With summer well underway, but it is still important to maintain a healthy immune system. Summer colds occur and can be caused by numerous different factors including air conditioning, actives such as attending large gatherings, dehydration, viral strains and immune system variability.
One of the easiest ways to keep your immune system in check and supported is to take supplements. However, the supplement market is flooded with thousands upon thousands of different products, all claiming to help with numerous different ailments.
This blog is going to explore the best vitamins to use to support a healthy Immune System. The reason this is so important is that we have found a big uptake of consumers looking to take care of themselves and using numerous supplements to do so.
Zinc
Zinc is one of the most versatile and popular vitamins on the market. This, especially when taken with other supplements, can prove to be one of the most effective supplements on the wellness market. Zinc is know for assisting with immune cell function, inflammatory response, antioxidant properties and cell communication. All of the aforementioned results of zinc are extremely important when it comes to helping supporting your immune system.
Vitamin D
The growth in popularity of Vitamin D over the last four years almost entirely outweighs every other vitamin on the market. This is largely due to the perceived benefits surrounding your immune system that it offers. Along with the regulation of immune cells, vitamin D is also believed to influence T cells, modulate the body’s inflammatory response and can help produce antimicrobial peptides in the body.
Vitamin C
Vitamin is well known for helping support a a healthy immune system. The vitamin can help with immune Cell function, contains antioxidant activity and modulation of cytokine production. Cytokines are signaling molecules that regulate immune responses. Vitamin C has been shown to modulate the production of cytokines, helping to balance the immune response. This modulation is important for preventing excessive inflammation, which can occur during infections.
We currently stock Life Essentials’ multi-vitamin capsules. Each capsule contains 100mg of Vitamin C, 5,000iu of Vitamin D3 and 100mcg of Vitamin K2. All of which are fantastic at helping maintain a healthy immune system.
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