Back in the day when my daughter was in kindergarten, she was sick over fifteen times from the beginning of the school year in August to the end of November, just before her birthday.

The sickness would range from a mild cold to full-blown strep throat.

I already knew that when kids start school, they have to build up their immune systems to fight off colds and such. But this seemed like an excessive number of times for a kid to get sick.

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I always felt like my daughter had a good immune system. She didn't get sick much when she was younger, but then again, she was at home with me 24/7, except for six months in a preschool at age two.

The funny thing is, when my daughter was younger, I would catch a cold quicker than anyone else in the house. That changed when I started taking [Emergen-C Super Orange](https://amzn.to/3fzRB27) about a year before my daughter started school.

I would take it once a week in the warmer months and usually twice a week in the cooler months. It didn't dawn on me until about the fourth time I took my daughter to the doctor for another sinus infection that I hadn't been sick once during that four-month period.

This got me thinking... Why can't I give the [Super Orange](https://amzn.to/3fzRB27) to my daughter?

On our annual visit to my daughter's doctor for a check-up, I brought in one of the packets to show her what I had been taking. I told her I had been taking it for over a year and hadn't been sick once, despite my daughter being sick multiple times in the past four months. Maybe I was on to something?

One of the things I was concerned about was that the packaging says it's for ages 12 and up. So I asked the doctor, "Why can't I give her half of the packet?" The doctor looked over the ingredients and said, "It's basically a big dose of vitamin C. I don't see why not."

Thus began our weekly regimen of taking [Emergen-C Super Orange](https://amzn.to/3fzRB27) for my daughter. She is now 13 years old, and we still do a weekly dose of the supplement. Over the last eight years, she maybe gets sick once or twice a year and usually recovers quickly.

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The [ingredients] are said to:

- Vitamin C can help boost immunity. It may also help create [collagen](https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/262881.php) to support healthy skin.

- Vitamin B-6 may help metabolize red blood cells and fats and support a healthy nervous system.

- Vitamin B-12 may help create red blood cells, which move oxygen around the body. It may also help metabolize food to create energy.

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- Manganese helps support your overall immune system and strengthen your skin and bones.

- Zinc also helps boost immunity.

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