Flu Season Approaching: Skip Supplements, Eat Healthy

Advertisements tend to market "special" flu supplements and healthy juices. A lot of these items are marketing spoofs and generally will not help you fight the flu. 

In order to have a healthy immune system, you need to eat a healthy diet. Protein and micro-nutrients like vitamin C, A, E and zinc will best help your immune system.

Joan Salge Blake, a registered dietitian nutritionist and clinical associate professor at Boston University, says a variety of fruits, vegetables and proteins will fulfill the requirements. 

One exception is Vitamin D. This vitamin has very little content in foods and is best consumed in supplement form. 

"If you are malnourished, your immune system is going to suffer," says Salge Blake.

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