Eat and not get sick: with what products can you survive the autumn without colds

With the onset of cold weather, the body especially needs support. To strengthen immunity in these gray everyday life, St. Petersburgers need to adhere to a special autumn diet. Interregional management of Rospotrebnadzor in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region reminds: proper nutrition helps to resist seasonal infections.

Autumn is the time of seasonal root vegetables. Beets, carrots, turnips, radish and pumpkin, as well as all types of cabbage are rich in fiber, which supports digestion. Specialists of Rospotrebnadzor advise to add sauerkraut, urinary apples, cranberries and lingonberries to the menu - sources of probiotics and vitamin C, which help to absorb nutrients.

It is also worth noting that the sun in the city is much less, so it is important to make up for the deficiency of vitamin D. With this will help fatty fish, cod liver, eggs and butter. To better absorb the vitamin, include unrefined oils in the diet - flaxseed, olive, sunflower - and nuts.

To produce antibodies, the body needs a complete protein. It's meat, cottage cheese, eggs and legumes. Choose gentle methods of cooking: cooking, stewing, baking or steaming.

Rospotrebnadzor strongly recommends to abandon sugar in favor of spices and natural drinks. Also, a harmful additive can be replaced with fruits with cinnamon, tea with ginger, sea buckthorn, a decoction of rosehip, fruit drinks from seasonal berries.

And lastly, at this time of year it is very important to adhere to three main meals and one or two light snacks - for example, an apple, pears or persimmons. The energy level will be stable throughout the day. A balanced autumn diet is a simple and reliable support for health.