Cold & Flu Season
Did you know that drinking nutrient-rich 100% orange juice every day provides key nutrients, like vitamin C, that can help support your immune system during cold and flu season and all year long?
While vitamin C is a key nutrient for the immune system, your immune system is complex and needs a wide variety of nutrients on a daily basis to stay in peak form. Discover below things you can do to help prepare or recover from the cold or flu this season.
With the first signs of cold and flu season appearing, it’s time to look at ways you can prepare and keep your immune system healthy.
Florida Orange Juice is rich in vitamin C and is a key source of other nutrients that helps support your healthy lifestyle year-round, especially when cold and flu season hits. One 8-ounce serving of 100% orange juice provides more than 100 percent of your Daily Value of vitamin C and is a good source of potassium, folate and thiamin. Incorporating an 8-ounce glass of 100% orange juice in your daily diet can help keep you hydrated and enhance vitamin C intake. Plus, 100% orange juice is virtually the only dietary source of a unique and powerful polyphenol called hesperidin.
Before you come down with a sore throat, pounding headache or achy muscles, try these simple tips for preparing for cold & flu season:
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It’s cold & flu season and you or a loved one are sick – now what? It’s time to enter recovery mode and that means staying hydrated, getting plenty of rest, and making sure you get the nutrients your immune system needs while it’s working overtime.
Florida Orange Juice can help support a strong immune system by providing a variety of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients (naturally occurring plant compounds). It’s rich in vitamin C which strengthens our immune systems by protecting cells and promoting the production and function of immune cells. Along with water, it’s excellent for hydration and has the added bonus of naturally delivering essential electrolytes, which aid in fluid balance.
To help make your recovery easier, we’ve provided tips and simple recipes featuring Florida Orange Juice to help you recover or provide care for someone that has the cold or flu:
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