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National Nutrition Week: 5 Immunity boosting foods

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eMediNexus    22 September 2021

Fruits, immunity and COVID

National Nutrition Week is celebrated annually between September 1st to 7th to raise awareness about eating healthy and nutritious. The current situation of the ongoing pandemic has already taught us much about the importance of healthy eating. Experts around the world have been advocating eating healthy for overall nourishment and immunity, as immunity is a base for a healthy body. 

Food helps maintain the integrity of the body along with boosting immunity. Here is the list of day to day food that can help Boost Immunity:

Water:

Drinking plenty of fluid throughout the day and staying hydrated is crucial for healthy living. Keeping the body hydrated, helps to regulate the body′s functioning, providing good metabolism, detoxification etc. These factors work together to boost one′s immunity.

Green Vegetables:

Green vegetable comes as the most natural way to get every essential nutrient. They are loaded with vitamins, minerals, fibre, protein etc help nourish the body and boost immunity. Thus they should be consumed daily without any skip reasons.

Probiotics:

Several studies have shown the crucial role of the gut in boosting immunity. A healthy gut comprises good gut bacteria, that helps promote ones immune health. Thus including milk products like curd, yogurt, buttermilk etc in the everyday diet is part of every nutritional plan.

Fruits and Fruit Juices:

Fruits are considered a super food, which is unarguable. They come as the most natural way to render every essential nutrition to the diet. They are healthy, wholesome and help us keep full for long. It is better to consume them as a whole but squeezing delicious juices out of them can also be a good idea for the go.

Healthy Herbs, Spices:

Our kitchen is filled with all the versatile herbs and spices like Cinnamon, cumin, turmeric etc. Besides enhancing flavors of the food, they are used as traditional medicines for ages. These herbs and spices are loaded with antioxidants, anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties that help boost immunity.

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