MUSTREAD!NewResearchIndicatesThatCertainNutraceuticalsCouldHelpInBothInfluenzaAndCoronavirusInfections必讀!最新研究表明,某些營養保健品可能有助於流感和冠狀病毒感染NewsSupplementsCoronavirusAnewpublishedresearchby Dr MarkMcCartyoftheCatalyticLongevityFoundation,SanDiego,CA,USA,andDrJamesDiNicolantonio,PharmD,acardiovascularresearchscientistatSaintLuke&39;sMidAmericaHeartInstitute,KansasCity,MO,USA,proposesthatcertainnutraceuticalsupplementsmayhelpproviderelieftopeopleinfectedwithencapsulatedRNAvirusessuchasinfluenzaandcoronavirus. ThestudyidentifiedthatnutraceuticalssuchasAlpha-LipoicAcid,N-Acetycysteine,Glucosamine,Selenium,FerilicAcid,YeastBeta–GlucanandalsoSeleniumcouldhelpalleviatecertainsymptomsinthosediseasesandalsohelpboostnaturalantiviralactivityofthebodybytypeIinterferon. 美 國加利福尼亞州聖地亞哥市催化長壽基金會的MarkMcCarty博士和美國密蘇里州堪薩斯城聖盧克中,美洲心臟研究所的心血管研究科學家JamesDiNicolantonio博士進行了一項新發表的研究.營養保健品補充劑可能有助於緩解感染諸如流感和冠狀病毒等封裝的RNA病毒的人. 研究發現,諸如α-硫辛酸Lipotic,N-乙酰半胱氨酸,葡糖胺,硒,阿魏酸,酵母β-葡聚醣以及硒等營養品可以幫助緩解這些疾病中的某些症狀,並且還可以幫助提高人體天然抗病毒活性我干擾素.InAmericaalone,influenzainfectsaround32millionpeopleeveryyearcausingaround32,000deaths,whiletheglobalnumbersareexponentiallyhigher.Thoughtherearedrugsandpharmaceuticalsapprovedforthetreatmentofinfluenza,theytypicallyareexpensivewithlotsof sideeffects,andarenotveryeffective.Additionally,vaccinationsagainstinfluenzamayonlybeeffectiveinaround60percentofthosevaccinated.Thus,thereisaneedforsaferandeffectivealternativesinthoseinfectedwithinfluenza. Inthelastfewweeks,anovelRNAcoronavirus,nowcalledSARS-Cov-2thatcausedtheCOVID-19,hasbrokenoutinChinaandhasspreadtoover32countriesandinfectedmorethan80,000peoplecausingmorethan2,700deaths. 僅在美國,流感每年感染約3200萬人,造成約32,000人死亡,而全球的數字則成倍增加. 儘管已經批准了用於治療流感的藥物,但它們通常很昂貴,並且副作用很多,效果不是很好.此外,針對流感的疫苗接種可能僅對約60％的疫苗有效.因此,在感染流感的人中需要一種更安全有效的替代品. 在過去的幾周中,一種新的RNA冠狀病毒（現在稱為SARS-Cov-2）引起了COVID-19,該病毒已在中國爆發,並已擴散到32個國家,感染了80,000多人,造成2700多人死亡.Inreality,thisnewcoronavirusismuchmorelethalthanthetypicalflu,withacurrentmortalityrateofabout2.92percent.Inotherwords,around1in33peoplewhoareinfectedwiththisnovelcoronaviruswilldie.Whereastheannualfluhasamortalityrateofjust0.05to0.1percent.Thismeansthataround1in1,000to2,000peopleinfectedwiththeannualfluwilldie. Inotherwords,thenewcoronavirusisaround30to60timesmorelethalthanthetypicalannualflu.(strangelymanyhealthauthoritiesaretryingtodownplaytheseriousnessofthisnewcoronavirusespeciallyChina) Ithasbeenobservedandclinicallyproventhatbothinfluenzaandcoronaviruscauseaninflammatorystorminthelungsanditisthisinflammatorystormthatleadstoacuterespiratorydistress,organfailure,anddeath.實際上,這種新的冠狀病毒比典型的流感更具致命性,目前的死亡率約為2.92％.換句話說,感染這種新型冠狀病毒的33人中約有1人會死亡.而年度流感的死亡率僅為0.05％至0.1％.這意味著,每年感染流感的1,000至2,000人中約有1人將死亡. 