Healthy Food Choices for Preventing Colds

Eating a healthy balanced diet can strengthen your immune system and help you avoid getting a cold. Learn some more tips for staying healthy in this nutrition video.

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Easily transmitted
Eat a lot citrus fruits
Wash hands

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Alice Merritt is currently the Campus Dietitian at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. She has a masters degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in public health with a concentration on nutrition. Alice has worked as a registered dietician for four years, and believes that helping people reach their nutritional goals will lead to a long and healthy life.

ALICE MERRITT: Now I am going to talk to you about preventing colds. Colds are easily transmitted and can be common nuisances when caught at the wrong time. Healthy food choices that help decrease your risk of colds is eating things like lots of fruits and vegetables, especially your citrus fruits that are high in vitamin C, which is a good immune booster and helps prevent you from catching bacteria. Other things you can do to help prevent colds is to make sure that you wash your hands before all meal times and before touching places on your face. Important things to remember about preventing colds is eat a balanced diet. It is very important to get a variety of food groups and to eat regularly throughout the day. People who skip meals and go long periods without eating, their immune system is lowered and they are more susceptible to catching colds. So overall, make sure you eat lots of fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits that are high in vitamin C, wash your hands regularly before meal times, make sure you cover your mouth if you sneeze or cough and remember to eat a balanced diet, never skipping meals and drink plenty of water.

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