Learned what plays a key role in the recovery of the body after SARS and flu

Recovery after the disease directly depends on the diet, and protein plays a key role here. This was during the briefing “Health of the nation: prevention of ARI – from recommendations to habit”, said associate professor of the Department of General medical practice with a course of geriatrics and palliative medicine BSMU, candidate of medical sciences Natalia Klimovich, writes sb.by.

She reported:

Half of the food should fall on plant products - vegetables, fruits, fiber. But without enough protein, neither antibiotics nor immune defense mechanisms work. All cells in the body, all immune response factors, are protein structures.

Meat and fish should be present in the diet of a person, including the sick. This is the basis of tissue repair and the full functioning of the immune system. Clinical practice shows that patients who exclude these products or consume them in a minimum amount suffer infections more severely. In the analyses, they immediately notice a decrease in protein fractions. Even an antibiotic must bind to a protein to reach the right cells and have an effect.

The expert added that nutrition remains a basic condition for recovery. All food groups should be present in the diet, and moderation remains the main principle.