Table 1 Precision nutrition categories to reset or resolve SARS-CoV-2-induced HMR/D

From: Precision nutrition to reset virus-induced human metabolic reprogramming and dysregulation (HMRD) in long-COVID

Precision nutrition category

RCTs

Done

Total

Fe-redox dysregulation

Hypoxia

  L-arginine

4

6

  L-tryptophan

1

1

Fe-redox regulators

  Lactoferrin (LF)

2

13

  Hemoxygenase-1 (HO-1)

4

6

  Erythropoietin (EPO)

3

4

  Hepcidin/HEP modulators

4

6

Ferroptosis inhibitors

  Vitamin E

3

5

  Ferrostatin (FER-1)

Dietary phytochemicals

  Quercetin

1

4

  Glycyrrhizin/liver disease

7

15

  Curcumin

1

2

Altered bioenergetic systems

Mitochondrial dysfunction (m-Dys)

  Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD)

3

6

  Alpha-lipoic acid (ALA)

-

1

  Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

3

6

  Creatine

2

3

  Vitamin B12 (cobalamine)

2

7

Oxidative stress (OxS)

  Superoxide dismutase (SOD)

1

2

  Catalase (CAT)

1

2

  Glutathione (GSH)

2

8

  N-acetyl-cysteine (NAC)

2

8

  Glutamine

  Maillard reaction products (MRP)

Viral hijacked host factors

ACE2/RAAS

  L-carnitine

1

3

NRP1

  Melatonin

4

6

Serine protease

  Flavone-3-OL

  Sulforaphane

New ‘onset’ disorders

Immune impairment

  Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)

23

44

  Omega-3/PUFAs

3

3

  Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

15

34

Dysbiosis

  Probiotics/lactic acid bacteria (LAB)

11

17

Metabolic syndromes

  Diabetes (T2DM)

  Obesity (hyperlipemia)

  1. Specific dietary-based ‘reset’ interventions from registered randomized controlled trials (https://ClinicalTrials.gov) undergoing efficacy evaluation against COVID-19 and/or PASC are listed. Each dietary intervention shows the number of RCTs completed and total number of registered RCTs.