5 Local Foods that Boost Immune System

Feeding your body certain foods may help keep your immune system strong. If you're looking for ways to prevent colds, the flu, and other infections, your first step should be a visit to your local store. Most of these fruits are seen in our local market daily but many don't know their importance to our health.

These are the five selected food that help to boost the body immune system.

1. Citrus fruits (Citrus spp)

Most people turn straight to vitamin C after they've caught a cold or not feeling well. That's because it helps build up immune system. Vitamin C is believe to increase the production of white blood cells, which are key to fighting infections.

Almost all citrus fruits are high in vitamin C. With such a variety to choose from, it's easy to add a squeeze of this vitamin to any meal.

Popular citrus fruits include:

Grape (eso ajara)

Oranges (òsan)

Tangerines (òsan oyinbo)

Limes (Oronbo wewe) 

Because body doesn't produce or store it, you need daily vitamin C for continued health.

keep in mind that while vitamin C might help you recover from a cold quicker, there's no evidence yet that it's effective against the new coronavirus, Covid-19.

2. Red Bell Pepper - Tatashe (Capsicum annum)

Red bell pepper comes in different colours, but the defining characteristics of the Nigerian Tatashe are the distinct red colour, and the elongated, shape. 

It contains almost 3 times as much vitamin C found in Orange.

They're also a rich source of beta carotene (a red-orange pigment found in plants and fruits, especially carrots and colorful vegetables). 

Besides boosting immune system, vitamin C may help you maintain healthy skin. Beta carotene, which your body converts into vitamin A, helps keep your eyes and skin healthy.

3. Ginger - Ata-ile (Zingiber officinale)

Ginger is another ingredient many turn to after getting sick. Ginger may help decrease inflammation, which can help reduce a sore throat and inflammatory illnesses. Ginger may help with nausea as well.

While it's used in many sweet desserts, ginger packs some heat in the form of gingerol, a relative of capsaicin.

4. Spinach - Amunututu (Spinacia oleracea)

Spinach is also packed with numerous antioxidants and beta carotene, which may both increase the infection-fighting ability of our immune systems. Many people mistaken spinach for water leaf, spinach has a thick and broad leaf unlike water leaf.

spinach is healthiest when it's cooked as little as possible so that it retains its nutrients. However, light cooking makes it easier to absorb the vitamin A and allows other nutrients to be released from oxalic acid, an antinutrient. 

5. Pawpaw - Ibepe (Carica papaya)

Pawpaw is another fruit loaded with vitamin C. It also have a digestive enzyme called papain that has anti-inflammatory effects. Papayas have decent amounts of potassium, magnesium, and folate, all of which are beneficial to your overall health.

Eating right is a great start, and there are other things you can do to protect you and your family from the flu, cold, and other illnesses.

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Must read: Five Snoring Treatment Tips

Like a bear growling a cave when your asleep,
then you will know that snoring has a big impact on life. Regardless of the health issues (which are significant), snoring can play havoc with your relationship.
If you are at you wits end with being woken up every hour either to the sound of your own snoring, or being dug in the back and told to “Roll Over”; or if you are the long suffering sufferer of a snorer, then read these five tips to snoring treatment.

•• Snoring Treatment Tips ••

1. Take a look at your diet.
Although this probably won’t be the complete
snoring treatment answer, it is worth starting
with what you’re eating and drinking. You could
well have intolerance to certain foods which
affects your breathing, especially when lying on
you back. For example, too much (or an
intolerance to) dairy produce is likely to cause
you to become blocked up with mucus, when
horizontal, this collects causing heavy breathing
and snoring. Alcohol is another common
offender.

2. Being overweight is another significant contributor
Excess weight in the neck and chest puts
pressure on the breathing passage.

3. Sleep on you side or front.
Now this is easier said than done, because it’s hard to control your sleeping position when you are asleep! However, there is an old trick that may be worth considering. You could sow a walnut, table tennis ball or similar size object into the back of a shirt and wear that
in bed. Each time you roll on your back it will
dig into you, causing you to roll back again –
providing you don’t take your shirt of in your
sleep.

4. Use nasal strips.
This is found to be very helpful, at least to start with. Nasal strips (often used by athletes) open the air passage for you, thus removing or preventing blockages. If your desperate it’s worth a try, but the cost can add up over the days, months and years.

5. I have saved the best until last.
Exercising the muscles in your throat, tongue
and doing breathing exercises can completely
cure your snoring.
For more detailed information and more tips Click Here.

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How To Improve The Cholesterol Levels Naturally

Cholesterol: An animal sterol that is normally synthesis by liver.

You have many ways to lower the Cholesterol
levels naturally .Be away from the drugs that
control the Cholesterol levels because they can
be dangerous for you, as they may cause liver
and immune problems, general weakness and
weaken the muscles, and also it may be cancer
risk.
Here are the natural ways that lowers your
Cholesterol level:
1. Lifestyle changes.
2. Reducing stress.
3. Exercise.
4. Giving up smoking.
5. Diet.
And a magic secret which is: Drinking more
water. How can you do that?

Lifestyle changes:
You have to eat balanced food, like fresh fruits and vegetables. Olive oil and Fish oil in your diet is very important and very useful for your health.
Be away from eating hydrogenated oil and processed food. Fast food is very dangerous as it is full of bad fats and salts and with no calories. Cookies, cakes muffins contain sugar and unhealthy fats So you have to stay away from these poisons to improve your health. It may be inconvenient at the beginning but you have to adapt to this routine.

Reducing stress:
The good way to reduce the stress is by starting to add some beneficial tool to
your arsenal, like bio- feedback, meditation and going out to have some time to relax as traveling at least one day. Be away from caffeine especially in soda and coffee. As you
have to remove the soda from your drinking
habits.

Exercise:
Exercise can help you to reduce the stress and it is one of the most important things to
improve your health and lower your Cholesterol level, at least walking everyday,
this will decrease the bad Cholesterol (LDL).

Giving up smoking:
It is the most important thing you have to do for yourself and for the people you love, by giving up smoking, the good Cholesterol (HDL) will increase naturally.

Diet:
You have to follow your doctor instructions and orders about the balanced food like: vegetables and fresh fruits. Some useful food is: Good fats and oils like (Olive Oil ,Fish Oil). Fresh vegetables and fruits. Fish (mercury free). Grapes and Orange juice. Legumes. Curry.
Avocados. Garlic. Blueberries (they are so useful, they are fruits but in a class by themselves).
Nuts and Seeds. Oats and soluble fibers. Be
away from: Caffeine. Wheat. Red meat. Muffins.
Soda. Alcohol. Fast food. Cookies. Canned or
prepared food. Refined sugar. Here are some
supplements that can help in improving your
health and lowers your Cholesterol: B complex.
Vitamin C, E,D. Coral Calcium. Fish Oil. Plant
Sterols. Policosanol. Magnesium. Don’t hesitate
and make all these changes in your lifestyle to
go through a positive way to improve your health without spending money on Cholesterol drugs.

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