{"id":1540,"date":"2020-11-09T00:47:13","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T00:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2020-11-09T00:47:13","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T00:47:13","slug":"best-supplements-for-winter-six-vitamins-and-minerals-that-could-help-boost-your-immunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=1540","title":{"rendered":"Best supplements for winter: Six vitamins and minerals that could help boost your immunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What we do know is several nutrients are required to support the immune system which include vitamins A, C, D E and minerals such as selenium and zinc, said Rob Hobson, registered nutritionist at Healthspan. He added: \u201cThe BMJ Research suggests that ensuring a good intake of these nutrients may help to prevent respiratory infections and lessen the time taken to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So how much of these nutrients do we need?<\/p>\n<p>Findings from the UK National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) have shown that gaps do exist in the diet for some of the key nutrients required to support immunity.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding the importance of these nutrients and where to find them in the diet can help to ensure a good intake.<\/p>\n<h3>Vitamin A<\/h3>\n<p>UK recommended daily allowance (RDA) = 700mg a day for men and 600mg a day for women..<\/p>\n<p>More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/life-style\/health\/1356166\/best-supplements-for-winter-immunity-vitamin-a-c-d-e-zinc-selenium\">Express.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What we do know is several nutrients are required to support the immune system which include vitamins A, C, D&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vitamins-supplements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1542,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1540\/revisions\/1542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}