The winter season is at its peak right now, and it’s the cold temperature outside. Many people favor winters more than summers because the heat drenching sweat falling from all our body is very irritating and makes you feel terrible to be around someone.
On the other hand, winters are more about everything warm and cozy, wanting you to snuggle up inside your blankets with most of the workplaces operating from the comfort of their homes, and the work from home trend isn’t over yet.
But all things considered, winter has brought a spike in cases of COVID-19 infection due to the drop in temperature. It has made us much more conscious and aware of keeping ourselves more strong and equipped with fighting off a disease until the vaccine reaches all of us.
With various trends and advice passed down all through the internet, we must focus on the things we have in this season to help make our immunity as strong and healthy as possible. We are still under the threat of contracting this pandemic, and we need to do all things we can to safeguard ourselves and our family.
We must not forget that winter months are all about citrus and vitamin C from fruits and Vitamin D from the shining sunlight outside. Vitamin C has proven to be the essential vitamins since the pandemic took its toll on people.
Vitamin c helps fight off winter flu and cold by producing white blood cells, which allow the immune system to protect the body against foreign invading bacteria and viruses. It is evidence-based that vitamin-c is a potent antiviral, and consuming it in fruits and vegetables is better than consuming its supplements.
Various evidence and research have shown that vitamin C can help speed up the recovery of COVID-19 infection and gradually reduce the disease. Although the research on how potent is vitamin C is for curing COVID-19 is still in the process of stating anything further.
Vitamin C is best available in fruits with enough citrus in them, and winters are all about citrus fruits. Here are some healthy fruits for consumption during winters for good overall health, body weight, and strong immunity.
Oranges
United States Department of Agriculture has reported 82 mg of vitamin C and 3.6 g of fiber in a single orange, making it the best fruit with a leading vitamin in it.
Experts have mentioned that it is best to rely on the fruit itself instead of adapting to orange juice methods. The juices available in the market have added sugar preservatives to them.
It is best to consume the juices freshly squeezed or sucked out from the fruit itself as they are natural and filled with fibers you will miss out on if you go for commercially available orange juices.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is one of those fruits from the family of oranges and pomelos, which is high in antioxidants, which could also help prevent cancer risk in you. It is an excellent source of Vitamin C and a perfect fruit for your skin health.
There is evidence that states grapefruit juices as a promising agent for making your immune system healthy and robust with their enriching vitamin c properties in it. Grapefruit contains lycopene, an antioxidant known for fighting prostate cancer, as published in Oncology.
Guava
A crunchy and sweet fruit found in most South-Asian countries, guava is enriched with vitamin c and antioxidants that prevent the free radicals from entering into the system and damaging the healthy cells. A fair amount and fiber source in guava makes it the perfect fruit for your heart and keeps your blood sugar levels checked.
Apples
The Winter season provides you with an ample opportunity to nourish yourself with healthy apples enriched with Vitamin K, pectin fiber, and vitamin C.
Apples help your immunity to strengthen itself and fight off all the foreign invaders. Apples are a good source of iron and help increase the count of white blood cells, which are part of the immune system and make them stronger.
Moreover, apples help reduce inflammation in your body, which could turn very severe and cause diseases.
Pears
Pear is another fruit that is enriched with a fair amount of fiber. Sources say that a single pear contains about 5.58 grams of fiber and is suitable for immunity because fiber helps develop more good bacteria inside the immune system. Hence, promoting more immune cells in the body to fight off and protect the body.
Not just for a fair and healthy immune system, but fibers are the best way to keep your weight in check because consuming enough threads makes one feel full, and they do not overeat and collect more calories in their body.
Pomegranates
Pomegranates are suitable blood thinners and are enriched with Vitamin K, which proves to be healthy for bones. The fruit is also a good source of antioxidants, preventing free radicals from freely roaming around inside our body.
Sources have mentioned that a single glass of pomegranate juice can provide you with 7 g of fiber and 17.8 mg of vitamin c. The consumption of pomegranate could help you with Blood pressure issues during the winters enabling you to keep your heart healthy.
These are some of the winter fruits that can keep you going through the pandemic phase and help you gain your fitness with or without your workout regimen.
