18 - Vitamin C and Immunity - More Is Not Always Better

03/26/21 • 11 min

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In this episode, part of our series on nutrition and immunity, we discuss Vit C! Our topics include: • What Vitamin C is and what it does for your body

• How much Vitamin C you need • What foods provide Vitamin C • Signs of deficiency and toxicity

• What about using Vitamin C for prevention or healing of disease or illness? Recommended reading: • [WEBINAR] Nutrition and Immunity - https://www.cancerdietitian.com/2021/02/webinar-nutrition-and-immunity.html • The Truth About Immunity Supporting Foods - https://www.cancerdietitian.com/immunity • NIH Vit C Info: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminC-Consumer/ • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics - How Vitamin C Supports A Healthy Immune System: https://www.eatright.org/food/vitamins-and-supplements/types-of-vitamins-and-nutrients/how-vitamin-c-supports-a-healthy-immune-system • Vitamin C for preventing and treating the common cold: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23440782/ • Effect of High-Dose Zinc and Ascorbic Acid Supplementation vs Usual Care on Symptom Length and Reduction Among Ambulatory Patients With SARS-CoV-2 InfectionThe COVID A to Z Randomized Clinical Trial - https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2776305

In this episode, part of our series on nutrition and immunity, we discuss Vit C! Our topics include: • What Vitamin C is and what it does for your body

• How much Vitamin C you need • What foods provide Vitamin C • Signs of deficiency and toxicity

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17 - Zinc. Immunity, Food Sources and Supplements

In this episode, part of our series on nutrition and immunity, we discuss zinc! Our topics include:

What Zinc is and what it does for your body
Why Zinc is important for your body
How much Zinc you need
What foods provide Zinc
When it comes to Zinc, you don't want too much or too little
What about using Zinc for prevention or healing of disease or illness?

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19 – Eat The Rainbow - Week 1

Today we are discussing Fruits & Veggies!

A few years ago I created a 12 week nutrition intervention for my cancerdietitian.com followers called “Eat the Rainbow.” The program provides a once a week email with a produce fact, featured produce item of the week and easy recipe.

We now have 2 versions of this program. A Summer edition and a Winter edition. The winter edition just started and I will provide the information via podcast as well as email. If you’d like to register for the email version, just go to www.cancerdietitian.com/rainbow.

For those who want to listen to the episodes, you can also participate in the growth quiz at the beginning, middle and end of the program, and report your fruit and veggie intake via the links in the show notes. For those who participate with the growth quizzes, I provide you with an e-cookbook that has all the recipes as a graduation gift.

Take the Beginning Growth Quiz Here: https://forms.gle/2AQUWtGtbqMBjZxL8