Super Food To Boost Immunity

As we step into immunity, it’s a good time to time to take care of immunity and protect yourself from cold and flu. Listed below are the super foods to boost your immunity and overall health

Lemon and Citrus Food

Citrus foods like lemon, orange, kiwi are rich in Vitamin C that helps in increasing the growth and production of white blood cells. These cells help in fighting with infection, preventing cell damaged which eventually reduces the risk of having cancer. Adding Vitamin C rich food or citrus food is a good way to keep your immunity in a better position

Almonds

Almonds are rich source of Vitamin E that helps in building immunity. Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin and contains healthy fats. Vitamin E helps in increasing the growth of red blood cells that boosts the blood flow to all parts of the body. This helps in boosting immune sytem. It is suggested to eat 4–6 almonds daily. You can have it whole, soaked it or add crushed almonds in a milkshake

Yogurt

Yogurt is a probiotic food that is known for its nutritional value. It helps in absorption of essential nutrition and keeping gut in a better health. As about 70% of immunity lies in digestion hence a good digestion helps in keeping your immunity better. Though there are variety of flavored yougurt available in market it is suggested to eat plain yogurt as they are free from preservative, sugar, coloring and artificial flavor. The best way to consume yogurt is plain or with rice, or you can top some honey and also add your favorite nuts and fruits to it.

Red Bell Pepper

Other food that is rich in Vitmain C are red bell peppers. They contain ounce of Vitmain C and rich source of beta carotene. Apart from enhancing immunity, Vitamin C also help in improving skin quality and Vitamin A is good for eyes

Brocoli

Brocoli is superpacked with vitamins and minerals. Containing vitamin A, C, E as well as fiber and other antioxidants, broccoli is good for your heath and one of the best vegetable that you can have on your plate. The golden tip is to cook as little as possible. The best way is to steam it to absorb more nutrients.

11. Green Tea

Both green and black teas contains flavonoids, a type of antioxidant. Also, green tea contains epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG ) in rich amount, another powerful antioxidant. Various studies shows that ECCG helps in keeping immunity better. Greem tea is steamed and not fermented to keep EGCG preserved.

It is also a good source of the amino acid L-theanine. L-theanine that helps in producing germ-fighting compounds in your T cells.