Can Supplements Boost Your Immunity This Winter?

Barry Fox, MD, medical teacher of transmittable illness,  University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and also Public Health.

Harri Hemilä, MD, PhD, complement teacher, Department of Public Health,  University of Helsinki, Finland.

Simin Nikbin Meydani, DVM, PhD, elderly researcher and also supervisor, Nutritional Immunology Lab, Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging , Tufts University.

Tracey J. Smith, PhD.

John P. Richie Jr., PhD, teacher of public health and wellness scientific researches and also pharmacology,  Penn State University College of Medicine,  Hershey, PA.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: “Nutrition and Immunity.”  

Annals of Internal Medicine: “Association Among Dietary Supplement Use, Nutrient Intake, and Mortality Among U.S. Adults.”

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National Kidney Foundation: “Family History of Kidney Stones? Watch Those Megadoses of Vitamin C.”

Mayo Clinic: “What is vitamin D toxicity? Should I be worried about taking supplements?”

ScienceDaily: “Adequate zinc eases pneumonia in elderly, study finds,” “Zinc.”