Evidence Based Dietary Management of Modern Diseases
Several studies have shown that COVID 19 has a mutually aggravating relationship with metabolic syndrome: COVID19 clearly aggravates and also gets aggravated by pre-existing metabolic syndrome. Data from all over the world have shown that the mortality due to COVID19 is higher in the elderly above 60 years and in patients with metabolic syndrome related problems such as type 2 diabetes, hypertension, severe obesity etc.
SARS CoV2 virus, the causative agent of COVID19, enters the human cells by tagging to Angiotensin Coverting Enzyme 2 (ACE) receptors on the cells. Higher expression of ACE2 allows more viral particles to enter, and the virus itself increases the expression of ACE2, helping more viral particles to enter.