Take your ‘fight-amins’

Even if you eat a mostly healthy, balanced diet, winter could be a time you benefit from a dietary supplement. “Research shows increasing your intake of vitamin D through supplements can help reduce the duration and severity of colds and flu,” says Karina. Others that may assist in reducing inflamminflammation and boosting immunity include fish ooil and vitamins A, B, C, E and K. But dodon’t believe all the hype. “Whilwhile there is evidence these mmicronutrients can play a role in strengthening st your immune im system, the proof p is still limited,” says sa Dr Ballingall.