How to Re-Stock the Modern-Day Medicine Cabinet, According to Dr. Nicole Avena

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At a time when health and wellness are on the forefront of our minds, Nicole Avena, Ph.D. urges people to remember that positive diet and fitness choices today will yield a healthier you tomorrow. Furthermore, the products you keep on hand present an opportunity to make sure you are doing all you can to boost your immune system while maintaining an overall healthy lifestyle.

“This is a good time to ask yourself if your medicine cabinet is equipped to supplement your health goals and if it is not, it might be time to rethink your strategy. What you put into your body greatly impacts how you feel, and you want to make sure that the items in your trusted medicine cabinet pack an immunity punch. That’s why it’s important to focus on time-tested items with a variety of benefits,” says Dr. Nicole Avena.

Below, Dr. Avena offers her medicine cabinet-must haves:

• Vitamin C is the most well-known vitamin for building your immune system, for good reason. Also known as ascorbic acid, additional benefits include helping heal wound tissues and maintaining cartilage, bones and teeth. The body doesn’t make vitamin c, so we often get it from dietary sources like oranges, strawberries, kiwi fruit, bell peppers, broccoli, kale, and spinach. However, at this time when one never knows what the grocery store has to offer, vitamin supplements, like vitafusion, can help you meet the recommended daily intake.
• Lavender Oil is a popular homeopathic approach to reducing stress and anxiety – making it a must have. But many also don’t realize that while relaxing tension, lavender also enhances blood circulation and even disinfects skin. You may want place a few drops of lavender oil in your palms, rub and apply to irritated areas.
• Elderberry – actually a flower! – is a centuries-old treatment used to help ward off viruses the common cold or the flu. Packed with antioxidants, using a tincture or syrup can also help with headaches, dental pain, and heart pain! Amazingly, you can grow it yourself, but don’t eat Elderberry raw because it is poisonous unless cooked properly.
• Mullein is the go-to herb for helping soothe your throat when you have a cough. By boiling the herb in water, you can create a soothing steam which when breathed in for several minutes, can ease the symptoms of a stubborn cough. Also consumed in tea form, mullein has antibacterial and antiviral properties.
• Melatonin, a tried and true, natural aid for those unable to fall asleep, is a hormone produced by the brain’s pineal gland (the one in charge of your daily sleep). A melatonin supplement, like vitafusion Melatonin Max, will not only help you get to sleep, but also can support eye health, treat stomach ulcers and heartburn, and ease tinnitus symptoms. At this time when getting to bed may be a little more difficult than usual, sufficient sleep is often your health’s first line of defense.

“While your body’s immune system does its best to fight whatever comes its way, it’s important to give your system a boost and arm it with the best tools available. We could all benefit from taking the time to restock our medicine cabinet with supplements and multipurpose, natural items proven by time to be some of the best help your body can get,” adds Avena.