What foods strengthen your immune system?

Question

Yeah I'm getting sick kind of easily.

Answer 1

I applaud you in your interest in strengthening your immune system with food. As you may know, it is a challenge today to find foods that are mineral rich without added chemicals that are toxic.
The good news is it is possible to find healthy foods that are rich in vitamins, mineral, photonutrients, ect. for you body.

A place to start is looking for raw and organically grown fruits, vegetables, and meats.

Here is a sampling.
Vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, kale, collard greens, and spinach are the great source of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and fiber,

Fruits (like blueberries, bananas , acai,and mangoes.) are good sources of antioxidants and phytonutrients

Proteins containing amino acids aids in the growth and repair of your immune system. Some protein sources can be chlorella , eggs, organic meat and poultry, fish especially those high in Omega-3 fatty acids like salmon, trout and tuna.

Medicinal Mushrooms such as Shiitake, Reishi, Maitake, and Coriolus Versicolor (turkey tail) are wonderful for building your immune system up.

Drinks like Wheatgrass, Aloe vera juice, green tea, and white teas are excellent drink choices to boost your immune system.

Whole grains like brown rice, millet, buckwheat, oats, and barley are also a valuable source of the vitamins, minerals and fiber that are an essential part of keeping the immune system healthy. Fiber helps cleanse the colon of toxins and helps prevent intestinal infections.

It is also important to avoid "bad" foods ("unprocessed" and "unrefined") that will weaken your immune system.

Here is some suggestions:
Sugar contains no nutrients. Excessive sugar intake can deplete your body of several vitamins and minerals. Sugar impairs the ability of white blood cells to sweep up and kill bacteria. It also robs the body of key nutrients such as zinc that is vital for the immune function. Sugars food to avoid include soda pop, candy, many cereals, and ice cream.

Coffee
Caffeine is a diuretic that contributes to the body's loss of important nutrients, such as calcium, magnesium, and potassium. The acid in coffee eats away the villi of the small intestine, reducing their effectiveness in supporting nutrient assimilation.

Alcohol (when consumed in excess), is a poison to every system of your body. It depresses the nervous system, inhibits the bone marrow's ability to regenerate blood cells, is toxic to the liver, depletes B-vitamins, and is dehydrating.

Raw foods such as clams, oysters, sushi, very rare meats, and undercooked eggs contain infectious bacteria and intestinal parasites.

With the advent of pesticides, herbicides, artificial fertilizer and green harvesting, our fruits and vegetables lack vital nutrients. Today, it is necessary that our diet will need supplements to the food for the immune system.

For more info on supplements or other ways to strengthen your immune system without food, go to website in source box.

Answer 2

A balanced diet with lots of antioxidant rich foods, such as green leafy vegetables, kidney beans, pinto beans, black beans, blueberries, etc.. (colorful foods = antioxidants)
Take a supplement if you are unable to eat a balanced diet everyday.
Wash your hands often! Don't drink after other people. Don't put your pencil or anything in your mouth. Use a Kleenex. Carry a little bottle of hand sanitizer on your key ring. Get plenty of rest.
Give your body every opportunity to heal itself.
Good luck & get well!

Answer 3

Garlic will boost you immune system. Garlic is very good for people with sinus problems and it is both an antibacterial agent and an antimicrobial agent.

Foods rich in vitamin C such as oranges and tomatoes also help.

Answer 4

Some fruits that I can think of off the top of my head would be Pomegranates, Blueberry's and Acai Berry's. These are the top three antioxidant filled fruits (antioxidants are what help your immune system). All three are very very tasty, especially together in a smoothie! Yummy.

-Brit

Answer 5

Antioxidants - pumpkin, sweet potatoes, carrots, kale, grapefruit (red and pink), blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, oranges, peppers (red and green), tomatoes, broccoli, sunflower seeds, almonds and olive oil.

• Omega-3 Fatty Acids - ground flax seeds, walnuts, salmon, soybeans and pumpkin seeds.

• Folate - dark green leafy vegetables (turnip greens, mustard greens, spinach, romaine lettuce, collard greens, etc.), beans, legumes, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, beets and okra.

Answer 6

Super blue green algae (Aphanizomenon flos-aquae) is one of the best foods on earth in my opinion.

Answer 7

Honey,black cumin,garlic & fenugreek.

Answer 8

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