Winter Wellness: Supporting Your Immune System With Viracid

Winter brings colder temperatures, shorter days, holiday travel, more time spent indoors, and plenty of opportunities for our normal routines to get thrown off.

Sleep gets disrupted. We may eat differently. Activity levels can drop. Stress goes up. And this is also the time of year when it seems like someone around us is always coughing, sneezing, or “coming down with something.”

That makes winter a good time to be a little more intentional about supporting your immune system.

Start With the Basics

No supplement can replace the things your immune system depends on every day.

During the winter months, pay particular attention to:

• Getting enough quality sleep

• Eating enough protein and nutrient-dense foods

• Staying hydrated even when you aren't feeling as thirsty

• Continuing to move and exercise

• Managing stress

• Getting outside when you can

• Making sure important nutrients such as vitamin D are adequate

Those basics should always come first.

Sometimes, though, we may also want some additional nutritional support. One product we commonly use for that purpose is Viracid from Ortho Molecular Products.

What Is Viracid?

Viracid is an immune-support formula that combines vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and botanical ingredients in one product.

The formula includes vitamin A, vitamin C, zinc, vitamin B5, vitamin B12, L-lysine, black elderberry, astragalus, echinacea, and andrographis.

Rather than taking several individual products, Viracid combines a number of commonly used immune-support nutrients and herbs into one formula.

Why These Ingredients?

You may recognize several of them.

Vitamin C and zinc both play important roles in normal immune function.

Vitamin A helps support the tissues and mucous membranes that form part of the body's natural defenses.

Black elderberry, echinacea, astragalus, and andrographis are botanical ingredients commonly used to support immune health.

Viracid combines these with L-lysine and B vitamins to provide broader nutritional support during times when the immune system may be under more demand.

Winter Is a Good Time to Think Ahead

One mistake people often make is waiting until they feel completely run down before paying attention to their health.

Winter wellness doesn't have to mean doing anything complicated.

It may simply mean being more consistent with sleep, drinking enough water, eating well, continuing to exercise, and making sure your body has the nutrients it needs.

Viracid can be used as one part of that overall approach for people who want additional immune support during the winter months.

As with any supplement, it is a good idea to consider your current medications, health conditions, and other supplements before adding something new.

Supporting Yourself Through the Winter

The goal isn't to find one product that magically gets you through cold and flu season. It's to give your body the support it needs consistently.

Focus first on the fundamentals:

Sleep well. Eat well. Stay hydrated. Keep moving. Manage your stress.

Then, when additional nutritional support makes sense, Viracid is one option we may recommend during the winter season.

If you have questions about Viracid or whether it fits with your current supplement routine, feel free to ask us the next time you're in the office.

James River Chiropractic & Wellness
Springfield, Missouri
417-350-1131

Viracid is a dietary supplement. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.