3 minHas your child or partner been suffering from a nasty cough for weeks that just won't go away? And is this yet another cold in a short period of time? We know the feeling! Especially in autumn, it is important to make sure that everyone in the family stays healthy. An extra portion of vegetables with meals and vitamin C (drops) can give the immune system a significant boost. But where is vitamin C found and what exactly does vitamin C do? Our experts explain!
In this article, you will read:
- Why vitamin C is important for the immune system
- How vitamin C helps in the production of white blood cells
- The benefits of natural vitamin C drops
- How you can easily give vitamin C drops to children and babies
Vitamin C for a strong immune system
Vitamin C is the vitamin for your immune system. But what does a strong immune system mean? A strong immune system protects you against bacteria and viruses and thus against diseases. The stronger your immune system, the better you can resist negative influences.
The strength of your immune system depends on your defence and immune system. White blood cells play an important role in this. The white blood cells in our body spring into action when a bacterium or virus reaches our body. These cells recognise the bacterium or virus in the body and destroy it.
You can stimulate the production of white blood cells through vitamins in your diet. Vitamin C is one such vitamin, as it stimulates the formation of white blood cells. This allows you to strengthen your immune system and increase your resistance. Vitamin C is found in fruit and vegetables. In addition to 2 pieces of fruit and 250 grams of vegetables per day, a vitamin C supplement can give your resistance an extra boost.
Natural vitamin C drops
Vitamins in the form of supplements are often, unjustifiably, thought to be less effective than vitamins from food. This is certainly unjustified when you consider a natural supplement. Read all about the difference between a natural and synthetic supplement here.
As the name suggests, natural vitamins are made from ingredients found in nature. All VitaminFit vitamin drops are cold-pressed drops derived from herbs and plants.
Our vitamin C drops contain rosehip extract or grape seed extract. Rosehip is the fruit of the rose plant and contains 30 times more vitamin C than an orange! The antioxidant effect of grape seeds is no less than 20 times stronger than that of vitamin C.
One reason to use vitamin C drops is that they are easily absorbed by the body. A second reason is that they are easy to use, especially for children and people with swallowing difficulties. More questions about vitamin C? We answer 10 questions about vitamin C and vitamin C deficiency.
Vitamin C drops are easy to take for small children
Drops are generally much easier for small children to take than (chewable) tablets. And for babies, this is of course the most pleasant option. You can simply mix the drops into formula, or into juice, yoghurt or fruit purée. You can also give them straight from a spoon. Because our vitamin C drops contain no artificial additives, such as fragrances, colourings or flavourings, your child will not notice the vitamins in their food at all.
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