Fresh fruits, berries, vegetables, multi-vitamin greens, and cold water scrubs can help boost a person’s immune system in the fall and during flu season. This was told socialbites.ca by the co-chairman of the Preventive Medicine direction of NTI HealthNet, candidate of medical sciences, family doctor Sergey Chudakov.
“It is necessary to strengthen human immunity all year round, it is best to do this with the help of natural products, for example, fruits. One of the best sources of vitamins are berries: raspberries, strawberries, black and red currants, cranberries, blueberries, sea buckthorn. If you use them in sufficient quantities in the summer, then by autumn the immune system will be strong enough and will be able to resist viruses, ”said Dr.
The basis, according to the expert, should be a complex of vitamins and minerals. Especially vitamin C and zinc.
Echinacea plant also has a good effect on strengthening the immune system. In addition, summer hardening of an adult and a child will lead to the prevention of autumn problems. For three months you can perfectly harden the body. It is carried out as follows: first rubbing with cold water, then cold, then a cold and cold shower. It is also important to sunbathe, stay a lot in the fresh air, eat right, ”Chudakov explained.
In anticipation of the flu season, the expert recommended vaccinating Russians, who are especially among a large number of people.
“People who have a higher chance of being infected should be vaccinated. That is, they remain in some collectives where there are a large number of people to study or work – doctors and teachers, employees of industrial enterprises and other organizations where a large number of people are in the room at the same time. This also applies to those who use public transport frequently.
Formerly doctors showedthat the tuberculosis vaccine improves the overall immunity of children.