Some following kinds of food can help you
prevent flu.
The source of food that has effective immune
system should be provided in daily menu to prevent flu.
In cold weather, most people choose orange
juice and chicken noodle soup when they have running-nose, feel uncomfortable
and have some other symptoms. However, those are not all kinds of food able to
prevent diseases. Vitamin A, C and E along with other important nutrients that
promote immune ability are found in a series of food such as carrots, almond
and bell peppers.
According to PhD and counselor Eric
Plasker, the author of the book “The 100 Year Lifestyle” said “Don’t wait until
you are ill and have to take medicine”, you should provide foods that can
prevent disease in your diet”. A series of fruit and vegetable in your diet
contains phytochemical that can protect health and reinforce immune system,
provide characteristic of preventing inflammation, protest virus and bacteria
and promote cells that are injured can restore quickly.
Red bell pepper
Red bell pepper can help prevent flu
because it makes the content of vitamin C. Red bell pepper has delicious taste,
it’s easy to cook with a lot of foods. In addition, red color of red bell
pepper contains double content of vitamin C intensified. It is similar to
orange.
Carrot
Vegetables that have yellow or orange color
like carrot contain beta-carotene. This compound transfers to vitamin A in
body, increases T-cell and immune ability.
Vegetables
that have yellow or orange color like carrot contain beta-carotene.
Almond
Almond is good source of vitamin E. In
addition, it is a substance that can prevent oxidization, prevent disease. To
make almond have good effect on the body, add a small content to your lunch and
main meals.
Almond
is food that can help you prevent flu.
Sweet potato
Similar to carrot, sweet potato is the
orange food that contains beta carotene that is transferred to vitamin A in the
body and it can also prevent infection of respiration. When you use sweet
potato flexibly in soup, salad, extra dishes, you will realize its effect.
Chicken soup
Chicken soup has anti-inflammatory feature
smoothly that can reduce production of mucus inflammation of throat. It also
makes temperature in the body increase and it is easy to help you prevent
infection. Moreover, when cooking it into soup, it will help your body absorb
easily and digest better.
Garlic
People proved that compounds of sulfur in
garlic could prevent virus and it can prevent infectious diseases. Adding
garlic to meals is a good idea. However, doctor Darwin Deen of Montefiore
Health Center, New York, warns that garlic is a strong compound, so you should
provide garlic as raw food outside to ensure that compound isn’t lost in
cooking process.
Garlic
can prevent viruses that cause infectious diseases.
Ginger
Gingerol – a natural vegetable compound
that is found in fresh ginger can prevent infection. People use ginger as spice
to add to dishes. You should combine to improve resistance for the body and
prevent flu.
Ginger
tea can help you prevent flu.
Salmon
Salmon is a wonderful source of omega-3.
Fish oil can reinforce immune system. This kind of fish can also be main dish
or added to salad. Try new recipe to cook salmon and add them to your daily
menu.
Mushroom
In winter, it is used in hot pot. Mushroom
contains Selen that helps cells of white blood produce cytokine preventing
disease or beta-Glucan, a kind of sugar that is antimicrobial, prevents
inflammation. People can add mushroom to soup, salad, extra dishes or
appetizer.
Black chocolate
The quantity of black cocoa in black
chocolate supports development of cells T and intensifies immune system of
body. In addition, it can prevent inflammation. However, eating too much black
chocolate can make you become fat. Noshing with the amount of chocolate that have
suitable standard or using it with dessert will help you prevent flu best.
