Echinacea for Children to Have a Healthy Winter
It's the time of year every parent dreads. The weather is cold, children are stuck inside, and germs are being passed around freely. By the time one child is feeling better, another is coming down with a different virus. Pretty soon the whole family is feeling sick and miserable. Sometimes it seems like you're stuck on a merry-go-round of illness, and all you want is to get your family healthy again. You're probably already doing all the recommended things to avoid germs, like frequent hand washing and eating a healthy diet, so what else can you do?
The powerful combination of nutrients in Echinacea Kids Gummy Vitamin has been carefully selected to boost the immune system and help your kids ward off illness. This gentle support for your kids' own defenses is a great way to protect them all winter long. Here are five ways these delicious gummy vitamins can help you in the battle against germs.
- Echinacea can help prevent colds
A meta-analysis of several studies shows that echinacea is effective at preventing colds when people have been exposed to the virus. It sounds like a superpower, doesn't it? Imagine your kids having the sort of immune strength that can even stand up to when their friend at school coughs in their face. You can't always keep the germs away from your child, so it's a great idea to help strengthen their defense.
- Nutrients demonstrated to shorten the duration and severity of colds
Looking at a couple of meta-analyses, echinacea has been shown by several studies to reduce the time a cold lasted. Similarly, a combination of zinc and vitamin C not only shortened the duration of a cold, but it also lessened the severity of the symptoms. Even in well-fed populations, many people are deficient in zinc and vitamin C, so they could be missing out on these remarkable benefits. Any time your child spends suffering is too long, so helping them suffer less and get better sooner is a beautiful thing.
- Echinacea helps prevent secondary respiratory infections
When people get the flu it can cause changes in their bodies that make them more susceptible to secondary bacterial respiratory infections. Besides prolonging the sickness, this can be really dangerous to someone already weakened by such a serious illness. But echinacea has been shown to reduce the incidence of these secondary infections by making it harder for the bacteria to attach and reducing inflammation in the body. The inflammation cooling is caused by inhibiting something called cytokine storms, which also sounds like a superpower, doesn't it?
- Echinacea stimulates the production of tumor necrosis factor
No matter what infections your kids might be facing, echinacea stirs up the immune system's ability to fight back. One of the main components causes macrophages to produce tumor necrosis factor. This sounds like an anti-cancer substance, and while it can damage some tumor cells, its main role in the body is to turn on white blood cells and tell them where to attack.
- Echinacea helps kill bacteria and lessen inflammation
This powerful herb has been shown to help slay bacteria and also quench the inflammation they cause. Inflammation causes many of the uncomfortable symptoms that go along with infections, so this holistic approach to treating illness makes for healthier, more comfortable children.
In the battle against illness this winter, parents deserve to have the very best weapons available. Check out our complete line of kids' gummy vitamins and see what we have to help keep your children feeling their best. If you have any questions about our products or their benefits, please contact us. We're committed to helping you keep your children at their healthiest best.