Food or medication? The therapeutic effects of food on the duration and incidence of upper respiratory tract infections: a Review of the literature
| Autor: | Ellen J. van der Gaag, Thalia Hummel |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
| Předmět: |
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medicine.medical_specialty 030309 nutrition & dietetics MEDLINE UT-Hybrid-D Cochrane Library Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering law.invention 03 medical and health sciences 0404 agricultural biotechnology Whole foods Randomized controlled trial law Internal medicine Animals Humans Medicine Respiratory system Child Respiratory Tract Infections Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections 0303 health sciences Respiratory tract infections recurrent upper respiratory tract infections business.industry Incidence Incidence (epidemiology) Therapeutic effect elderberry 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine 040401 food science Milk Prebiotics probiotics business kiwi Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1040-8398 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE:Upper respiratory tract infections are common in children and adults. Antiviral treatments are only available for specific groups of patients, stimulating the distribution of over-the-counter medication to relieve the symptoms for the other patients. Studies about whole foods and their effect on the incidence and duration of upper respiratory tract infections were reviewed. METHODS:Randomized controlled trials and case-control studies available on MEDLINE, Web of Science, Cochrane Library and Embase were included. Results and Conclusions: Thirty-three studies were included. The incidence of respiratory infections or symptoms was shown to be reduced in some studies when probiotics, prebiotics, growing-up milk, fish oil, kiwi, garlic and xylitol were taken. Duration was favorably influenced by the intake of elderberry, kiwi, probiotics and fish oil. When the risk of bias and repetition is taken into account, probiotics and elderberry repeatedly show favorable effects. Prudent conclusions can be made in selective patient groups. However, the studies were diverse and were only performed by a few study groups. |
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