3 Top ingredients (Nuts, Berries, Sunflower Seeds) that naturally boost your immunity (2020)
What ingredients do we need to boost our immunity naturally? Did you know that nuts, berries, and sunflower seeds naturally boost your immunity? Several findings and natural health experts highlight the immunity benefits of almonds, dried berries, and sunflower seeds. With flu season coming, let’s start a healthy diet today!
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Almond Nuts
Nuts contain a lot of health benefits, but our favourite has to be Almonds. Almonds work wonders in our desserts, pastries and salads. A flexible ingredient, they are loved sweet, roasted, smoked, or as they are. They are an excellent source of Vitamin E, manganese, magnesium and fibre - all of which contribute to healthy bodily functions, such as strengthening your immune system. Having a quarter of a cup of almonds a day is all that you need to benefit.
Sunflower Seeds
Sunflower seeds can make a tasty addition to salads, home-baked muesli bars, or breakfast bowls. They are a rich source of vitamin E, a nutrient that improves immune function. One of our favourite power morning breakfast bowls is from simplehealthykitchen.com. Click here to see the full recipe. Four of the ingredients in their recipe: sunflower seeds, Nuts, Chia Seeds, and dried cranberries, can be purchased from us. All of the ingredients included in the breakfast bowl contribute to maintaining your complexion, detoxifying your digestion system, and helps your body protect itself from sickness.
Berries
They say a spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down. But what if the sugary goodness IS the medicine? Enter nature’s sweet solution: Berries. Not only are these goodies add a bit of fun flavour to an otherwise bland meal, but they also contain a multitude of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants the body needs to maintain its critical immunity functions. The phytochemicals and flavonoids found in berries include antimicrobial properties that can help to boost your immunity.
Include these natural supplements in your diets, such as in your salads, morning cereal or breakfast bowl, or you add them to a snack bowl over drinks. Here are a few suggestions: blueberries, cranberries, and cherries.
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Sources:
https://www.verywellhealth.com/types-of-foods-to-boost-your-immune-system-89020
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322412#other-ways-to-boost-the-immune-system
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23123794
https://academic.oup.com/nutritionreviews/article/76/1/29/4565752