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Maedica (Bucur)
December 2021
Post Graduate Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Subharti Medical College and Associated Chattrapati Shivaji Subharti Hospital, Meerut, UP, India.
Vitamin D plays a protective role against COVID-19. Patients with deficiency of vitamin D are more prone to severe SARS-CoV-2 infections. It is known to enhance human β-defensin 2 and antimicrobial peptide.
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May 2015
Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Ein-Kerem Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Eur J Clin Nutr
January 2013
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK.
Background: Dietary recommendations for the prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus include the message to consume 400 g fruit and vegetables per day. Measurement of habitual diet is inherently difficult, yet errors due to self-report can be eliminated by the use of nutritional biomarkers. The aim of this study was to determine plasma vitamin C concentrations as a biomarker for fruit and vegetable intake in individuals identified at high risk of diabetes.
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