Some of the most important dietary factors that appear to be involved in regional Covid-19 case/mortality variation

• Levels of the immune system messenger (cytokine) named “interleukin-6” rise and fall together with severity of Covid-19 symptoms.  Interleukin-6 is involved in causing a feedback loop of inflammation.
• The earlier patients with Covid-19 receive medications that interfere with interleukin-6 messaging, the better they do.
• Regional diets and the varying Covid-19 burdens in different countries/regions point to what we can put in our mouths in order to keep interleukin-6 levels down and decrease Covid-19 severity:

o Avoid coffee and vaping. 

o Do eat/drink ginger, hibiscus, peppermint, and shrimp paste (a source of glucosamine).

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