Fwd: Eat These Foods: Prevent the Flu

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Eat These Foods. Prevent the Flu?

 

From garlic to ginseng and sweet potatoes to shiitake mushrooms and

broccoli to Brussels sprouts, there are numerous foods packed with

just

the right vitamins to boost the immune system, which can offer

significant flu protection.

 

The American Cancer Society advises us to eat well to prevent many

types

of infections, not just the flu. Vitamins fight infection, but food is

the best source of any nutrient--far better than a supplement.

 

Plan your grocery list with these infection-fighting vitamins and

foods:

Vitamin C: Oranges, grapefruit, kiwi, berries, carrots, sweet

potatoes,

sweet pepper, tomatoes, spinach, kale, broccoli, cabbage, and Brussels

sprouts are packed with a powerful antioxidant that protects the cells

of your body.

 

Vitamin A (as beta-carotene): Dark green leafy vegetables and winter

squashes contain beta-carotene that can protect against cell damage

and

may enhance immune system function.

 

Vitamin E: Avocados, nuts, seeds, and wheat germ, as well as tuna,

herring, mackerel, and other fatty fishes help make white blood cells

that fight infection.

 

Selenium: This is an antioxidant that protects your body's cells and

is

found in baked potatoes with the skin, tuna fish, pork loin, eggs,

turkey breast, wheat germ, and cashews.

 

Vitamin B-6: Bananas, salmon, chicken, sweet potatoes, watermelon, and

spinach are rich in this vitamin that not only fights infection, but

also helps produce hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells.

 

Organic yogurt: Eat this most days of the week. The yogurt's

beneficial

bacteria helps maintain the integrity of the intestinal tract, which

enables the immune system to fight off infection.

 

Mushrooms: Twice a week add a handful of mushrooms to your stew,

stir-fry, and soup. Best types for protection against bacteria and

viruses are shiitake, oyster, enoki, or maitake mushrooms. Remember,

always cook mushrooms.

 

Garlic: Eat it raw. Two cloves a day is best.

 

Water: Drink, drink, drink. Drink 48 to 60 ounces of water every day

and

drink green tea or black tea most days of the week.

 

Exercise: Research at Appalachian State University shows that walking

30-to-45 minutes at least five days a week (every week!) can cut the

number of sick days from cold symptoms by 50 percent compared to a

sedentary control group.

 

The above suggestions were culled from several sources including the

Associated Press, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, ABC

News,

Detroit Free Press, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and Asheville

Citizen-Times.

[Guest guest]

Perhaps we raw fooders can cancel the yogurt and have rejvelac

[Guest guest]

I love rejuvalac, it helps me to lose weight, I feel so feed after eating it, I think all breat feeding mamas should drink it daily. Maybe it will help stop the depletion of vitamins and minerals. I even put it in my raw oatmeal and in lots of my drinks. I not crazy about the taste, I like the results. It's a pain to make, If any does not have time I can make additional batches.

 

Z

[Guest guest]

Check out Rejuvalac as a key word and Ann Wigmore the creator, on the web, lots of info about it. Z

[Guest guest]

How does one go about making rejvelac? Karen

 

Namaska7 [Namaska7]Wednesday, October 27, 2004 9:39 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: Eat These Foods: Prevent the Flu

Perhaps we raw fooders can cancel the yogurt and have rejvelac