Attacked By Flu? These Are The 6 Best Vitamins That Can Prevent Influenza

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JAKARTA - Unspecified weather can indeed affect mood and of course body health. Rain can suddenly pour heavily, not long after stopping and changing with the heat of the sun. This kind of weather can certainly make the body's immune system weaken and easily catch the flu. Reporting from Antara, Saturday, October 1, the following are a number of vitamins that are most suitable for you to consume during this kind of transitional weather, as reported by CNet. These vitamins can help increase your immune system, especially when dealing with changing weather. Vitamin C Vitamin C is known to improve the body's immune system. When there is a lack of vitamin C, the body becomes more susceptible to infectious diseases and infections. Women are recommended to consume vitamin C 75 mg per day, while men are recommended at least 90mg per day. For sources of vitamin C in addition to supplements, you can eat oranges, broccoli, strawberries, peppers, spinach and kale. These vegetables and fruits contain good vitamin C to help maintain your immune system. Vitamin B6 The body uses vitamin B6 to help produce red and white blood cells, which also helps to protect the body from infectious diseases including influenza. In addition to supplements, you can get vitamin B6 by consuming poultry, deep sea fish such as tuna and salmon, bananas, and pea. Some of the cereals sold in supermarkets have now also been confirmed with vitamin B6. Vitamin E Research shows that vitamin E can increase the body's immune system and reduce the risk of being exposed to infection, so you need to consume this type of vitamin when many people are infected with influenza. Vitamin E can be obtained by eating soybeans, peanuts, oil and solar flower seeds, green vegetables, almonds, landslides and avocados. Vitamin D This type of vitamin is one that must be consumed to increase the level of body immunity and prevent infection due to infectious diseases. Vitamin D can be obtained through supplements, as well as a number of foodstuffs that are high in vitamin D content such as beef liver, cod fish oil, and sardines. Polifenols In addition to the vitamins mentioned, a number of nutrients are also important to consume to prevent influenza. For example, polyphenols, components originating from this plant are able to regulate the body's immune system, making it easier for the body to overcome infections caused by infectious diseases. Fortunately, almost all vegetables and fruit contain polyphenols. Therefore, it is important to include a vegetable and fruit menu in your daily consumption. Beta-caroten Other nutrients that come from plants but are important to dispel influenza are beta-caroten. Beta-carotene in plants causes fruit to have red and orange congestion. You can simply eat fruit and vegetables with red and orange congestion in daily consumption, to get beta-carotene benefits. Call it sweet potatoes, carrots, tomatoes, mangoes, to bits. So what if you are already infected with influenza? To speed up the healing process, it is very important for you to consume lots of nutritious and vitaminal foods. However, there are two important nutrients that can accelerate the recovery process so that you must consume zinc and vitamin C. Zinc is a very important nutrient to help the body in combating infection. Meanwhile, vitamin C is recommended to be consumed at least 100mg per day or the levels can be adjusted to the condition of your body.