With a weak sun on my screen, I would like to go into more detail in this blog about any extra vitamins that we can use in the winter. Because even though we do our best with healthy living and healthy food, a vitamin deficiency has increased in no time. Which vitamins can you take in the winter to increase your resistance and get through the autumn period with more energy.
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Provided that a healthy diet in principle provides you with (almost) all vitamins, there are still some vitamins that can provide just a little extra support in the autumn and winter period. In addition, it is also the case that elderly men and women no longer make some vitamins (including vitamin D) properly themselves. A supplement of the desired vitamin is then recommended, especially in winter.
Furthermore, not everyone has a healthy diet. Even then, taking extra vitamins in the winter may be a good idea.
If you have built up sufficient resistance, you will usually get through the winter unscathed. Except for a single cough which can be solved by cough drink products maybe to use. But there is a vitamin that you may be able to take a little extra in the winter. Vitamin D is more difficult for your body to produce in the winter. After all, there is less sun and you may be outside much less often.
Vitamin D is also naturally found in oily fish. Eating a salmon or mackerel from time to time is a good idea for your vitamin D level. Just like herring, for example, but meat and eggs also provide vitamin D (albeit less than fish). Are you unable to go outside in the winter? And do you not like to eat fish or other animal products? Then you can supplement your vitamin D by, for example, vitamin D3 tablets handy.
Do you want to keep your vitamin D level in the winter in a natural way? Then go outside for at least half an hour every day between 11 am and 3 pm. Without covering your face and hands and without applying sunscreen. In this way you pick up (if all goes well and you do not belong to the older age category) still enough to keep your resistance up.
There are a number of vitamins that are called the 'resistance vitamins'. Vitamins that play a role in colds and flu, for example.
You can find this vitamin in fruits and vegetables. If you eat enough of this in the winter, you probably won't be deficient in vitamin C. This vitamin supports your white blood cells and can, for example, shorten the duration of a cold or flu. Vitamin C also ensures better absorption of iron. Are you often tired? Then, in addition to an iron deficiency, a vitamin C deficiency can also be the cause.
Vitamin A also plays a role in the production of white blood cells. You can find Vitamin A, for example, in liver products (yagh), margarine and low-fat margarine.
If necessary, I have already described above.
Most women know folic acid as a vitamin to take during pregnancy, or even before becoming pregnant. But folic acid also plays an important role in increasing your resistance and the development of your immune cells.
Vitamin B6 plays a role in a number of areas. It plays a role in making blood, but it is also important for your nerves. It also stimulates your thinking ability and contributes to a good metabolism. Finally, B6 is also a contributor to your resistance.
Vitamin B12 is necessary for the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen in your blood. Too little B12 can lead to many complaints, including fatigue, muscle cramps and memory loss. But also, for example, to depression. Depression is lurking in the winter for more people, so keep an eye on your B12 level.
Of course I cannot give you any advice in advance about whether or not you should take extra vitamins in the winter. It is therefore true that the above vitamins play a role in building your resistance. If you have complaints or experience a general fatigue that is not normal for you? Consult your doctor for advice and have it tested to see which vitamins you may be deficient in.
Do you have no specific complaints but do you have a cold or flu? Then you may be able to relieve the symptoms with Echinaforce tablets.
Note: the advice 'the more the better' does not simply apply to taking extra vitamins. There are vitamins of which you pee the excess again if your body turns out not to need them. But there are also vitamins (A, D, E and K) that are not dissolved and passed out. You could therefore also build up too much for these vitamins and that is not good either. If you are convinced of a vitamin deficiency, it might be a good idea to get tested first. This way you also know which deficiencies you can fill by using vitamin supplements.
