5 healthy foods to boost your body’s natural defenses

5 healthy foods to boost your body’s natural defenses

“Stay home, Stay healthy” has become the slogan of the current situation. With the coronavirus (or Covid-19) outbreak, it’s natural to be concerned about you and your family members’ health. The matter of keeping your immune system in tip-top condition you should eat more of powerful immune system boosters.

Here you can find the top five foods that you should eat more to straighten your immunity naturally.

Citrus fruits

Everyone needs daily vitamin C for their body needs to function properly. Citruses contain vitamins and minerals. The advantages of adding these vitamins to your meals can be keeping your skin soft and young.

Some popular kinds of citrus fruits:

  • Oranges
  • Mandarins
  • Limes
  • Grapefruit
  • Lemons
  • Others: Citron, sudachi, pomelos

Red peppers

Red peppers include combined effects of vitamin A, B6 and more than 200% of each day vitamin C intake. They help to increase heart rate and blood pressure.

They’re a huge source of beta carotene which makes everyone keep their eyes healthy and the skin young.

Garlic

Garlic is in the list of must-haves in your daily meal. It contains zing and has immune-boosting properties which come from allicin and other heavy concentration of sulfur-containing compounds. You can add it to anything — chicken soup, rice, boiling potatoes, etc.

Aim to have two cloves daily to support your natural defenses. It wouldn’t be a problem to fight those pesky viruses due to using garlic.

Yogurt

Yogurt contains a great source of probiotics helping to regulate immunity. It’s better to choose plain yogurt with fresh fruits or honey. Yogurt has lots of vitamin D which is considered to boost the body’s natural defenses against viruses.

Ginger

Ginger is another powerful component many use while being ill. Very often people like to boil the pungent root and use it in teas and soups, rare dishes and desserts to add a flavor punch. Ginger contains heat in the form of gingerol which may possess cholesterol-lowering properties and also decrease nausea and chronic pain.

Eating well is a great start of being away and protected from diseases.

Make you eat, think and just be healthy. 🙂 

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