Though the NHS recommends most adults consider taking vitamin D until around March as daylight hours shrink, the service also noted : “There’s little evidence that supplements such as vitamin C, echinacea or garlic prevent colds or help you get better more quickly.”

That’s not to say that eating a balanced diet, including getting enough vitamin C , isn’t key to supporting your immune system: it is.

It’s just unlikely to provide the short-term “boost” many people who begin taking the supplement in autumn hope it will.

So what does help to build a strong immune system? I asked two doctors whose answers had a surprising amount in common.

Ditch the idea of short-term immune “boosts”

Speaking to HuffPost UK, Dr Crystal Wyllie at Asda Online Doctor said there’s no one-stop, qu

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