Coronavirus: Why protein is extremely important in your COVID prevention diet

When we are constantly living in the fear of getting attacked by an unseen enemy- a virus- the only thing that can keep our body going forward is good food. Words of Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine, resonate: "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food".

Nutrition is of immense requirement for a body to fight against pathogenic attacks. During a time, when a new wave of COVID-19 infection is coming afresh every few months due to mutation in the coronavirus, good food enriched with adequate nutritional requirements can help you to combat.

Experts have said that during COVID-19 pandemic, good food can boost resilience, whereas improper and unhealthy food intake can lead to malnutrition and hence make the body vulnerable to viral infections.

Coming to the nutritional requirement of a COVID patient, what one should focus on more is protein, the building blocks of life. Including the right amount of protein in the diet can help a COVID-19 patient replenish the lost nutrients in the body.