B Vitamins Might Help Prevent Worst COVID-19 Outcomes

One of the factors that make COVID-19 so dangerous for older individuals and for those with underlying conditions is its ability to overactivate your immune system and trigger cytokine storms.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• While no studies using B vitamins have been performed on COVID-19 patients, researchers stress that, based on B vitamins’ effects on your immune system, immune-competence and red blood cells, supplementation may be a useful adjunct to other prevention and treatment strategies

• One of the factors that make COVID-19 so dangerous to those wi…