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By Tabatha Doyon


A healthy body can be maintained by following three practices: get enough exercise, drink a lot of water, and eat foods that are healthy and nutritious. That's nice to know, but they don't get specific and detail exactly what we must do. Some food is better for your health, and your immune system, than others. Superfoods are the name given to any food that provides abundant nutrients, such as those that are beneficial to the immune system. Our focus in this report is to answer the questions: what are these foods? and which ones will strengthen our immune system?

Add Brazil Nuts to your diet! They have an abundant supply of selenium. They are actually one of the best and most important sources of selenium you can find. Free radicals are blocked from causing cell deterioration by selenium. It can also protect you against heart disease, cancer, and a variety of infections. Sometimes a bacteria takes hold in your gut. Selenium fights this condition. Brazil Nuts are easy to add to foods while you cook. Toss a handful into your salad for a great tasting protein boost. You can even eat them plain and as a snack. Tea is a wonderful superfood and, in order to experience optimum health and super-charge your immune system, you need to drink tea every single day. Obviously when you want to stay healthy, you need to drink a lot of fluids. Your T cells need interferon to maintain their optimum health. Scientific test have concluded that if you drink 20 ounces of tea each and every day, your level of interferon will increase. Interferon protects your T cells so that when your body is being exposed to germs and/or bacteria that cause illnesses, the T cells remain safe. It's really not important what kind of tea you drink. However, read about the many delicious herbal teas and take note of the other benefits they offer as well.

Baked sweet potatoes are another delicious superfood that perks up your immune system. Beta-carotene is an important ingredient for maintaining the health and strength of your immune system, and this is what sweet potatoes provide you. Other veggies have beta-carotene also, but sweet potatoes are the most versatile superfood with this nutrient. Mashed, baked, or included in other foods, you won't find a superfood as flavorful as the sweet potato. It's easy to make french fries with sweet potatoes. Peel them and cut them into 1/4 strips, just like regular french fries, and fry them until they are golden and crispy. You can bake them and then mash them up. If you check around, you can find many different recipes and preparation methods for the sweet potato.

Salmon has been touted as one of the great superfoods for many reasons. One of the benefits of eating salmon is its ability to optimize your immune system. Salmon has a plentiful supply of omega-3 fatty acids and is high in protein - two components needed to keep your overall health high. Your muscles need protein in order to grow and stay strong so they can fight diseases that invade your body. Omega-3s fight against the omega-6s that are often associated with the germs and bacteria that want to get your body sick. The minimum salmon meals you should plan to have each week are two. The recommendation, however, is three fish meals weekly, but sometimes this is hard to do if you're not a big fan of salmon.

You can find different superfoods to help with whatever health concerns you might have. I've even seen a book with over 100 superfoods explained. For the most part, these are foods that are easy enough to cook into the other foods you eat at meals. We've given you some ideas on how to include three of the immune system boosting superfoods into your daily regimen. Nonetheless, these superfoods are just a small sample of those that can help strengthen your immune system. As you continue to work, research and do your homework, you'll come up with plenty of others.




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