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Here are some tips to boost your immune system this winter - MarketWatch

Here are some tips to boost your immune system this winter - MarketWatch

Here are some tips to boost your immune system this winter - MarketWatch
Oct 28, 2020 1 min, 15 secs

Keeping your immune system healthy and strong.

As we get older, our immune systems tend to get weaker and change in several significant ways.

“Flu shots are extremely important for everyone this year, not only to help prevent the spread of the flu, but also to keep immune systems strong during COVID-19,” says Dr. Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic.

I am encouraging patients, especially those over the age of 50, to be doing everything possible to reduce extra strain on their immune systems and their health systems.”.

Also helpful, he notes, is to include foods high in specific vitamins and minerals, like zinc and vitamin C, that are linked to healthy immune function.

While it would be nice to get all our vitamins and minerals from food, most of us will need to add supplements to attain optimal immune system health?

Studies show zinc helps keep the immune system strong.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recommends 11 mg of zinc a day for adult men, and 8 mg a day for adult women. .

Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, suggested taking vitamin D and C supplements for immune system health, and said he takes them himself.

NIH recommends both vitamin D and C for immune health.

In addition to getting a flu shot and taking zinc and vitamins D and C, consider these tips for a healthy immune system:.

Read: The science behind why older immune systems are more vulnerable to COVID-19.

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