The Prevalence of Dietary Supplement Use for the Purpose of COVID-19 Prevention in Japan.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 is still the biggest issue worldwide. Many dietary supplements on the market claim to have anti-COVID-19 effects without scientific evidence. To elucidate the prevalence of dietary supplement usage for the prevention of COVID-19, we conducted an online cross-sectional questionnaire survey among Japanese adults in January 2022. The prevalence of dietary supplement use for the prevention of COVID-19 was 8.3%, and there was no gender difference. We also conducted additional research on these dietary supplement users (1000 males and 1000 females). The most popular ingredient used was vitamin C (61.0%), with vitamin D (34.9%) and probiotics (33.4%) following. Half of these participants reported using supplements for more than one year. The information sources that reportedly led them t

SUBMITTER: Chiba T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9370294 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature