The human microbiome is affected by changing diet, lifestyle,
environment and medical interventions
SARS-CoV-2 is part of a family of coronaviruses that cause a wide
spectrum of disease, from the common cold to the highly pathogenic
severe acute respiratory syndrome and Middle East respiratory syndrome.
A large part of the reason that SARS-CoV-2 is so problematic is its
broad range of effects, from asymptomatic infections in some individuals
to fatal disease in others. Other researchers have reviewed mechanistic
details regarding what is known about the virus. Here, the focus will be
on the emerging data on host factors that might contribute to the wide
range of severity.
There are many risk factors, along with extensive research related to
each, so this discussion cannot be comprehensive. The focus of the first
part of this review will be on the most common COVID-19
comorbidities[13] and what research suggests might be the safest and
most easily altered lifestyle and dietary factors that might ameliorate
them and possibly reduce COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.