換句話說,新的冠狀病毒的致死性比典型的年度流感高出30到60倍（奇怪的是,許多衛生當局都在輕視這種新的冠狀病毒的嚴重性,尤其是中國） 已經觀察到並臨床證明,流感和冠狀病毒均引起肺部炎性風暴,正是這種炎性風暴導致急性呼吸窘迫,器官衰竭和死亡.CertainnutraceuticalsuppementsmayhelptoreducetheinflammationinthelungsfromRNAvirusesandothersmayalsohelpboosttype1interferonresponsetotheseviruses,whichisthebody&39;sprimarywaytohelpcreateantiviralantibodiestofightoffviralinfections. Themedicalresearchersdrewattentiontoseveralrandomizedclinicalstudiesinhumansthathavefoundthatoverthecountersupplementssuchasn-acetylcysteine(NAC),whichisusedtotreatacetaminophenpoisoningandisalsousedasamucusthinnertohelpreducebronchitisexacerbations,andelderberryextracts,haveevidenceforshorteningthedurationofinfluenzabyabouttwotofourdaysandreducingtheseverityoftheinfection. Themedicalresearchersalsonoteseveralnutraceuticalssuchbeta-glucan,glucosamine,andNAChaveeitherbeenfoundtoreducetheseverityofinfectionortocuttherateofdeathinhalfinanimalsinfectedwithinfluenza.某些營養補充品可能有助於減少RNA病毒引起的肺部炎症,其他營養補充品也可能有助於增強對這些病毒的1型乾擾素反應,這是人體創建抗病毒抗體以抵抗病毒感染的主要方法. 醫學研究人員提請注意一些針對人體的隨機臨床研究,這些研究發現,非處方補充劑（例如n-乙酰半胱氨酸（NAC））可用於治療對乙酰氨基酚中毒,還可以用作稀釋劑以幫助減少支氣管炎加重,和接骨木提取物的證據表明,流感持續時間縮短了約兩到四天,並降低了感染的嚴重程度. 醫學研究人員還注意到,已經發現幾種營養品,例如β-葡聚醣,葡萄糖胺和NAC,可以降低感染流感的動物的嚴重程度或將死亡率降低一半.Dr.DiNicolantoniotoldThailandMedicalNews,"Therefore,itisclearthatcertainnutraceuticalshaveantiviraleffectsinbothhumanandanimalstudies.ConsideringthatthereisnotreatmentforthenewcoronavirusthatcausesthedeadlyCovid-19diseaseandtreatmentsforinfluenzaarelimited,wewelcomefurtherstudiestotestthesenutraceuticalsasastrategytohelpprovidereliefinthoseinfectedwithencapsulatedRNAviruses."ThailandMedicalNewsalsoadvisesreadersthatwhenbuyingnutraceuticalsandsupplements,tododuediligenceasmanysupplementsbrandscarryproductlinescontainingingredientsthatarenotreallybioactive,notproperlyabsorbableandsometimesmisleadconsumersbyhavingthewrongisomerformsorchemicalformsoftheingredientsthatareofnouse. Evenworstinsomecases,themighthaveeitherminuteornotracesoftheactiveingredientsandmightcontaincertaindangerouscontaminants.Mostsupplementsarenotproperlyregulatedandmonitoredbyhealthandregulatoryagencies.ItbesttoavoidallAsianmanufacturedbrandsespeciallythosemadeincountrieslikeMyanmar,Vietnam,Indonesia.AlwayssticktobrandsmadeinCanada,USandGermany.DiNicolantonio博士對<泰國醫學新聞>說：“因此,很明顯某些保健食品在人類和動物研究中均具有抗病毒作用.考慮到目前尚無可導致致命Covid-19疾病的新型冠狀病毒的治療方法和流感治療方法,在有限的範圍內,我們歡迎進行進一步的研究以測試這些營養保健品,以此作為緩解被封裝RNA病毒感染者緩解症狀的一種策略.” <泰國醫學新聞>還建議讀者,在購買營養保健品和補品時,要進行盡職調查,因為許多補品品牌的產品線所含成分並非真正具有生物活性,不能正確吸收,有時會因錯誤的異構體形式或化學形式而誤導消費者.沒有用的成分.在某些情況下甚至更糟的是,其中的活性成分可能很少或根本沒有痕跡,並且可能包含某些危險的污染物.大多數補品沒有得到衛生和監管機構的適當監管.最好避免所有亞洲製造的品牌,尤其是那些在緬甸,越南,印度尼西亞等國家製造的品牌.始終堅持加拿大,美國和德國製造的品牌.Forthelatestcoronavirusresearch,keepchecking:https://www.thailandmedical.news/articles/coronavirus MainStudyReference:MarkF.McCartyetal,Nutraceuticalshavepotentialforboostingthetype1interferonresponsetoRNAvirusesincludinginfluenzaandcoronavirus,ProgressinCardiovascularDiseases(2020).DOI:10.1016/j.pcad.2020.02.007 資料來源:趙藥師https://bit.ly/2XzX9Dq
