I TEACH and do research work at the University of Karachi’s Department of Food Science and Technology. I had submitted a paper to the National Institutes of Health in USA on the use of specific diet by the patients of coronavirus. The NIH was founded in 1880. and is the primary US government agency responsible for biomedical and public health research.

I have been notified by the NIH that the diets e.g. chicken nutrifortified broth and ginger and fortified honey mixture mentioned in my paper citation as given below has been approved by NIH(US) for public use in Coronavirus Infection Treatment Rab FA (2018) Genome-Nutrifortified Diets-Their Disease Protection and Remedy Potential. J Prob Health 6: 204. doi: 10.4172/2329-8901.1000204 https://lnkd.in/gf6i5Vq

The intake of food preparations e.g. Chicken Nutrifortified Broth and Ginger and Fortified Honey Mixture mentioned in Rab FA (2018) Genome-Nutrifortified Diets-Their Disease Protection and Remedy Potential. J Prob Health 6: 204. DOI: 10.4172/2329-8901.1000204 https://www.longdom.org/open-access/genomenutrifortified-dietstheir-disease-protection-and-remedy-potential-2329- 8901-1000204.pdf with paracetamol only have been proven to be effective against corona virus infection, confer protection and minimises the intensity of symptoms, prevent complications and a decrease in the death rate.

Care should be taken that the honey used in the above-mentioned preparation has to be naturally produced. That is it should not be commercially manufactured by feeding sugary syrup to honey bees, and should be unpastuerised.

Dr Faiza Abdur Rab

Karachi

Published in Dawn, May 12th, 2020