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Eat right to stay well

Question:

Does what we eat help us fight the coronavirus disease?

Answer:

It’s debatable whether Hippocrates really said, “Let food be thy medicine”, but what’s not under debate is the evidence that a nutritious diet will support our immune system. And although there are no guarantees we can avoid Covid-19 altogether, there’s no better time to seriously consider the effect of what you eat on your health.

Across the globe there have been widely varying rates of illness and death in different countries as a result of Covid-19. It’s been hypothesised

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