Immune your system against diseases

• We owe much to our body’s wonderful immune system for fighting off illness and keeping us in good health. Supporting our immune system through healthy dietary and lifestyle choices will help to boost it fighting power. Certain nutrients in food are especially effective in building up resistance....
• Vitamins C and E is at the top of the list as they contain antioxidants that counteract the harmful cellular by-products created during normal metabolism. Though oxygen is an essential element for life, it can create these damaging by-products that affect the immune system.
• Also eating enough of vegetables that are rich in beta-carotene can ensure that our bodies get enough of vitamin A to mop up the damaging molecules that speed-up ageing.
• Very necessary for the production and maintenance of the infection-fighting cells is protein.
• Among the minerals, zinc is vital for increasing the production and also the effectiveness of cells that fight viral infections.
• Infection preventing and immunity-boosting foods will help to keep your immune systems at their peak operating efficiency.