There are basically three views on dietary supplementation.

There are those who think that we should not take any supplements since a healthy and complete diet should provide us with all the nutrients we need.

On the other hand, there are those who think that supplementation is capable of solving most problems.

And finally, there are those of us who think that to improve our health and increase our longevity we need both, foods rich in nutrients and supplements that help us avoid vitamin and mineral deficiencies that we may have for various reasons, and to optimize our health.

This is especially important when it comes to the immune system. Even if we eat a healthy and varied diet, the modern lifestyle and stress (which we all suffer from to a greater or lesser extent) pose a challenge to our immune system.

The good news is that science is increasingly learning more about what we can do to help our immune system stay strong and fit.

1) The modern process of food production has diminished its quality. Modern agriculture and intensive livestock farming have meant that food no longer contains as many vitamins and minerals as it once did. However, it still has the same number of calories.

We are therefore eating foods that are "not as nutritious as before." We need to eat more than our grandparents did to obtain the same amount of nutrients. Soils are becoming increasingly depleted and plants produce fruits and leaves with fewer vitamins and minerals.

The animals are fed with feed and grain instead of grass, and this causes their meat to be deficient in some vitamins.

2) The RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is not the ideal amount. It is only the amount necessary to avoid getting sick in the short term. To optimize health and reach your full potential, combat stress and the pace of modern life, the necessary amounts are much higher than the RDA.

3) Some micronutrients are even more beneficial if taken in larger quantities. This is the case of vitamin C. We are one of the few animals that do not have the capacity to produce it ourselves and it is a vitamin that plays a crucial role in the functioning of the immune system.

We lost the ability to synthesize it in an environment where it was not a problem, since ancestral fruits and vegetables had a much higher amount than current species. It was not a disadvantage, at least thousands of years ago. Today it is known that under stress conditions, mammals and humans consume part of their vitamin C reserves. But animals have an advantage over humans, they compensate for the losses by self-producing vitamin C again in their bodies. We do not.

It has been proven that a stressed goat is capable of producing up to 15,000 mg of vitamin C. And do they really recommend that we take 75 mg a day?

We, and most up-to-date doctors and nutritionists, see no point in this. And science agrees with us.

Vitamin C is essential for the production of white blood cells and the release of interferons, which are substances produced to protect against viral attacks.

Regular vitamin C administration has a modest but consistent effect in reducing the duration of common cold symptoms, based on 31 study comparisons involving 9,745 common cold episodes. In five trials involving 598 participants exposed to short periods of extreme physical stress (including marathon runners and skiers), vitamin C halved the risk of the common cold ( study ). In one randomized, controlled study, just 200 mg/day of vitamin C given to the elderly resulted in improvement in respiratory symptoms in the most severely hospitalized patients. And there were 80% fewer deaths in the vitamin C group.

Getting more vitamin C is especially important for people with blood sugar problems, since vitamin C absorption is reduced when blood glucose levels are high. Women who are breastfeeding should also get more vitamin C, according to the National Institute of Health.

But what else is interesting to help our immune system? Berries, particularly blueberries and raspberries, are high in polyphenols that help the immune system work more efficiently to protect the body against viral infections ( study ).

It is also beneficial to supplement with inulin. This is a non-digestible plant fiber that reaches the colon. It is fermented in the large intestine by the bacterial microflora and generates lactic acid and short-chain fatty acids. It stimulates the growth of good bacteria (which are essential for maintaining a strong immune system) and reduces the growth of harmful bacteria ( study , study ). In addition, short-chain fatty acids increase the absorption of magnesium and calcium ( study ).

Another recommended ingredient is ginger . It has more than 400 compounds with diverse properties and promotes a healthy inflammatory response and natural antimicrobial that helps fight respiratory conditions.

Maintaining a regular consumption of these nutrients and foods can be difficult with today's pace of life and this means that the positive effects of regular consumption are not achieved. That's why we present the new NATURAL IMMUNITY from Baïa Food.

Our Natural Immunity provides you with nature's 3-in-1: vitamin C, antioxidants and fiber for your microbiota.

We have combined the following ingredients: Vegetable fiber*, freeze-dried raspberry powder*, acerola extract powder*, freeze-dried blueberry powder*, camu camu powder*, natural flavor and ginger powder*.

We use vitamin C from fruits (acerola and camu camu extract) and not isolated ascorbic acid, since it is more effective to consume vitamins from the food they come from than in their isolated form, as there are other factors and nutrients that give vitamins their beneficial properties, and which are lost in the isolation process.