Top 5 Things To Include In Your Diet To Improve Your Immunity

Most healthcare practitioners today endorse the idea of eating smartly to keep yourself healthy.

This essentially means that if you can choose the right kind of food, you can boost your Immunity or the natural, disease-fighting capacity that each of us possesses.
Within the niche of Immunity-boosting foods, you should include the following, five things in your regular diet regimen:

1. Eat Fish:

Fresh or Canned To Keep Yourself Younger & Healthier Contemporary lifestyles are associated with an increasing number of dermatological problems that arise without any warning. The reason lies in lowered immunity against the skin-attacking microbes, high levels of pollution and drastically-changing weather conditions. To ensure that you can ward-off serious skin ailments, including allergies, you should include natural sources of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in your diet. The most
comprehensive resource for this is Fish. Recommended varieties include Salmon which should be eaten at least a couple of times, per week. Fish is also loaded with Vitamin E that helps to fight-off free radicals attacking the skin, helping to keep the skin younger and disease-free.

2. Eat Garlic:

Not Just a Flavor, It’s Your Best Bet Against Common Ailments Known for its characteristic flavor, this member of the onion family is perhaps the most universally-endorsed for all natural immune boosters. Garlic is known to stimulate the production of antibodies (infection-fighting cells) apart from raising the White Blood Cell count. Rich in sulfur (a known anti-infection agent), Garlic is concentrated with rare nutrients like Sulfides and Allicin. It is a potent antioxidant that helps us fight free radicals. This is why regular consumption of Garlic if recommended for keeping serious infections and diseases like cancer at bay.

3. Eat Bowl of Oatmeal To Keep Yourself Healthier, Mentally!

When you think of immunity, consider psychological wellness too. If you are not mentally healthy, physical fitness can become redundant. Thus, eating a bowl of oatmeal regularly is recommended. This might sound shocking but oatmeal helps to stimulate the regular production of feel-good hormones in our body. It helps to avoid the onset of seasonal depression, such as winter-related blues that afflict many people Serotonin is the primary hormone that is needed for sustaining the happiness factor and serotonin production is regulated by a carb & fiber-rich food like Oatmeal.

4. Eat Guavas for Keeping-up Vitamin C Levels

Vitamin C is among the most unargued immune boosters. It is an established immune stimulant that seems to lower the severity of symptoms of various infections such as those of the upper respiratory systems. It is known to ward-off viral infections and
improve our immunity by stimulating T-cell production. Yes, all citrus fruits contain Vitamin C but Guavas and red chilli peppers contain more Vitamin C than fruits like oranges.

5. Eat Carrots for Those Rare Antioxidants & Phytonutrients

Antioxidants and Phytonutrients (Carotenoids, Flavonoids and Isoflavones) are regarded at the core for maintaining overall immunity. They support faster healing and fighting-off germs that surround us. Many colored foods contain a heavy  concentration of Antioxidants & Phytonutrients but many of these are not available everywhere.
However, Carrots are known to be grown nearly everywhere and are among the best sources of Antioxidants & Phytonutrients.

D'Tox Drink (When sour is your friend)

The D(areen)'TOX Drink.

HOW TO:
One squeezed lemon or lime, a pinch of cayenne and water.

Note: lime has 15 x the nutrients that a lemon has

HEALTH BIT

Water
* Flush your system

Cayenne:
* Increases metabolism by immediately influencing the venous structure.
* Regulates Blood Pressure
* Cleans the arteries, helping to rid body of bad LDL cholesterol & triglycerides.
* Aids Circulatory system - regulates the flow of blood
* Stimulates peristaltic motion of intestines & aids in elimination
* warms the body
* Rebuilds stomach tissue, facilitating healing with stomach & intestinal ulcers.
* Antifungal properties
* Feeds the necessary elements into the cell structure of the arteries, veins
Lemon/Lime:
* Contain flavonoid compounds with antioxidant and anti-cancer properties
* Stop cell division in many cancer cells
* antibiotic effects
* excellent source of vitamin C - neutralizing free radicals
* Limonoids have been shown to help fight cancers

Benefits of Paprika

Paprika is a mild spice produced by grinding thefruits of the family of capsicum annuum plants which include red bell pepper and chili peppers. Paprika however has a very minimal dose of capsaisin, the compound that produces a sensation of burning. Capsaisin is one of the main compounds in the pepper family that provides health benefits - due to the lack of capsaisin in paprika, health benefits aren't as strong (as cayenne or chilli powder). If you can't stand the heat of cayenne pepper, then opt for Paprika - get the benefits without the heat.

