November 4, 2020

These are the Vitamins Doctors Recommend to Boost Your Immunity

Yes, vitamins can help prevent you from getting sick!

I’m totally not a health nut and I might even be the first one to think, “I’m fine the way I am, leave me alone!” It’s my husband, though, that places the vitamins in my hands and says “take this!” He’s been speaking to doctors on the hishtadlut one can take to best arm themselves to stay healthy during the past COVID seasons and the upcoming cold and flu seasons.

The vitamins that help with immunity include Quercetin, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, and Zinc. Of course, always first check with your own health professional to ask which of these vitamins and the amount that they recommend for you. This post is not meant to tell you what to take, but rather, to let us all know that there are preventative measures available so that we know what questions to ask our own doctors.

For Women

Chewable Prenatals

I personally hate having to swallow any pills or vitamins, so I take this chewable prenatal all year (not only when expecting). I would never be able to swallow multiple things per day! For women, prenatals can also act as an easy multivitamin. They really include everything you need. Two chewables and I’m covered.

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Victoria Dwek

Victoria is the best-selling author of nine kosher cookbooks and a popular columnist for Ami Magazine. She always has the words for bringing everything that’s in our hearts onto the page.

Filed under: Health & Fitness

Tagged with: health, winter

12 responses to “These are the Vitamins Doctors Recommend to Boost Your Immunity”

Z G

November 4, 2020

What do you recommend as Vitamin C for kids? One that they will actually swallow or chew…

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1. Victoria Dwek
  
  November 4, 2020
  
  I’m not familiar with children’s vitamins, however, if any readers have any recommendations of those their kids like, they are welcome to advise below !
  
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  1. Miri
    
    November 4, 2020
    
    Thanks for the great tips as always.
    A heads up that vitamin D must be taken with food or it is completely excreted.
    
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    1. Chani
      
      November 7, 2020
      
      I take vitamin d at night, and my levels always come out optimal on blood tests (before I started taking vitamin d, it came out lower). So it’s clearly not getting totally excreted.
      
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Ruchi

November 4, 2020

https://www.amazon.com/Landau-Chewable-Vitamin-Tasting-Flavor/dp/B001ASB40Q/ref=sr_1_5?crid=3KEW682GTWUBV&dchild=1&keywords=landau+vitamin+c+500+chewable&qid=1604507653&sprefix=landaus+%2Chpc%2C283&sr=8-5
This hands down the best!! They taste like winkies.

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1. sara fleischer
  
  November 4, 2020
  
  My kids agree completely!
  
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Devorah

November 4, 2020

Why are Jews commonly low on Vit D?

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1. B
  
  November 4, 2020
  
  Natural dietary sources of Vitamin D are limited (fatty fish & their oils). Vitamin D can be synthesized by our skin in the presence of sunlight. Since many Jews dress modestly, we are less exposed to sunlight and thus synthesize less Vitamin D. Additionally, cows milk has been fortified with Vitamin D since the 1930s, but many Jews of Ashkenazic descent are lactose intolerant, preventing them from ingesting the Vitamin D in that manner as well. Hope this helps!
  
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BF

December 30, 2021

Vitamin d3 is better with k2. I
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BGGX53D/ref=cm_sw_r_em_api_glt_fabc_NT9MFMT94N98SSHWTSRE

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Esther

December 31, 2021

Maxi health now made a combo of all these called Vac-c-max. It has Zinc, B, C, Quercitin – all in one.

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1. Chaya
  
  January 5, 2022
  
  Quercetin-max by maxi health seems to have replaced the vax-c-max.
  
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RL

January 11, 2022

Does anyone know of multi without the b’s as i don’t tolerate the B vitamins

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