A number of associations jointly released the expert consensus on basic nutrition and anti-epidemic

After the middle-aged and elderly population with low autoimmunity is infected with the new crown virus, how to prevent mild disease from turning into severe disease at home? How to carry out home nutrition conditioning if you have fever, sore throat, general weakness, headache, insomnia, depression and other symptoms? Recently, the China Geriatric Health Care Association took the lead, together with the China Anti-aging Promotion Association, the Chinese Gerontology and Geriatrics Society, the China Association of Non-public Medical Institutions and experts and scholars in the field of medical nutrition at home and abroad, jointly issued the "Expert Consensus on Strengthening Basic Nutrition to Prevent Mild to Severe Disease of Novel Coronavirus Infection in Middle-aged and Elderly Populations" (hereinafter referred to as "Expert Consensus"), providing a highly operational nutritional conditioning program for middle-aged and elderly people and immunocompromised people to effectively fight the epidemic in the home environment and prevent mild disease from turning into severe disease
。

In response to the situation that the new crown virus is epidemic in China and has a huge impact on the elderly, the Chinese Geriatric Health Care Association invited nutrition experts from the Chinese Anti-Aging Promotion Association, the Chinese Gerontology and Geriatrics Association, and the China Association of Non-public Medical Institutions to hold the first online preparatory meeting for the "Expert Consensus" on December 11 last year, and set up a steering group and working group, which were led by Li Suyun, director of the Department of Clinical Nutrition of the Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Fan Min, director of the Department of Nutrition of the People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Dr.
Yu Hua, Vice President and Secretary-General of China Geriatric Health Care Association, Dr.
Gu Wentao, Executive Vice President and Secretary-General of Life and Health Branch of China Geriatric Health Care Association, Liu Xinqi, Professor of School of Food Science, Beijing Technology and Business University, Fu Ping, President of the Nutritional Food Branch of the Chinese Gerontology and Geriatrics Society, He Mei, Chairman of the Geriatric Nutrition Branch of the Chinese Nutrition Society, etc.
, wrote specifically, which lasted 10 days, discussed and revised more than 50 times, and completed the "Expert Consensus", which was deliberated and approved
by 4 associations.

Compared with the previous expert consensus, the Expert Consensus released this time is highly targeted and operable, and the practical effect is supported
by the front-line clinical nutrition treatment practice in various places in the early stage.
In addition, the Expert Consensus has achieved major breakthroughs in three aspects:

First, it provides a "1+X" scheme
.
"1" refers to solving the problem of digestion and absorption of protein in the elderly as the basis for
improving immunity and defeating the new crown virus.
Previous relevant consensus or guidelines only proposed that the elderly should eat more high-quality protein, but how to solve the problem of poor digestion of protein in the elderly did not give a specific and clear answer
.
According to the digestion and absorption ability and level of the elderly, the "Expert Consensus" gives the specific method of scientific and effective supplementation of high-quality protein for the elderly, and clearly puts forward the solution to solve the problem of digestion and absorption of protein in the elderly - directly taking "small molecule protein peptides", and gives two golden principles for selecting high-quality "small molecule protein peptides" to help solve the fundamental problem
of supplementing protein and improving immunity in the elderly.
"X" focuses on the different symptoms that appear after infection and gives targeted nutritional treatment suggestions
.
The "1+X" program and its ideas not only grasp the fundamentals, but also take into account the specific symptoms, and treat
both the symptoms and the root causes.

Second, for fever, cough, sore throat, general weakness, bloating, vomiting, headache, depression, depression, inflammatory storm, weak antioxidant and repair ability, pulmonary fibrosis and other seven post-infection symptoms, special nutritional conditioning program
is given.
It includes traditional dietary remedies, daily dietary nutrition advice, and targeted recommendations
such as nattokinase, lecithin, and coenzyme Q10.

Third, the "Expert Consensus" puts forward the combination application of vitamin C, vitamin E and other micronutrients, and the usage and dosage of vitamin D breaks through the current domestic health care dose limit
.
Experts pointed out that after the new crown virus infection is replicated in the body in large quantities, the body's immune stress response consumes nutrients and other energy 10-20 times
more than usual.
On the one hand, this is summarized by clinical nutrition experts according to the specific physical conditions of new crown infected patients, and on the other hand, it also depends on the rapid development and research results of the international nutrition community, which has great guiding significance
.

Experts said that a considerable number of elderly people are currently at risk of becoming severely ill after infection, and if they can be popularized nationwide in time, the application of the program provided by this "Expert Consensus" is expected to guide families to a large extent to help infected elderly people scientifically through the dangerous period, reduce the risk of mild to severe disease, and accelerate the recovery of health
.

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(Responsible editor: Han Songyan).