Social
media was a buzz about the possible cure for the novel coronavirus 2019 disease
or Covid-19, is the lowly banana which is abundantly available in the country.
As
soon as the news are spreading a health advocate readily shot down the claims
on the same social media that bananas can be considered as a cure as a coronavirus
disease 2019 (Covid-19).
“Hindi po proven na
makakatulong ang saging para labanan ang Covid-19 (It has not been
proven that bananas will help cure Covid-19),” Dr. Raymond John Naguit,
Akbayan Youth chairman, said.
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Doctor Naguit made the
statement after a video claiming that “a banana a day keeps [the] coronavirus
away” circulated on social media.
The
video claims that a group of researchers from the University of Queensland in
Australia have proven that bananas improve the immune system, helping prevent
Covid-19.
Naguit
explains that while bananas can be of big help in improving ones immune system,
but this fact is all the same for all fruits.
“Of
course yung mga prutas na mayaman sa (Those fruits that are rich
in) vitamins can be of big help na
palakasin ang (to strengthen our) immune system,” he said.
“Pero
hindi siya pwedeng i-generalize, kasi
alam natin na maraming sugar ang
saging na pwedeng maka-apekto sa may diabetes, so hindi ko siya gagawin as general
recommendation para sa lahat (But
we cannot generalize, as we know bananas have high sugar that can affect people
with diabetes, so I cannot recommend it for all).” he added.
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