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Plant-based diet may lower risk of severe COVID-19, study claims
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Vegetarians are missing out on more than just meat — and it’s a good thing.
The new study, published in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, based these findings on a self-reported questionnaire submitted by a total of 2,884 individuals, all health care workers, from six European countries, 568 of which had had confirmed cases of the coronavirus during the previous year. Among those cases, 138 said they suffered moderate to severe symptoms, while the remaining 430 experienced mild effects of the respiratory illness.More Related News