10 Healthiest Foods to Include in Your Diet During the Cold Season

Win­ter is a real test for the body and immu­ni­ty. What do you need to eat in win­ter to main­tain immu­ni­ty and be in good shape? Take note of the list of 10 most use­ful prod­ucts for the cold sea­son.

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Today, in the mar­kets and shops almost all year round you can buy almost any prod­uct. Nev­er­the­less, each fruit and veg­etable has its own spe­cif­ic peri­od when they are most use­ful. In addi­tion, in each sea­son we need cer­tain vit­a­mins and microele­ments, and this is what we should focus on when choos­ing prod­ucts.

We have select­ed sev­er­al sea­son­al prod­ucts that will bring max­i­mum ben­e­fit to your body in win­ter, sup­port immu­ni­ty, add ener­gy and good mood that we need so much in the cold!

Persimmon

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Per­sim­mon per­fect­ly restores strength, replen­ish­es the sup­ply of vit­a­mins and trace ele­ments and helps the heart mus­cle to work. In addi­tion, this win­ter fruit helps to cope with apa­thy, fatigue and bad mood. Glu­cose and fruc­tose, which per­sim­mon is rich in, will quick­ly bring you into tone. Per­sim­mon is def­i­nite­ly a very use­ful prod­uct for win­ter.

Pomegranate

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Pome­gran­ate strength­ens the immune sys­tem, improves mood, increas­es the strength and resis­tance of the body, helps with colds. One pome­gran­ate or a glass of pome­gran­ate juice a day is a great way to cleanse your blood after colds and flu. It con­tains enzymes that help the pro­duc­tion of ery­thro­cytes — red blood cells.

Citrus

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Oranges, tan­ger­ines, lemons, grape­fruit are great helpers in resist­ing win­ter dan­gers. They improve the body’s abil­i­ty to pre­vent infec­tious dis­eases, and also strength­en the immune sys­tem. In addi­tion, due to the high con­tent of vit­a­min C, cit­rus fruits improve metab­o­lism and con­tribute to the process of los­ing weight.

Rose hip

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Rose­hip con­tains a record amount of vit­a­min C and there­fore per­fect­ly strength­ens the immune sys­tem in win­ter. In addi­tion, it low­ers blood pres­sure, strength­ens the heart, and is a choleretic drug. It also affects the process of los­ing weight, help­ing to speed up the metab­o­lism.

Apples

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Green apples of sweet and sour vari­eties con­tain a lot of iron. This trace ele­ment is very impor­tant for blood, fights fatigue and ane­mia. And the iodine con­tained in “win­ter” apples, such as antonov­ka, helps to over­come hyper­sen­si­tiv­i­ty to cold. By the way, Antonov­ka is an excel­lent rem­e­dy for win­ter beriberi: by spring, it retains up to 90% of vit­a­min C, while in oth­er fruits its con­tent drops to 40–30%.

Kiwi

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Kiwi is a cham­pi­on in the con­tent of vit­a­min C, in this sense it is even more use­ful than cit­rus fruits. By adding it as an addi­tion­al ingre­di­ent to vit­a­min sal­ads and just snack­ing on it, you will strength­en your immu­ni­ty, pro­tect your­self from colds and feel a surge of strength and ener­gy. Kiwi must be eat­en in win­ter.

Pumpkin

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Pump­kin is a very use­ful prod­uct, espe­cial­ly in win­ter. Con­tains carotene, cal­ci­um, vit­a­min C and veg­etable pectins, which strength­en the immune sys­tem, remove excess salt from the body, pre­vent high blood pres­sure and pro­tect the heart mus­cle. In addi­tion, the ben­e­fi­cial sub­stances con­tained in it pre­vent pre­ma­ture aging of the body.

Sauerkraut

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Sauer­kraut is the most afford­able source of vit­a­mins in win­ter. She is a real store­house of vit­a­min C, A, group B, pectin, cal­ci­um. Sauer­kraut con­tributes to the nor­mal­iza­tion of intesti­nal microflo­ra and, as a result, prop­er diges­tion. Due to the high con­tent of ascor­bic acid, cab­bage helps to strength­en the immune sys­tem and increase the body’s resis­tance to stress in win­ter.

Cranberry

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Cran­ber­ries have a unique qual­i­ty: if they hit them with frost, there is only more vit­a­min C in this berry! So when frozen, it does not lose any use­ful prop­er­ties. In addi­tion, acids have been found in cran­ber­ries that act as antibi­otics. Cran­ber­ry juice helps fight inflam­ma­tion of the kid­neys, recov­er faster after the flu and SARS. Be sure to include cran­ber­ries in your win­ter diet.

Walnuts

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Nuts are the main prod­uct in the fight against stress, as they con­tain a lot of vit­a­min B. Win­ter itself is a big stress for the body, so nuts in win­ter are one of the most use­ful foods. In addi­tion, nuts per­fect­ly sup­port brain activ­i­ty, help fight fatigue, and con­tain many use­ful sub­stances.

Be sure to include these healthy foods in your win­ter diet, and you will be pro­tect­ed from many of the trou­bles of the cold sea­son.