Certain Vitamins Found to Help Combat COVID

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Vitamin A is one of three vitamins found to help in combating the COVID virus. At the University of Bristol, researchers have found that vitamin A impacts COVID's spike protein which lowers the chances of being infected if exposed to the coronavirus. Vitamin A can be found in such foods as beef liver, spinach, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, and carrots. Vitamin D has been found to be associated with less severe cases of coronavirus. Although this vitamin can stay in fatty tissue in obese individuals, if vitamin D levels are adequate in the bloodstream it could attach to the virus's protein spike and prevent it from infecting cells. This vitamin can be found in fish, meat, mushrooms and cheese. Vitamin K is the third vitamin that has been found to help with the coronavirus. It can also prevent the virus from infecting cells. It can also reduce the risk of getting a severe form of COVID. The virus can cause blood clotting and vitamin K keeps clotting under control. Fruit and vegetables have vitamins K1 and K2 and the vitamin is also found in broccoli, spinach, and other green vitamins. Image courtesy of Adobe free stock.