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Health vitamin C intake in winter Better healthy peppers than vitamin pills
Strengthen defenses: peppers are good vitamin C suppliers in winter
Runny nose, coughing, hoarseness: Many a person who comes to the office after the often off days at the turn of the year is surrounded by people who have caught a cold. To prevent infection, it is important to strengthen your own defenses. Vitamin C is particularly suitable for this. To take care of it, you do not have to take any supplements.
Strengthen defenses in winter
During the cold months it is especially important to protect yourself from colds. To strengthen the defenses for the winter, offers, among other things, a lot of exercise in the fresh air. An adequate supply of vitamins should always be guaranteed. Most people know that vitamin C in particular helps to strengthen the immune system. Therefore, many of them, especially at wintertime, take in larger quantities, for example via tablets. However, health experts say it is much more reasonable to use food to strengthen the body's defenses.Instead of vitamin pills, eat better natural peppers. Image: Malyshchyts Viktar - fotolia
Runny nose, coughing, hoarseness: Many a person who comes to the office after the often off days at the turn of the year is surrounded by people who have caught a cold. To prevent infection, it is important to strengthen your own defenses. Vitamin C is particularly suitable for this. To take care of it, you do not have to take any supplements.
Strengthen defenses in winter
During the cold months it is especially important to protect yourself from colds. To strengthen the defenses for the winter, offers, among other things, a lot of exercise in the fresh air. An adequate supply of vitamins should always be guaranteed. Most people know that vitamin C in particular helps to strengthen the immune system. Therefore, many of them, especially at wintertime, take in larger quantities, for example via tablets. However, health experts say it is much more reasonable to use food to strengthen the body's defenses.
Instead of vitamin pills, eat better natural peppers. Image: Malyshchyts Viktar - fotolia Peppers are good vitamin C suppliers
The German Society for Nutrition (DGE) also states that it is better to meet the demand for vitamin C via the diet. This works well in winter too. About half a paprika is enough to cover the daily needs. Potatoes, cabbage and citrus fruits also contain much of the important substance. Already one mandarin covers about half of the daily requirement of vitamin C. Other good sources of vitamin C are juices and fruit and vegetable smoothies. DGE experts advise against taking vitamin C supplements routinely for the purpose of preventing or treating colds. (Ad)