Tribunnews.com Reporter, Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA – The Covid-19 pandemic is still ongoing. The best way to do that is to discipline health protocols and live a healthy lifestyle.
In addition to maintaining a healthy lifestyle, paying attention to substances in food is also necessary.
In the world of health, consuming substances such as vitamins is highly recommended. Vitamins can help certain metabolisms in the body.
Boosts the immune system and helps repair damaged cells. To get vitamins, can be sourced from foods such as vegetables, fruit and meat. One of the vitamins that brings many benefits is vitamin C.
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In addition to vitamins, there is also a substance called Zinc. It is a substance that serves to maintain the immune system and metabolic processes.
Zinc can be obtained easily, namely by consuming animal products such as seafood, oysters, crabs, shrimp, to red meat.
In addition, this substance is also contained in nuts, dairy products, or vegetables. For example kale and green beans.
On the other hand, recently, there is a lot of information that says there are many benefits of combining vitamin C with zinc. This was also confirmed by Dr. Nina Mariana Sp FK.
It reveals if vitamin C itself improves antioxidant vitamins and inhibits the risk of premature aging and heart disease.
In addition, it can repair dysfunction and restore damage to the body.
“There is a beneficial effect of vitamin C which helps eliminate dead cells and replace them with new cells. The antioxidant property separates the damaged cells,” he said on Radio Health broadcast, Monday (2/8/2021).
For zinc, including minerals and associated with immunity. Therefore, the combination of the two, said Dr. Nina, is very important for our bodies.
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