relation: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/17851/ canonical: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/17851/ title: Exploring nutritional supplement use for countering respiratory tract infections through an X (formerly Twitter)-based survey creator: Singla, Rajeev K. creator: Mondal, Himel creator: Singla, Shailja creator: De, Ronita creator: Behzad, Sahar creator: Găman, Mihnea-Alexandru creator: Sai Chandragiri, Siva creator: Cenanovic, Merisa creator: Patra, Jayanta Kumar creator: Depew, Jennifer R. creator: Boyina, Hemanth Kumar creator: Maigoro, Abdulkadir Yusif creator: Lee, Soojin creator: Atrooz, Omar M. creator: Das, Gitishree creator: Schultz, Fabien creator: Abdallah, Emad Mohamed creator: Chopra, Hitesh creator: Ahmad, Jamil creator: Gautam, Rupesh K. creator: Patnaik, Sourav S. creator: Goh, Bey Hing creator: Babiaka, Smith B. creator: Vats, Sharad creator: Okoh, Michael P. creator: Ahmed, Atallah F. creator: Dubey, Ankit Kumar creator: Lordan, Ronan creator: Subramani, Parasuraman Aiya creator: Singh, Amit Kumar creator: Alvarez-Suarez, José M. creator: Chellappan, Dinesh Kumar creator: Paswan, Shravan Kumar creator: Semwal, Prabhakar creator: Khan, Johra creator: Sheshe, Sadeeq creator: Sethiya, Neeraj Kumar creator: Karpiński, Tomasz M. creator: Riaz, Muhammad creator: Emam-Djomeh, Zahra creator: Gupta, Girish Kumar creator: Madaan, Reecha creator: Kumar, Suresh creator: Choudhary, Neeraj creator: Parisi, Salvatore creator: Willschke, Harald creator: Pirgozliev, Vasil creator: Rayan, Rehab A. creator: Ritschl, Valentin creator: Mondal, Shaikat creator: Zengin, Gokhan creator: Verma, Pritt creator: Kapoor, Bhupinder creator: Gulati, Monica creator: Balla, Gareeballah Osman Adam creator: Le, Dan Khoa creator: Pittalà, Valeria creator: El-Demerdash, Amr creator: Khalid, Garba M. creator: Simal-Gandara, Jesus creator: Alzahrani, Qushmua E. creator: Russo, Gian Luigi creator: Kharat, Kiran R. creator: Bishayee, Anupam creator: Wang, Dongdong creator: Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan creator: Ullah, Hammad creator: Heinrich, Michael creator: Baral, Bikash creator: Tzvetkov, Nikolay T. creator: Yeung, Andy Wai Kan creator: Dias-Ferreira, João M.L. creator: Olea, Scarlett Perez creator: Mohanta, Yugal Kishore creator: Kureshi, Azazahemad A. creator: Supuran, Claudiu T. creator: Rani, Neeraj creator: Gundamaraju, Rohit creator: Mulholland, Eoghan Joseph creator: Lonardo, Sara Di creator: Dinkova-Kostova, Albena T. creator: González-Burgos, Elena creator: Hritcu, Lucian creator: Badhe, Pravin creator: Singh, Abhilasha creator: Al-Rimawi, Fuad creator: Sureda, Antoni creator: Abiri, Rambod creator: Braidy, Nady creator: Kapral, Lorenz creator: Abdullahi, A.N. creator: Medina, Christhian Delfino Villanueva creator: Sheridan, Helen creator: Lucarini, Massimo creator: Durazzo, Alessandra creator: Giampieri, Francesca creator: Barreca, Davide creator: Maria, Witkowska Anna creator: Andrade, José Carlos creator: Fimognari, Carmela creator: Akram, Faizan creator: Tikhonov, Aleksei creator: Battino, Maurizio creator: Oladipupo, Akolade R. creator: Emerald, Mila creator: Efferth, Thomas creator: Amrani, Said creator: Echeverría, Javier creator: Maria Louka, Anna creator: Tripathi, Surya Kant creator: Fiebich, Bernd L. creator: Es-Safi, Nour Eddine creator: Khan, Shafaat Yar creator: Chavda, Vivek P. creator: Zubair, Muhammad Asim Masoom creator: Hussain, Samrina creator: Rahman, Muhammad Fasih Ur creator: Odimegwu, Joy creator: Horbanczuk, Jaroslaw Olav creator: Devkota, Hari Prasad creator: Cifuentes, Alejandro creator: Sodhi, Rupinder creator: Santini, Antonello creator: Tantengco, Ourlad Alzeus G. creator: Pai, Sandeep Ramchandra creator: Chettupalli, Ananda Kumar creator: Granica, Sebastian creator: Stojanović, Nikola M. creator: Tewari, Devesh creator: Mittal, Vineet creator: Garg, Vandana creator: Rahman, Mohammad Akhlaquer creator: Logesh, Rajan creator: Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana creator: Sharma, Rohit creator: Jóźwik, Artur creator: Matin, Maima creator: Parvanov, Emil D. creator: Strzałkowska, Nina creator: Matin, Farhan Bin creator: Litvinova, Olena creator: Stoyanov, Jivko creator: