Tea:
Hot tea like Chamomile, will help you in preventing sickness. Drinking about five cups of this hot brew will increase blood levels of certain compounds like poly-phenols, which in turn increases the anti bacterial activity in your body. This brew also raises the glycine level, which serves as a mild sedative and relaxes your muscles.Oats:
Our body consists of a killer called “macrophage”, which is produced in your bone marrow. Usually the white blood cells present in your body fights against the viruses, bacteria, or any other harmful intruders. But the WBC can do this only if you assist it. This assistance can be given by beta-glucans that are present fibre foods.Oats is the best source of beta-glucans, so eating oatmeal regularly boosts you immune system. Steel cut oats have twice the amount of beta-glucans compared to rolled or instant oats.
Salad Dressings:
Eating salad instead of a heavy meal is very good for health. But drowning the salads in fat-free dressings is not healthy.Studies and researches depict that dietary fat is very useful in absorbing disease fighting nutrients present in the vegetables.
Salads topped with fat-free dressing failed to absorb antioxidants and carotenoids that help in improving immunity. So, in order to reach the absorptive intestinal cells, fat is very essential. Choose healthy fats from nut oils or olive for salad dressings.
You can make your own salad dressing by
•Adding 1 part balsamic vinegar to 2 or 3 parts of olive oil
•Adding 1 part rice wine vinegar to 3 parts sesame oil
Whey:
Whey protein is very effective in boosting immune system compared to whiskey.Whey is very rich in amino acids such as cysteine that converts into glutathione in your body. This glutathione is a very potent antioxidant, which fights against viral or bacterial infection and fortifies cells. Whey protein powder isolate is more pure and concentrate.
Make your own smoothie with powdered whey protein or yogurt. Do not drain off the clear liquid that forms on top of yogurt as it is pure whey protein.
Tomato:
Including tomato in your diet will improve the infection-fighting white blood cells sustainability and also reduces the damage caused by free radicals by 38%. Lycopene present in tomatoes acts as an antioxidant, which helps white blood cells in resisting the damage caused by free radicals that destabilize and damage cells.Butterbur:
Butterbur is an herbal supplement that helps you fight against allergies. It helps in treating seasonal allergies such as conjunctivitis, sneezing, rhinitis and itching.It blocks a chemical called leukotriene, which causes allergic reactions. Simultaneously it also controls eosinophils, the white blood cells that accumulate when affected by allergies and they don’t have a drowsy effect.
Sports drink:
You can recover yourself from a rigorous workout by guzzling a sports drink. Not only that, it also protects you from strain caused due to of the flu.During an intense exercise, drinking 1 cup of sports drink every 15 minutes improves the immune response.
Wine:
Consumption of wine along with your meal protects you against food poisoning. It is also very good for your heart. Wine also helps you dispose of three infectious agents: E coli, salmonella and listeria.Wines combined with organic acids, ethanol and low pH are good. Generally red wine is more potent than other wines.
Chilli peppers:
Eating food that contains capsaicin (i.e., hot components) may improve immunity status. So, include at least a dash or two of hot chilli peppers to your diet, which helps in flushing out toxins.
Reduce overweight:
You can minimize the risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease by losing some weight. It also helps you develop your immunity system.Apart from boosting your immune system you can also retort to disease-causing microorganisms. So you can reap twice the benefits by cutting some calories from your daily diet. If you are eating in a restaurant, then you can have any steamed vegetables except baked potato with sour cream.
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