[LifeStyle] The perfect diet to protect yourself from the virus and lose weight at the same time

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Experts give the keys to lose weight because overweight people are at risk from the coronavirus

There is no specific diet or certain foods that help prevent the spread of COVID-19, but we must strengthen the immune system against any virus with vitamin D, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, since this diet can help the prognosis of an affected person with a more weakened system is less serious.

People with comorbidity and a weakened immune system are more likely to worsen their prognosis, hence it is necessary to be prepared with a good diet in the face of virus attacks. These are the recommendations of Paula Crespo, president of the College of Dietitians-Nutritionists of Valencia.

 

Foods to strengthen the immune system
The vitamin D that eggs, sardines, salmon, avocado have; calcium from dairy; and those foods rich in antioxidants and minerals, mainly fruits and vegetables, are perfect for strengthening the immune system.

But it is not enough to eat these foods, you also have to do it in a varied way because each antioxidant or mineral has its function. "It is useless if we eat a lot of one thing and neglect other foods," says the expert.

Regarding fruits and vegetables, the ideal would be to take two servings a day of vegetables, one of them raw, and three of fruit.

 

Lose weight against the coronavirus

Crespo advocates that measures that promote weight reduction in the general po[CENSORED]tion are placed at the same level as hygienic and social distancing measures.

People with obesity are at risk for the coronavirus even if they do not have other pathologies such as respiratory diseases or cancer, according to the president of the College of Nutritionists, since weight reduction "is a way of prevention to avoid major complications and reduce the severity of the risks. "

What to eat to be healthy and not gain weight?
Having natural or roasted nuts at home, cans of canned vegetables or fish (sardines, mackerel, tuna) in natural or olive oil, frozen or canned vegetables would constitute "a good pantry bottom" to go back to another lockdown.

As for fruits, the less watery ones such as bananas, strawberries, red fruits and kiwi can be frozen and used to, for example, prepare homemade ice cream. The same with the basic meat and fish, which can be frozen at the moment.

Legumes are also part of this fundamental pantry, but not the "forbidden foods", which are the same that we should avoid "in freedom": sweets, pastries, packaged juices, sugary and energy drinks and sugary breakfast cereals. This "never, and less confined", warns the nutritionist.

Crespo has warned that a recent survey highlights that there is 23% of the Spanish po[CENSORED]tion overweight and 17% with obesity, very high data that reflect "an obesity pandemic", which constitutes a public health problem in a developed country .

What is wrong? There is much more regulation in advertising of unhealthy or not recommended products and, in the educational field, he insists, a subject of nutritional education in Primary Education. Studies done in Japan reveal that the nutrition course taught in schools was effective in reducing the po[CENSORED]tion's weight, which shows its need, Crespo has reiterated.