What immune-boosting foods do you recommend

[goingrawchelle]

eating to prevent colds, flus, and illnesses this winter? Thanks! :D

[RawSar]

Fruit and veggies in their rawness.

good nightS sleep - key letter there 'S' even on friday and saturday nights

Keep away from the booze

exercise.

wash your hands.

stay warm, where a tuque!

dont share drinks/straws/bar of soap

keep your fingers away from your eyes,nose and mouth

all raw fruit and veggies plain and simple.. but it takes more than just food...

[spicyfull]

Raw................

[Dimond]

Garlic, Ginger, extra greens or green powder. I find Ocean’s Alive Marine Phytoplankton to be the most powerful.

Supplements with these ingredients are helpful: Garlic, Vit C, Echinacea, Ginger, Astragalus, Olive Leaf Extract, probiotics.

I haven't gotten the flu or a cold for years prior to raw because of taking probiotics and having a good immune formula on hand for when I was around others that were sick.

[EZ rider]

Grapefruit and Grapefruit Seeds.

[DopeRawAbundance]

Good foods and a good attitude, never fails. [citation needed]

[Veganforlife]

Yes, YES, and YES to all the advice given here!!!

Lately I've been downing oranges...can't get enough of them.

[goingrawchelle]

You all are wonderful! Thanks for your quick replies. Grapefruit seeds, eh? Wow!

[Raw Angel Mom]

D3, get as much sun you can but consider to take a supplement as well if the sun decrease in your area 2000 to 3000 ui a day as per dr. Mercola recommendation. I take only 500 ui but might consider to increase it.

Any food containing anti-oxidant

PURE WATER

Any food RICH in vitamin C

Exercise

Garlic is a powerful natural anti-biotic and is apparently sparing the good bacteria.

OXYGEN: Any thing that promote more oxygen i your body. Good fat, omega 3, 6 (help our cell to absorb the oxygen. DEEP BREATH, exercise, GREENS, Vitamin D....

What decrease the immune is SUGAR AND STRESS

REST help your body to fight and heal.

[rawrawks]

rawkin raw foods

[RawSar]

Do you have any info to share on how garlic apparently spares the good bacteria ?




Garlic is a powerful natural anti-biotic and is apparently sparing the good bacteria.

[Raw Angel Mom]

Do you have any info to share on how garlic apparently spares the good bacteria ?

Dr. Oz recommendation. Garlic has also been used to combat yeast infection.

Also because this is a natural anti-biotic, many including myself thought that it was killing the good bacteria as well.

There is a paper publish and here are some information about the property of garlic.

http://www.chiro.org/nutrition/ABSTRACTS/What_is_Garlic.shtml

I am not a doctor, so please do research and discern what i post

[green jeanie]

check out the articless on rosehips and elderberry at our blog medicinewomen@wordpress.com

also essential oils such as clove, tea tree, cinnamon, eucalyptus will help

i use an essential oils and hand sanitizer by young living oils called THIEVES

it is an AMAZING WAY TO KEEP THE BUGGIES DOWN!!

all of my friends who are teachers use it and never get sick anymore.

leave me a message if you have questions about it

xoxo gj

[Invisible]

The best life-giving, life-enhancing food, for me, is The Word of God. My raw foodism and everything else is secondary, for I have seen the Light of the world, and He will sustain me in every way!!!

[Green_Woman]

GREEN SMOOTHIES!!!!!

Elderberry

Olive Leaf

GREEN SMOOTHIES!!!

[prana]

Garlic, Ginger, extra greens or green powder. I find Ocean’s Alive Marine Phytoplankton to be the most powerful.

Supplements with these ingredients are helpful: Garlic, Vit C, Echinacea, Ginger, Astragalus, Olive Leaf Extract, probiotics.

I haven't gotten the flu or a cold for years prior to raw because of taking probiotics and having a good immune formula on hand for when I was around others that were sick.


How long does a bottle of the Marine Phytoplankton last you?

[Tsurugi_Oni]

You can look into an elderberry extract. The season for picking them is over I believe, but you can probably get it from a local hollistic specialistic. People who contract the flu recover somethin like 3x faster than those who take a placebo, and also have less severe symptoms.

[Cabbage]

A good and strong immune system is linked with a healthy colon.
Steps to improve your colon health:
Replace healthy bacteria with acidophilus supplements.
Eat lots of fiber.
Get a colon cleanse.

And then there is the two classic immune boosting foods, Ginger and garlic.