Foods To Protect Yourself During Cold and Flu Season

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

Self-improvement, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Education, Health & Fitness:nutrition

4.3 • 868 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

How often are you getting sick? Do you feel inflamed or feel like you pick up every bug your kids or grandkids bring home? We’ve entered into the cold and flu season, with the added challenge of Covid thrown into the mix. As nutritionists, we believe it is critical during this time to have a steady stream of nutrients going into your body as a preventative measure. On today’s show we’ll tackle the question, “what foods do I need to include in my diet to support my immune system?” and give you examples of what foods are good sources of vitamin C, zinc, selenium, vitamin A, omega-3s, vitamin D3 plus how to supplement if you’re interested in an extra boost.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.
0:04.4	I'm Melanie Beasley and I'm a registered and licensed dietitian.
0:07.7	And I'm in studio with Brittany Vincent, who's also a registered and licensed dietitian.
0:13.0	So often when people hear the word dietitian, they think she is just going to take away everything I love to eat, right?
0:21.3	Yes.
0:21.9	Absolutely.
0:23.0	And we are not all about that.
0:25.0	We are not about that.
0:26.3	We want you eating.
0:27.8	So in the past, dietitians, we were known to have clients count calories, limit
0:33.6	fat, avoid red meat.
0:36.1	Well, we are not that old-fashioned type of dietitian. We're young and hip,
0:40.4	right? Absolutely. Well, we actually teach clients to eat more, more meat and more vegetables and more
0:47.9	fat to stimulate their metabolism for really overall health and some weight loss, cellular health,
0:55.5	and we find that as clients eat more of the real foods in balance,
1:00.5	they experience more energy.
1:03.7	They have fewer cravings, they have better moods,
1:07.7	radiant skin, strong bones, they build muscle and lose fat. It's really an equalizer to health.
1:16.1	The very same foods that we recommend for weight loss are the same foods that support the immune
1:22.0	system during the cold and flu season. That is the beauty of real food. It helps with everything. We don't need
1:30.1	a separate way of eating for your immune health or your headaches or anything like that. It's all
1:36.8	real food. It's all real food. And it really makes sense. It's very simple. I'm surprised we still
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