Winter's here, and you're dragging compared to autumn, which already felt slower than summer. Sunlight vanishes, meals get heavier, cold saps the will to move, and your body's running on fumes whilst battling whatever bug’s going around.

You’re not alone in feeling less like yourself over winter, and the great news is you can recover some of your rigour with supplements that replace lost vitamins and minerals and otherwise improve your health.

Join us below to discover the best supplements for winter, which you can take as part of a balanced diet for the best results.

Best winter supplements for fatigue

You can feel weak even if your muscles can still do the job. Supplements that provide energy or contribute to its production are your perfect call. Consider these three:

1.    Iron

That crushing exhaustion that extra sleep won't touch? It’s often an iron shortage rather than seasonal mood problems, and heavy periods deplete stores month after month, faster than winter meals can replace them.

Another way it helps is in the formation of red blood cells and haemoglobin for oxygen transport, reducing your breathlessness.

Iron Complex combines ferrous fumarate with magnesium and B12, whilst Gentle Iron uses ferrous bisglycinate if standard supplements mess with your stomach.

2.    Magnesium

You might experience more stress in winter, which burns magnesium faster than any other mineral, alongside darkness reducing your positivity and cold tensing your muscles.

That double demand on stores that weren't adequate to start with means decent potential for deficiency, and most people get insufficient amounts from food even in good conditions.

A magnesium supplement could improve your physical and mental strength, since it’s proven to assist in electrolyte balance, metabolism, fatigue, and muscle function.

Take Magnesium 3 in 1 Complex for three forms of fast and long-acting magnesium, or Magnesium 500mg Capsules with added B6, a vitamin with similar effects.

3.    Vitamin C

You’ll want to stay active over winter, and that’s what the ‘big C’ helps you do by strengthening your immunity after intense physical exercise and reducing tiredness.

Hitting the gym and running your 5k are easier when you have a sufficient amount, but winter can take it all out of you fast. It doesn’t help that it’s water-soluble, meaning your body processes and uses it rapid.

Daily supplementation with Vitamin C 1000mg Tablets is all you need to keep your stores up and your energy game on track.

Best winter supplements for fending off sickness

You’re bound to pick up some nasties over winter but pick up too many and your strength levels will drop considerably. Check these out:

4.    Vitamin D

Without a supplement, there’s no easy replacement for the vitamin D you lose out on from lower sunlight in winter.

The sun’s beaming rays don’t just make you feel good but also strengthen your immunity so you’re not constantly off work.

Vitamin D 3000iu Softgel Capsules (we also have a vegan product) and Vitamin D 10μg (400iu) Tablets are good options.

5.    Zinc

Zinc is a testosterone maintainer, skin and hair improver, and immunity supplement all-in-one (so it makes you feel and look better).

Changes in your diet are the biggest bugbear for zinc levels, with a switch from lighter meals such as seafood to heavier ones in winter giving you less of the stuff.

Decent intros to zinc include Zinc Picolinate and Zinc Combo Complex. Another option is Zinc with copper, either in a tablet or capsule, with that copper also improving immunity.

Best winter supplements for digestion

If you don’t digest food properly, there’s no way your body can extract the strength-increasing nutrients it needs, plus, you’ll struggle to metabolise and produce energy when you need it. You only need one supplement:

6.    Probiotics

Your gut has bacteria that break down food, extract its components (such as vitamins), and convert some of it into fatty acids your body needs, but those ‘good bacteria’ can go out of balance due to sickness, medication, and a low-quality diet.

Taking a probiotic is the easiest way to replenish your gut, and there are a few ways you can do it, including Probiotic Complex Capsules and yogurt drinks.

The advantage of capsules is that they contain no calories but do contain additional ingredients for better digestion, such as inulin.

Summing up

Winter strength supplements fill nutritional gaps your diet can't cover and help when your body demands more than usual via exercise, sickness, menstruation, and the like.

The supplements we’ve covered are a good starting point but can only do so much. You need quality sleep, regular movement, and meals beyond beige carbohydrates if you’re going to stay as strong as possible over the next few months.