African Journal of Food Science and Technology

Aleixandre Ben

Department of Nutrition Science, College of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, USA

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Nutrient food helps to build your immunity to fight against COVID-19
  Author(s): Aleixandre Ben*
  
  Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) - a novel coronavirus has rapid spread, and caused community infection around the globe. During the absence of a vaccine, people focused more on an immunity-boosting diet and needed clear knowledge about immunity-boosting foods. However, after the vaccination drive, the importance of food as a natural source of immunomodulation cannot be neglected. So, the purpose of this review was to describe the role of vital nutrient in boosting immune system of body apart from other factors like adequate sleep, exercise, and low stress levels. Macrophages, neutrophils, natural killer cells, dendritic cells, B-cells, and T-cells are the important components having important role in maintaining immunity of the human body. The first four-act as the initial mediators of innate host defense, and the latter two produce antibodies for pathogen.. View More»
  DOI: http:/dx.doi.org/10.14303//ajfst.2022.008

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