Michalczuk, Monika creator: Zima-Kulisiewicz, Bogumila creator: Eminaga, Okyaz creator: Mishra, Awanish creator: Jahan, Nishat creator: Bensz, Joanna creator: Joshi, Tanuj creator: Upaganlawar, Aman creator: Patni, Kiran creator: Zielińska, Aleksandra creator: Hrg, Dalibor creator: Stolarczyk, Artur creator: Adamska, Olga creator: Perry, George creator: Ławiński, Michał creator: Kamińska, Agnieszka creator: Štefanović, Mario creator: Siddiquea, Bodrun Naher creator: Frazzini, Sara creator: Rossi, Luciana creator: Wieczorek, Marek creator: Mickael, Michel Edwar creator: Garbe, Leif-Alexander creator: Atanasov, Atanas G. creator: Shen, Bairong subject: Biomedicina subject: Alimentación description: Background Respiratory tract infections are a common health issue, driving interest in preventive strategies like nutritional supplements, while evidence on their usage and effectiveness remains limited. In this context, social media platforms, particularly X (formerly Twitter), provide a unique opportunity to gather large-scale public health-related data. Objectives In this study, we aimed to survey participants’ uses and opinions on nutritional supplements in prevention or treatment of respiratory tract infections, by using X. Methods A survey was conducted between 1st and 15th December 2022. A single open-ended question “Which are the best dietary supplements to counteract respiratory infections?“ was asked. One week after the start of the survey, a poll was posted to get more relevant information and boost the survey’s reach. Total endorsements were calculated for each tweet posted as the total sum of replies, retweets, and likes. Results The open-ended question received a total of 118 retweets, 39 quotes, and 371 likes, while the poll received 56 retweets, 13 quotes, and 67 likes. A total of 495 replies, 2,251 retweets, 5,118 likes, and 148 quotes were received for the question and its related tweets. Vitamin D (1,607 endorsements), zinc (1,347 endorsements), vitamin C (803 endorsements), magnesium (694 endorsements), and honey (661 endorsements) were the nutritional supplements that received most endorsements. Conclusion Various foods, drinks, and natural ingredients have been suggested as potentially helpful for counteracting respiratory infections. Approximately half of respondents indicated using such supplements for themselves. The result of this study supports the idea that the X platform can be used as an effective survey tool to study global health-related behaviours and trends. date: 2025-04 type: Artículo type: PeerReviewed format: text language: en rights: cc_by_nc_nd_4 identifier: http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/17851/1/1-s2.0-S2590262825000115-main.pdf identifier: Artículo Materias > Biomedicina Materias > Alimentación Universidad Europea del Atlántico > Investigación > Artículos y libros Abierto Inglés Background Respiratory tract infections are a common health issue, driving interest in preventive strategies like nutritional supplements, while evidence on their usage and effectiveness remains limited. In this context, social media platforms, particularly X (formerly Twitter), provide a unique opportunity to gather large-scale public health-related data. Objectives In this study, we aimed to survey participants’ uses and opinions on nutritional supplements in prevention or treatment of respiratory tract infections, by using X. Methods A survey was conducted between 1st and 15th December 2022. A single open-ended question “Which are the best dietary supplements to counteract respiratory infections?“ was asked. One week after the start of the survey, a poll was posted to get more relevant information and boost the survey’s reach. Total endorsements were calculated for each tweet posted as the total sum of replies, retweets, and likes. Results The open-ended question received a total of 118 retweets, 39 quotes, and 371 likes, while the poll received 56 retweets, 13 quotes, and 67 likes. A total of 495 replies, 2,251 retweets, 5,118 likes, and 148 quotes were received for the question and its related tweets. Vitamin D (1,607 endorsements), zinc (1,347 endorsements), vitamin C (803 endorsements), magnesium (694 endorsements), and honey (661 endorsements) were the nutritional supplements that received most endorsements. Conclusion Various foods, drinks, and natural ingredients have been suggested as potentially helpful for counteracting respiratory infections. Approximately half of respondents indicated using such supplements for themselves. The result of this study supports the idea that the X platform can be used as an effective survey tool to study global health-related behaviours and trends. metadata Singla, Rajeev K.; Mondal, Himel; Singla, Shailja; De, Ronita; Behzad, Sahar; Găman, Mihnea-Alexandru; Sai Chandragiri, Siva; Cenanovic, Merisa; Patra, Jayanta Kumar; Depew, Jennifer R.; Boyina, Hemanth Kumar; Maigoro, Abdulkadir Yusif; Lee, Soojin; Atrooz, Omar M.; Das, Gitishree; Schultz, Fabien; Abdallah, Emad Mohamed; Chopra, Hitesh; Ahmad, Jamil; Gautam, Rupesh K.; Patnaik, Sourav S.; Goh, Bey Hing; Babiaka, Smith B.; Vats, Sharad; Okoh, Michael P.; Ahmed, Atallah F.; Dubey, Ankit Kumar; Lordan, Ronan; Subramani, Parasuraman Aiya; Singh, Amit Kumar; Alvarez-Suarez, José M.; Chellappan, Dinesh Kumar; Paswan, Shravan Kumar; Semwal, Prabhakar; Khan, Johra; Sheshe, Sadeeq; Sethiya, Neeraj Kumar; Karpiński, Tomasz M.; Riaz, Muhammad; Emam-Djomeh, Zahra; Gupta, Girish Kumar; Madaan, Reecha; Kumar, Suresh; Choudhary, Neeraj; Parisi, Salvatore; Willschke, Harald; Pirgozliev, Vasil; Rayan, Rehab A.; Ritschl, Valentin; Mondal, Shaikat; Zengin, Gokhan; Verma, Pritt; Kapoor, Bhupinder; Gulati, Monica; Balla, Gareeballah Osman Adam; Le, Dan Khoa; Pittalà, Valeria; El-Demerdash, Amr; Khalid, Garba M.; Simal-Gandara, Jesus; Alzahrani, Qushmua E.; Russo, Gian Luigi; Kharat, Kiran R.; Bishayee, Anupam; Wang, Dongdong; Orhan, Ilkay Erdogan; Ullah, Hammad; Heinrich, Michael; Baral, Bikash; Tzvetkov, Nikolay T.; Yeung, Andy Wai Kan; Dias-Ferreira, João M.L.; Olea, Scarlett Perez; Mohanta, Yugal Kishore; Kureshi, Azazahemad A.; Supuran, Claudiu T.; Rani, Neeraj; Gundamaraju, Rohit; Mulholland, Eoghan Joseph; Lonardo, Sara Di; Dinkova-Kostova, Albena T.; González-Burgos, Elena; Hritcu, Lucian; Badhe, Pravin; Singh, Abhilasha; Al-Rimawi, Fuad; Sureda, Antoni; Abiri, Rambod; Braidy, Nady; Kapral, Lorenz; Abdullahi, A.N.; Medina, Christhian Delfino Villanueva; Sheridan, Helen; Lucarini, Massimo; Durazzo, Alessandra; Giampieri, Francesca; Barreca, Davide; Maria, Witkowska Anna; Andrade, José Carlos; Fimognari, Carmela; Akram, Faizan; Tikhonov, Aleksei; Battino, Maurizio; Oladipupo, Akolade R.; Emerald, Mila; Efferth, Thomas; Amrani, Said; Echeverría, Javier; Maria Louka, Anna; Tripathi, Surya Kant; Fiebich, Bernd L.; Es-Safi, Nour Eddine; Khan, Shafaat Yar; Chavda, Vivek P.; Zubair, Muhammad Asim Masoom; Hussain, Samrina; Rahman, Muhammad Fasih Ur; Odimegwu, Joy; Horbanczuk, Jaroslaw Olav; Devkota, Hari Prasad; Cifuentes, Alejandro; Sodhi, Rupinder; Santini, Antonello; Tantengco, Ourlad Alzeus G.; Pai, Sandeep Ramchandra; Chettupalli, Ananda Kumar; Granica, Sebastian; Stojanović, Nikola M.; Tewari, Devesh; Mittal, Vineet; Garg, Vandana; Rahman, Mohammad Akhlaquer; Logesh, Rajan; Berindan-Neagoe, Ioana; Sharma, Rohit; Jóźwik, Artur; Matin, Maima; Parvanov, Emil D.; Strzałkowska, Nina; Matin, Farhan Bin; Litvinova, Olena; Stoyanov, Jivko; Michalczuk, Monika; Zima-Kulisiewicz, Bogumila; Eminaga, Okyaz; Mishra, Awanish; Jahan, Nishat; Bensz, Joanna; Joshi, Tanuj; Upaganlawar, Aman; Patni, Kiran; Zielińska, Aleksandra; Hrg, Dalibor; Stolarczyk, Artur; Adamska, Olga; Perry, George; Ławiński, Michał; Kamińska, Agnieszka; Štefanović, Mario; Siddiquea, Bodrun Naher; Frazzini, Sara; Rossi, Luciana; Wieczorek, Marek; Mickael, Michel Edwar; Garbe, Leif-Alexander; Atanasov, Atanas G. y Shen, Bairong mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, francesca.giampieri@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, maurizio.battino@uneatlantico.es, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2025) Exploring nutritional supplement use for countering respiratory tract infections through an X (formerly Twitter)-based survey. Current Research in Biotechnology, 9. p. 100282. ISSN 25902628 relation: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.crbiot.2025.100282 relation: doi:10.1016/j.crbiot.2025.100282 language: en