Our immune system is the best doctor against viruses. Diet is a basic and vital part of strengthening immunity. How do we boost our immunity through food intake? Let’s learn how to fortify our defenses by making wise food choices.
Consume more of these foods:
1. Food high in protein
Boost your diet with high-quality protein to benefit cell production and growth. Protein also has a positive effect in strengthening immunity.
Besides meat, eggs and milk, some vegetables and fruits, such as broccoli, spinach, soy-based products, guavas, grapes, and nuts, are abundant in protein. By eating a variety of fruits and vegetables, your body absorbs the protein needed thereby avoiding the problem of high cholesterol from meat, eggs and milk.
2. Food rich in vitamins
The number of immune cells and immunoglobulin decrease when the body lacks vitamin E and C. To improve immunity, eat fruits such as kiwi and lemon to supplement vitamin C while nuts, walnuts, sunflower seeds, corn, malt and soybeans supplement the body with vitamin E. In addition, vitamin A promotes the production of immunoglobulin, so eat foods rich in vitamin A such as peppers, carrots, broccoli, etc. to strengthen immunity.
3. Food that contains active substances
Some biologically active substances in foods such as mushrooms, wolfberries, enoki mushrooms, lion’s mane mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, etc., also have the potential to regulate immunity.
Consume less of these foods:
1. Reduce your intake of foods high in sugar
Foods high in sugar affect the production and activity of white blood cells, and reduce the body’s ability to resist disease. Studies have highlighted the finding that for every 100g of sugar consumed, the white blood cells suffer a corresponding 50% decrease in their ability to resist disease.
Thus, it is most beneficial to drink less sugar-sweetened beverages and consume foods low in sugar.
2. Control intake of fat
Too much fat in the body hinders the function of the immune system. Appropriately reducing the intake of fat can effectively increase the activity of the body’s natural killer cells (NK cells).
Drink more Pu’er tea
Pu’er tea is a special fermented tea. It helps to clear the meridians, expel cold and negative energy, aid in digestion, remove fats and help in weight-loss. Pu’er tea can also supplement a variety of trace elements necessary for the human body.
During the 2003 SARS epidemic, Japanese scientific research showed that Pu’er tea can effectively improve the function of the immune system’s cells.
Achieve good health with a balanced diet
When it comes to a healthy diet, pay attention to the body as a whole. Besides eating to only 80% full, control the intake of food, eat a balanced amount of cold and warm foods, and take note of the proportion of meat, vegetables and fruits consumed.
You can manage and control these specific and tangible eating behaviors. Most importantly, let the natural mechanism of the body be the guide for your diet. Taking these points into consideration leads to a healthier diet and promotes a healthier body.
