Indian Diet, Regular Consumption Of Tea, Use Of Turmeric In Meals lowered Covid Severity, Death: ICMR Study

Regular consumption of tea, use of turmeric in meals, and Indian diet rich in iron, zinc, and fibre lowered Covid severity and deaths in the country, according to a study published in the April edition of the Indian Journal of Medical Research by the Indian Council of Medical Research.

Indian Diet Lowered Covid Severity

It is mentioned the study was conducted by an international team of scientists including from India, Brazil, Jordan, Switzerland, and Saudi Arabia.

The study aimed to investigate whether dietary habits were associated with the variations in Covid severity and deaths between Western and Indian population.

”Our results suggest that Indian food components suppress cytokine storm and various other severity-related pathways of Covid-19 and may have a role in lowering severity and death rates from Covid-19 in India as compared to western populations,” said the researchers including from Centre for Genomics and Applied Gene Technology at Institute of Integrative Omics & Applied Biotechnology in West Bengal, and Policy Center for Biomedical Research at Translational Health Science & Technology Institute in Haryana.