Vegetarians are missing out on more than just meat — and it’s a good thing.
Researchers have revealed a link between diet and COVID-19 which showed plant-based eaters were 73% less likely to come down with the virus compared to those who include animals in their diet. Meanwhile, pescatarians, whose primary protein source is fish, were at a 59% lower risk.
The new study, published in the BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health, based these findings on a self-reported questionnaire submitted by a total of 2,884 individuals, all health care workers, from six European countries, 568 of which had had confirmed cases of the coronavirus during the previous year.