Immunity Myths & What Actually Works

Dishing Up Nutrition

Nutritional Weight & Wellness, Inc.

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

4.3 • 866 Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Cold and flu season doesn’t have to mean endless sick days! In this episode of Dishing Up Nutrition, licensed nutritionist Kara Carper and registered dietitian Brandy Buro unpack common immunity myths and share what really works to keep your body strong. They highlight the everyday foods and lifestyle habits that build lasting immune resilience. Tune in for practical, real-food strategies that support your health year-round.

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition.
0:11.8	If you're tuning in today, you're probably thinking about how to keep yourself and your family healthy, not just during cold and flu season, but really all year long. And you've probably
0:22.5	heard advice over the span of your life, how to keep colds and flus away. You might be wondering,
0:29.7	what's true? What might be an old wives tale? And if today you were to go on Facebook or
0:36.7	Instagram or any social media app and you
0:40.1	have searched in immune hacks, you could probably spend the whole day just scrolling through
0:45.7	videos that are giving you a bunch of advice. So today we're going to share what really does
0:51.5	work for keeping your immune system strong this season. I'm Kara
0:55.7	Carper. I'm a licensed nutritionist and certified nutrition specialists. I'm here today with
1:00.8	Brandy Burrow, who is a registered dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. And it's a really
1:07.1	timely topic. The title of our podcast is immunity myths and what actually works. So
1:14.9	great to be here with you, Brandy. Thank you, Kara. Good to be here with you. And this is such a
1:20.6	timely topic. I know I've encountered some clients that are already kind of coming down with
1:27.0	some colds as kids are getting
1:28.4	back to school. So I think now more than ever we're all thinking about how to stay well.
1:35.6	And I think so often when people first feel the symptoms of getting it cold, maybe it's like
1:40.5	a little tickle in the back of their throat or they're just feeling like their energy is zapped. The first thing they think of is, well, I need to load up on my supplements.
1:49.8	I got to get my immunity teas and things like that. And those things can definitely help.
1:55.9	But today we're going to talk about building a resilient immune system, you know, because that does not happen overnight.
2:03.3	A strong immune system is really about the choices that we make every single day with our food, with our sleep.
2:10.6	And, you know, our whole lifestyle can really have an impact on this.
2:15.0	So today we are going to be sharing some practical ways to keep your immune
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