10 Natural Methods To Fortify Your Immune System!

Indeed, the stressful demand of everyday life means that our immune systems are constantly under threat. Then there are the temptations to skip meals or settle for junk fast foods as a quick fix leaving us void of any real or solid nutrition for fighting infection. If that’s not enough to jeopardise our health we’re subjected to an onslaught of pollution in our food, land, water and air…

Beginning with a list of powerful immune system building foods:

Garlic is a great infection fighting food. The most effective wayto prepare garlic and get its maximum nutrition value is to chop it upthen leave for around 10 minutes. This allows the potent active ingredients, the sulphur containing compounds such as allicin to form, then put and mix the chopped raw garlic into the ready to eat meal.

Packed with antioxidants and vitamins (A, C and E) this vegetable is great for disease prevention and optimum health. As with other foods, the less heat applied the better. The vitamins and enzymes in the broccoli will be less affected and more able to function giving optimum nutrition value.

Spinach is one of a number of leafy greens rich in nutrients. It contains a number of immune system boosting anti-oxidants and beta-carotene. Again, as with broccoli and other foods, the best way to get optimum nutrition value is to apply less heat…

Almonds, like other nuts are great sources of healthy foods. Almonds contain the fat-soluble vitamin E. Thus, it needs fat for its proper absorption. Vitamin E is an essential for health and immune system building. Combining with other vitamins such as C there is a synergistic effect on good health. Half a cup a day meets the dietary requirements.

Almonds contain Vitamin B-17, said to have anti-cancerous properties.

On the subject of cancer prevention vitamin B-17 rich berries (strawberry, raspberry and blue berry…) have been said to have anti-cancerous properties. They also have good all-round health promoting qualities as powerful anti-oxidants and contribute to immune system building…

Turmeric has been used for centuries as a medicinal aid. It’s the yellow substance having high levels of curcumin found in a number of curry dishes, or it can be obtained as a supplement. Known to have anti-inflammatory properties it can reduce inflammation, fever and rheumatoid arthritis.

Another powerful antioxidant as it contains flavonoids and EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate). Because during the manufacturing process green tea is unfermented and steamed the antioxidant quality is well preserved. Further, green tea has 2 amino acids that contribute to white blood cell formation for fighting infection.

Citrus fruits such as oranges and lemons also help with white blood cell formation in that they contain high vitamin C levels.