Global Dietary and Herbal Supplement Use during COVID-19—A Scoping Review

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PubMed, ERIC, ' 'and Scopus databases were searched, and 956 results were screened for eligibility. Fourteen ' 'cross-sectional studies from 11 countries and 3 continents were examined. All studies were ' 'large population surveys investigating healthy eating and supplement use during COVID-19. ' 'Vitamin C, vitamin D, zinc and multivitamins were the most widely reported, as well as ' 'natural/herbal products such as ginger and honey. The most common reason cited for ' 'supplements use was to strengthen immune system and to prevent infection of COVID-19. These ' 'studies reported that populations are relying on healthcare providers, family, friends, and ' 'social media to learn about supplement use. Future studies on the treatment of COVID-19 ' 'should include more evidence for supplement use.</jats:p>', 'DOI': '10.3390/nu15030771', 'type': 'journal-article', 'created': {'date-parts': [[2023, 2, 3]], 'date-time': '2023-02-03T08:36:57Z', 'timestamp': 1675413417000}, 'page': '771', 'source': 'Crossref', 'is-referenced-by-count': 0, 'title': 'Global Dietary and Herbal Supplement Use during COVID-19—A Scoping Review', 'prefix': '10.3390', 'volume': '15', 'author': [ { 'given': 'Ishaan', 'family': 'Arora', 'sequence': 'first', 'affiliation': [ { 'name': 'Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, ' 'Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA'}]}, { 'given': 'Shecoya', 'family': 'White', 'sequence': 'additional', 'affiliation': [ { 'name': 'Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, ' 'Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA'}]}, { 'given': 'Rahel', 'family': 'Mathews', 'sequence': 'additional', 'affiliation': [ { 'name': 'Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion, ' 'Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS 39762, USA'}]}], 'member': '1968', 'published-online': {'date-parts': [[2023, 2, 2]]}, 'reference': [ { 'key': 'ref_1', 'unstructured': 'Office of Dietary Supplements (2022, April 12). 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