How to Prepare for Cold and Flu Season
As many of us know, inflammation can often be the result of stress. And stress can stem from physical or emotional triggers, or both. So, how do we combat that? The answer is: we actually do not, but the body has its own systems and protocols to deal with it. Our job is to support our body by giving it what it needs: sufficient nutrients. A simple way to do that is by taking a high quality multivitamin. This will ensure our body has what it generally needs to replenish itself when needed, and avoid falling down the path of becoming deficient of vital nutrients. Then, we can start to build on top of that depending on what we need.
In this article, I will be focus on three additional supplements we should consider taking during this ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and upcoming flu season to help strengthen our immune system.
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Top 3 Supplements for Cold & Flu Season
VITAMIN D
Vitamin D is the most common deficiency seen in people. In a nutshell, Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health and in overall immunity. Especially during colder months when we are often indoors and not naturally producing Vitamin D regularly from exposure to sunlight, it is even more important to take a Vitamin D supplement during this time. I recommend taking Thorne’s liquid version for best assimilation.
Thorne’s Basic Bone Nutrients is also a great product to take since I find it has everything we need in one bottle; it has other minerals and vitamins, along with vitamin D.
Interested in finding out of you are deficient in vitamin D? Check out Thorne’s Vitamin D deficiency testing kit.
ZINC
Zinc is one of the most important minerals for our immune system due to it property to enable the T cell activation. There for is super important to have it and do not just use it when you feel sick. Remember prevention is the key for long health.
MERIVA-SF (Sustained Release)
I strongly recommend this product for athletes or anyone who generally has high inflammation. Remember, our goal is to lower our inflammation or keep it at bay so our body can function at the highest and optimal condition. This will ensure our body is not compromised and help keep it strong enough to fight off those germs!