After the flu recharge yourself with vitamins

Even this year you have not been able to escape the virus and, despite the worst is over, do you still feel grounded? Fill up on vitamins: it will help your body to recover completely.

If the flu virus hasn’t spared you even this season, here are some useful tips to speed up your recovery.

Even if the acute phase of the infection has passed, the seasonal illness leaves debilitated for a long time. Malaise and tiredness can accompany you for about ten days and more.

The right amount of vitamins and minerals will help you get back in shape faster, strengthening your immune system in a short time and helping you recover energy.

Vitamin C, first of all

If you are back from the flu, in addition to following a light, varied and balanced diet, put on your plate especially those foods that contain a lot of vitamin C, essential to strengthen the immune defenses tested by the recent fight against the virus.

So do not miss the citrus fruits, maybe even in the form of fresh juices (to drink freshly made), and then kiwi, strawberries, blackcurrant, tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, arugula, cabbage, cauliflower and spinach.

Consume at least three fresh fruits a day and, at each meal, vegetables and seasonal vegetables cooking them little (steamed or in a pan) to preserve the vitamin content as much as possible.

A, C, E: together is better

Vitamins A and E, in addition to being powerful antioxidants, work synergistically with vitamin C.

Vitamin A strengthens the cells of the mucous membranes, real barriers against the aggressions of viruses and bacteria.

Vitamin C and vitamin E, on the other hand, mutually enhance their antioxidant effects.

Don’t miss group B and vitamin D

In addition to fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy products, complex carbohydrates, lean meat or fish should also not be missing, to ensure the right intake of many other essential micronutrients.

Such as B vitamins, essential in states of fatigue to provide energy and stimulate the healing process. In addition to green leafy vegetables, they are found in whole grains, brewer’s yeast and meat and offal.

And vitamin D, which plays an essential role in shortening healing times and which we find in abundance in egg and salmon.

Unity is strength

A diet as varied as possible will therefore be ideal for maximum benefit, since all vitamins act better in synergy. And not only among themselves, but also with some elements such as zinc, magnesium, copper.

But when there is an increase in vitamin and mineral needs, just like in case of convalescence, it is also indicated to take multivitamin supplements that provide the right dose of all the necessary micronutrients.