Paprika, however, is also said to be extraordinarily high in Vitamin C and is rich in carotenids which are red and yellow pigments found in vegetables and herbs that impart health benefits. 

It has anti-inflammatory properties that make it useful in medicine as a topical analgesic.
But while paprika abundantly contains these healthy constituents, it is not particularly known for its medicinal benefits as a stand-alone spice. However, it does contribute to an overall healthy dietwhen used as a seasoning in dishes. 
The following are the paprika benefits that may be derived from consuming this herb: 

• Paprika helps to regulate blood pressure.
• Paprika may help improve blood circulation.
• Paprika may help assist digestion by normalizing acid in the stomach.
• Paprika as an antibiotic.
• Paprika has anti-inflammatory properties.

Benefits of Cayenne

Spicy is the new HOT!!

Cayenne - It contains trace minerals, high antioxidants, vitamins, and capsaicin. Also contains vitamins like vitamin C, E and carotinoids.

Capsaicin, found in cayenne can reduce platelets stickiness, increase your metabolism, stimulates the immune system and blood circulation. It can even kill harmful bacteria, germs, viruses, and other infections that may be hidden in our body. 


  

• It's aids in blood circulation, in turn increasing circulation of oxygen and helps nourish cells and tissues.
• Cayenne has been shown to stop a heart attack as it happens (but please don't experiment on this.. leave it to the doctor)
• It's beneficial in weight loss by increasing metabolism
• It helps adjust with blood pressure.
• Cleans the arteries, gets rid of bad LDL cholesterol and tryglicerides.
• Stimulates peristaltic motion in intestines and aids in assimilation and elimination of unwanted matter.
• Warms the body internally and externally
• Been used as a frost bite remedy. I have experimented in the crude cold winters of Canada, by putting a sprinkle on cayenne in my boots. Not only did they keep my feet warm.. at points I couldn't wait to get home to remove my shoes because I felt so much heat, it felt like a burning sensation.
• I've also used cayenne poultice on stiff muscles.. neck strains are a nuisance especially when you need to move. A little bit of cayenne made into a paste using olive oil, and rubbed onto painful area. Please note: some muscle injuries get worse with heat applications - cayenne will only make it worse. (if your doctor says put an ice pack on it.. then NEVER use cayenne)
• Superb for rebuilding the tissue in the stomach, facilitating healing with stomach and intestinal ulcers. Cayenne pepper for ulcers is not something most would have considered, and it still should be considered as a slight irritant especially when you have ulcers, but a little at a time NOT on an empty stomach and you should be fine. Remember if you're unsure, you can always start of with the tiniest of doses. 
• And please remember NEVER to take it on an empty stomach.  I've experiment with cayenne and filled capsules with cayenne to get myself a bigger dose without tasting and feeling the heat on my tongue. Big mistake: I took the capsule on an empty stomach - and with in 20 minutes, there was an unpleasant party in my stomach - fire crackers and bombs. Too much cayenne can irritate the stomach - sometimes resulting in ulcers. It seems ironic that a substance that can heal ulcers can also cause them, but we always have to remember to Balance.  Getting too much of a Good thing, will not always result in a Good outcome.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid)


Functions:

• promotes healing of all body cells
• Collagen formation in blood vessels, bones, cartilages, and muscles.
• helps prevent cancer and heart disease
• detoxifies the body
• supports the good bacteria in your gut
• kills candida, bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites
• prevents hardening of the arteries
• neutralizes harmful environmental and bacterial toxins
• protects us from pollution and dangerous pesticides
• destroys free radicals
• combats stress
• acts as an antidepressant
• removes heavy metals like mercury and lead
• lowers high cholesterol

Sources: Fruits such as guava, oranges, kiwi, strawberries, cantaloupe, papaya, pineapple, and mango; Vegetables such as raw red sweet pepper, raw green sweet pepper, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, sweet potatoes, and cauliflower.