{"id":2173,"date":"2021-09-06T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-06T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2024-10-07T16:12:27","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T16:12:27","slug":"boosting-your-immune-system-and-stay-safe-with-these-foods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/boosting-your-immune-system-and-stay-safe-with-these-foods\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOSTING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND STAY SAFE WITH THESE FOODS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel as Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out by different Governments and the World Health Organization (WHO), offering some form of prophylactics against the deadly Covid-19 virus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Covid-19 virus attacks the immune system; this is why you need to boost your overall health and physical wellbeing with proper diet and regular exercise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some healthy food options to explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sweet Potatoes have antioxidant properties and are a rich source of beta carotene.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watermelon is a refreshing source of glutathione antioxidants.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Citrus fruits are high in Vitamin C and increase white blood cells, vital in fighting infections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Garlic has a high density of allicin which helps fight infections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoghurt is an excellent source of Vitamin D which also helps to improve resistance against certain diseases.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinach is rich in vitamin E, packed with antioxidants and beta carotene, which increases the infection-fighting ability of our immune systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pawpaw is loaded with vitamin C, great for your health.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almonds are an excellent source of Vitamin E.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A rich source of Vitamin E is the Sunflower seeds<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Green tea helps to reduce inflammation and prevents certain chronic diseases. It also aids in weight loss.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poultry is high in vitamin B-6, vital to forming new and healthy red blood cells.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shellfish is packed with zinc needed for the functioning of immune cells.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mushrooms are power-packed with antioxidants and vitamins.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Another excellent source of antioxidants is Turmeric that regulates the immune system.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay safe!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There appears to be light at the end of the tunnel as Covid-19 vaccines are being rolled out by different Governments and the World Health Organization (WHO), offering some form of prophylactics against the deadly Covid-19 virus.\u00a0\u00a0 The Covid-19 virus attacks the immune system; this is why you need to boost your overall health and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228,76,297],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-health","category-wellness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16377,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/16377"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iafulcrum.com\/mag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}