How to toughen up your defense against disease? Drawing on the latest research, here are some ideas to get you started:
Part 1: Mind Your Meals
- Try some liver. Liver brims with immune boosting selenium, zinc, magnesium, iron, copper, folic, and vitamin B6 and B12.
- Sample some seafood. Seafood contain iron, zinc, selenium, copper, and magnesium that do your immune system good.
- Sprinkle ground flaxseed on your cereal. Flaxseed is a good source of omega 3 fatty acids and phytoestrogens, which are associated with lower rates of cancer and heart disease.
- Ironware. Be sure not to get more than 45 mg of iron a day from your food or a supplement, an excess iron can be toxic.
- Choose water, not softdrinks.Drinking water keep germ trapping mucuous membranes moist and effective. It'll also make you feel more energetic overall.
- Munch on wheat bran. In cereals and baked goods, it contains immune-strengthening magnesium, selenium and zinc. Research suggest daily dose of wheat bran also lower level of oestradiol, a female sex hormone linked to hormone dependent cancer.
- Hold the cocktails. If you drink alcohol, raise a glass of red wine. Although most alcohol is known to stifle the immune system, red wine may not. Plus it offers heart healthy and potentially immune enhancing antioxidants.
- Ballance your belly. Stress, alcohol and poor diet can alter intestinal bascteria and weaken our bug fighting ability. Probiotic may right this imbalance, you can find them in some yoghurts or in powder form at health food shops.
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