To boost your immunity, load your plate with fresh fruits and vegetables!
Studies have shown that eating brightly colored produce, such as peppers, sweet potatoes, oranges and spinach may be your most important weapon against getting sick.
These brightly colored foods are all rich in antioxidants, which protect immune cells from environmental assaults and speed up the production of white blood cells-responsible for destroying foreign viral or bacterial cells.
More specifically,foods in the yellow-orange color group like oranges, tend to be high in vitamin C, which not only helps to stave off colds, but also helps to speed recovery from them.
Tomato-based products contain Lycopene, an antioxidant that enhances the function of white blood cells.
And, deep orange foods like carrots and sweet potatoes are high in beta-carotene, a precursor to the potent antioxidant, vitamin A, which also helps strengthen immune defense.
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