-CoV infection

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UK specialists are calling on authorities to supplement staple foods with a vitamin D complex to prevent infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The method is used in many countries because in the absence of vitamin D, the body is more prone to infections.

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Since the outbreak began, specialists have recommended vitamin D supplements to support the immune system in the cold months. However, people do not resort to supplements, and therefore specialists are asking authorities to add vitamin D to the composition of staple foods such as bread and milk.

Healthcare professionals in the UK draw attention to the vitamin D deficiency which affects nearly half of the country’s population. Due to the lack of sunshine, the main supplier of vitamin D in the body, specialists recommend supplements from September to March.

According to studies, due to a lack of vitamin D, the body is much more prone to infections

Last week, researchers in Spain concluded that 82% of coronavirus patients in a sample of 216 participants had a vitamin D deficiency.

The practice of introducing vitamins into the composition of basic and affordable foods is common in countries such as Finland, Sweden, Australia and Canada. In the UK, however, the Department of Public Health has rejected such initiatives for more than 10 years.

Some foods, such as grains and mushrooms, are already enriched with vitamin D. And white flour in the UK is enriched with a vitamin B complex. A 2019 study from the University of Birmingham shows that the number of people suffering from the deficiency of vitamin D could decrease by 25% if, for example, the flour were enriched with a vitamin D complex, according to Mediafax.