Vitamins and minerals can help support the immune system's ability to fight COVID-19. Vitamin D helps regulate the immune system and may decrease risk of respiratory infections. Vitamin C aids immune cell function and formation of red blood cells. Maintaining sufficient levels of vitamins D and C through diet and supplements can help boost immunity during the pandemic.

1. BY;
Dr. Muhammad Imran

2. • IN CURRENT SUITATION ,THERE IS NO VACCINE
YET AVIALABE FOR COVUD-19 SO BEST WAY TO
STAY SAFE AND FIGHT THIS PANDEMIS IS TO TAKE
ORECATIONRY MEAUSRES AND USINF VITAMINS IN
DIET TO HELP PREVENT COVID AND FGHT
• Dietary supplements containing micronutrients and
vitamins C and D are a safe, low cost and effective way
of helping the immune system fight off COVID -19
• Meanwhile good nutrition plays a supporting role for
immune system

3. • WHY IS VITAMIN D
IMPORTNAT?
• Essential for bone and
muscle
• Help to prevent
respiratory infections
• Benefits immune
function and counters
inflammation
• WHO IS AT RISK OF
DEFICIENCY?
• Those who don’t get
enough
• Housebound
• Smokers, obese and
inactive
• People with chronic
disease and lung
condition

4. • In rich food sources like oily fish, eggs, liver and
fortified foods
• Can be produced from 10-15 minutes of sun
exposure from late march to late September

5. • Recent research have shown that it may have an
important function with immune system
• With increased age, there is a shift in immune to a more
pro inflammatory state which may lead to chronic low
level inflammation and a slow accumulation of damage
.This is called inflame-aging
• This is particular in case of stress like infection ,the body
is pre set to high level of inflammation and necessary
response may be impaired
• Vitamin D can alter this by influencing the production and
forming immune molecules called ‘CYTOKINES’

6. • Vitamin D help signal in increased production of anti-
inflammatory molecules and decrease the production of
pro inflammatory molecules
• This switch may have a massive storm release of pro-
inflammation as seen in case of covid-19 which may
cause acute respiratory syndrome
• In clinical trial the risk of respiratory infection increased
with lower blood vitamin level
• Vitamin D had a significant protective effect when it was
given daily and weekly to people with lowest vitamin and
risk of infection is decreased 60-32%

7. • THEREFORE , maintaining a sufficient vitamin D status
in the adults is beneficial in prevention od respiratory
infection and may therefore be benefit in the COVID-19
pandemic

8. • Why it is important?
• Because it is
antioxidant
• Immunity boosters
• RBC formation
• Blood pressure
regulators
• Where to get it?
• Citric fruits (oranges,
strawberry, lemon)
• Papaya, guava ,kiwi
• Tomato, capsicum

9. • Vitamin c is an important constituent of RBC formation
and they are important component of immune system
because they combat the foreign particles and protect the
body
• If vitamin c is insufficient it will effect RBC formation and
ultimately immune system
so vitamin c is plays important role in prevention and
combating covid19

10. • WHERE IT IS
FOUND?
• Nuts
• Almonds
• Sunflower
• Green leafy vegetable
• WHY IT IS
IMPORTANT?
• Protects blood cells
• Destroy free radicals
• Improve absorption of
vitamin A
• ANTI-OXIDANT

11. • The blood needs vitamin D to boost immune system so
that it can fight off the invading bacteria and viruses .
• it helps widen blood vessel and keep blood from clotting
within them
• In addition, cells use vitamin E to interact with each other
and carry out many important functions
• CONCLUSION
• It will help by boosting the immune system during the
pandemic COVID-19

12. • WHERE TO GET IT?
• Carrots, sweet
potatoes
• Red and yellow
peppers
• Dark green leafy
vegetables
• Pumpkin ,mangoes
• Why to use it?
• Normal vision
• Immune system
• Reproduction
• For proper function of
heart, lungs and
kidney

13. • It is also known as anti-inflammation because of its
critical role in enhancing the immune system
• Plays regulatory role in cellular immune response and
humoral immune response

14. • WHERE TO GET IT?
• Poultry
• Some fish
• Peanuts , soybeans
• Oats
• Bananas
• WHY TO USE IT?
• Make antibodies
• Supporting
biochemical reactions
of immune system
• Keep blood sugar
normal

15. • It helps to improve immune system to the increase in
production of antibodies
• Help in communication of cytokines and chemokines
• Its deficiency reduces the lymphocytes growth and
proliferation , antibody formation and T Cell activity
CONCLUSION
So increasing its intake will ultimately lead to more antibody
formation which will be somehow useful in any infection or
attack or COVID-19

16. • where to get it ?
• Fish
• Meat
• Poultry
• Egg
• Milk and milk products
• Why to use it?
• Healthy red blood cell
formation
• Folic acid plays vital
role in maintaining a
healthy immune
system

17. • They play role in white blood cell production which is
essential for the proper working of immune system
• Its deficiency will lower the immunity ,making the body
susceptible to diseases and immune system disorders
are seen