Boost your body’s natural defense

By: Maritess Reyes

 

Everyday, we encounter risks factors that threaten our health such as pollution, stress and harmful chemicals found in processed food and commercially-grown fruits and vegetables. Good thing, nature has given us an incredibly effective fortress against nasty pathogens through the immune system, our body’s army against diseases.

 

 

Our immune system needs proper nourishment to be able to create a strong army to fight diseases. According to Dr. Jau Fei-Chen, a scientist who introduced Nutritional Immunology, natural, healthy and wholesome plants such as vegetables, fruits and herbs contribute to good health as they contain essential vitamins and minerals, and enhance the human immune system’s ability to fend off diseases.

 

Nutritional Immunology studies the link between plants and the immune system, by advocating the use of phytochemicals, antioxidants and polysaccharides to nourish our immune system.

 

Foods that are rich in phytochemicals such as pineapples, tomatoes and even cactus bolters the immune system and halts the development of cancer cells.

On the other hand, antioxidant-rich plant foods such as spinach, broccoli, alfalfa, carrots, oranges and asparagus neutralize free radicals that cause destruction in the human body, resulting in chronic illnesses. It has been proven that plant-derived antioxidants can eliminate free radicals and help prevent possible free radical damage in our bodies.

 

Mushrooms such as Ganoderma, ABM, Shiitake, Maitake and Yun Zhi are rich in polysaccharides which according to research can inhibit tumor growth by activating immune cells. Polysaccharides help to balance the immune system and enable it to destroy existing cancer cells and viruses.

 

So start the year right by taking charge of your health now. Boost your body’s natural defense against diseases with these power foods!

 

Source: http://www.eexcelasia.com/EN/home_en.aspx

 

Photo: http://carascravings.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/a-healthy-food-obsession/

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