5 foods to boost your immunity - How to boost immunity naturally?

Hi friends my name is "Hadi Rana". Today we'll discuss about 10 foods to boost your immunity naturally.

Eating certain foods can help keep your immune system strong. Plan your meal to include these 5 powerful foods to boost your immunity and fight infections.

#1 PAPAYA

                     

Papaya is a food that is loaded with vitamin C. You can find 157% RDA in a single "PAPAYA". It originated in central America, Mexico and this food is now grown in many other parts of the world. PAPAYA contains an enzyme called PAPAIN, which break down tough protein chains found in muscle's meat and can help in digestion also. PAPAYA has decent amount of potassium, Vitamin B, Folate. It also contains a decent amount of other antioxidants and vitamin A. All these "vitamins and antioxidants" makes it a great fruit for boosting your immunity.

# 2 GARLIC

      

GARLIC is one of the most commonly used spice to add extra flavor to the food. GARLIC is known by one other name and that is " immunity boosting superstar".. For thousands of years people have hailed garlic as an elixir of health. It helps to treat common cold, flu and variety of other illnesses. This plant actually belongs to the Lily family. 1kg of GARLIC contains 5mg of calcium, 12mg of potassium and more than 100 Sulfuric compounds, powerful enough to wipe out bacteria and infection, in fact GARLIC was used to prevent gangrene in both world wars, RAW and un-cooked GARLIC is best for health, since heat and water inactivates sulfur enzymes, which can diminish garlic's antibiotic affect. Garlic also seems to lower blood pressure (BP), cholesterol and also kills antibiotics in our body.

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# 3 Green tea

       

Both green and black teas are packed with flavonoids, which is a type of antioxidants. GREEN TEA contains Epigallocatechin gallate "EGCG", another powerful antioxidants. "EGCG" has been shown to enhance immune function. The fermentation process of black tea goes through destroys a lot of "EGCG" present in it. green tea on other hand is steamed not fermented, so the " EGCG" is preserved. It has been studied to treat various diseases and may be one of the main reasons, green tea has such powerful medicines and properties. Green tea is also a good source of amino acid, L-Theanine. L-Theanine may ate the production of germ fighting compounds in your tea cells.

# 4 Broccoli

Broccoli is supercharged with vitamins and minerals, packed with vitamin "A,C and E" as well as many other anti-oxidants and fibre. Broccoli is one of the healthiest vegetable you can put on your table. The rich amount of vitamin C found in broccoli, it helps to boost your immune levels, 100g of broccoli can contain up to 89mg of vitamin C, which is more than a lot of citrus fruits. Broccoli is also rich in Beta carotene and a host of other anti-oxidants, which makes it a perfect vegetable for your overall immunity. The key to keeping its power is to cook it as little as possible or better yet not at all. Out of all the cooking methods, steaming is best if you want to preserve the nutrients present in Broccoli.  

# 5 Ginger

GINGER is another ingredient that many people have trusted since ages for treating various types of illnesses. Ginger may help decreasing inflammation, which can help to reduce " sore throat, joint pain, flu, common cold" and many inflammatory illnesses. Ginger may also help to decrease nausea and vomiting. Ginger park some heat in the form of Gingerol, which is relative of capsicum, this compound decreases "chronic pain" and possesses cholesterol lowering properties. Ginger helps immune system perform optimally by boosting it when it is under active or suppressing it when it is over-active.

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