The ability of an organism to resist a specific infection or toxin by the action of antibodies or sensitized white blood cells is what creates our ‘immunity.’ Our immune systems take a beating trying to fight against natural and industrial waste and poor-quality food and water that causes illness. T-cells, made by the immune system, are the foremost soldiers of our immune system, and our gut flora is like the headquarters sending out ‘troops’ to keep the home front protected. There are ways to have ‘super’ immunity; however, if we look into the phenomenon of the immune system more closely.
Food is medicine. You can practically double your immune system’s ability to fight disease with the way you eat –
Try eating more leafy greens, fruits and vegetables. Organic fruits and vegetables are choke-full of important immune-boosting antioxidants. It includes onions, beans, and lots of veggies and fruits. Fruits like grapefruits, orange, papaya and lime
Eating foods high on the ORAC chart also helps to boost immunity – These are foods that fight free radicals in the body, one of the main reasons disease develops and the body turns acid instead of maintaining its alkaline balance. High ORAC foods include many herbs, like sumac, cloves, and oregano have high ORAC values. So do bran, sorghum, cinnamon, turmeric, Szechuan pepper, and beans.
Stop eating fast-food – Slow-absorbing food is better for your immune system. When you eat ‘fast’ food devoid of nutrients, it makes your digestive system work extra hard to digest something that gives your body no benefit.
Support healthy gut flora –. Dark chocolate has also been shown to provide ‘food’ for healthy gut bacteria. Leafy greens help to create healthy gut flora too. Obviously, taking a probiotic supplement can help as well, since this replaces ‘bad’ bacteria with ‘good’ bacteria, making it harder for the ‘bad guys’ to hang around in your intestinal tract.
Get More Sleep – Disturbed sleep patterns means compromised immunity. Make sure when you sleep, you stay asleep, soundly for 7-9 hours nightly. Sleeping even removes toxic waste form the brain!
Eat more mushrooms, onions and seeds – Aside from eating your fruit and vegetables, mushrooms, onions, and seeds all have their own immune-boosting produce spores & packed with a storehouse of all the nutrients they will need to grow big and strong. Sprouted seeds are even better. For example, sprouted broccoli seeds have 50 times the cancer-fighting ability as eating the broccoli plant itself.
Take a Daily Walk – Exercise is one of the most important ways to promote a good immune response in the body. You don’t need to over-do it. Intense workouts can actually cause more stress on the body and depress the immune system. Especially if you are already under the weather, keep it light. For the best immune boosting benefits, make walking, running, swimming, jump-roping, or other sports, a daily activity.
Use herbs and supplements instead of vaccines and pharmaceuticals – There are literally hundreds of herbs that help boost the immune system and fight off disease. These include things like olive leaf, cloves, oregano, and more.
FOR BETTER IMMUNITY JUICE: (200 ML) you want to make sure your juice has beta-carotene, vitamin C, and vitamin E. You can increase its beta-carotene kick and sweetness by adding mango, apricot, or both. (it can be had 2/3 times a week instead of your evening snack)
Ingredients: 1 golden beetroot, 3 large carrots, 4 stalks celery, ½ cucumber, ½ thumb of ginger, 1 medium pear
Nutrition: 161 Calories; 5g Protein; 50g Carbs; 1g Fat; 2g Fiber.
Feeding your body these foods may help to keep your immune system strong. So if you’re looking for ways to prevent viral, colds and the flu this season, your first step should be a visit to your local grocery store. Plan your meals to include these powerful immune system boosting foods.