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Hello, and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's midweek

segment called Ask a Nutritionist. My name is Brandy Burrow and I'm a registered and licensed

dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. On today's show, I'll be answering a question

we received in our Dishing Up Nutrition Facebook group.

So the question today is, what are some ways you can boost your immunity to combat cold and flu season this year?

So I think this is a really timely question.

A lot of my own clients have been asking the same exact thing as they are getting their kids ready for a new school season.

I think many families are worried that their kids go back to school.

They're bringing home a lot of germs.

And then it puts them at risk for developing cold and flu. So really, when you think about at the start of a new school season for many families, means the start of cold and flu season. So this is a

great topic to discuss. Today, we will cover what foods will support your immune system, the foods that can damage

your immune system, and then we'll review a few targeted supplements that you might want

to include as part of that real food meal plan to support your immune system.

So let's start with the foods that will boost your immune system. So let's start with the foods that will boost your immune system.

You know that our motto at nutritional weight and wellness is focus on food first. So this means that

we believe the best way to support your health and the best way to support your immune system is to

eat a variety of real, whole foods that are made up of those natural immune boosting nutrients.

So first, we want to think about fruits and vegetables.

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