Your Pregnancy

Top flu-fighting foods

RED PEPPERS

A red pepper has twice as much immune-enhancing vitamin C as an orange. Vitamin C is an essential weapon in your flu-fighting food arsenal — it could decrease the duration of a cold by 80 percent and the severity of symptoms such as sniffles and a cough. Red peppers can be chopped up and used in salads, pasta dishes and omelettes or on sandwiches. They’re great roasted too.

YOGHURT

Yoghurt contains probiotics, the good bacteria that line our intestines and defend

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