Drink to a Strong Immune System

Jodi M. asked:




Having a strong immune system is vital to maintaining health and avoiding sickness. But how can you boost your immunity without taking a bunch of pills, injections, or medications? Answer: drink your immune booster!

There are many ingredients in an immune boosting drink that will make it work properly. Vitamin C is a must-have. Natural vitamin C rich fruits are guava, papaya, strawberries, kiwi, and, of course, oranges. Vitamin C increases white blood cell and anti-body production. Another great immune boosting ingredient to look for in your drink is vitamin E. Vitamin E can be found in most seeds, vegetable oils, and grains, but it’s hard to get more than about 60 mg a day from normal foods. Vitamin E stimulates B-cell and natural killer cell production. Some other valuable things to look for are: beta carotene (apricots, prunes, grapefruit), bioflavenoids (found in most fruits and vegetables), zinc, selenium, and omega 3 fatty acids.

So what drinks can you get and trust to have strong immune health properties? You can find normal fruit juices easily in most stores. Look for guava, papaya, strawberry, kiwi, orange, prune, and grapefruit juices. Engineered health drink products can also be found online, such as Pharmanex G3 juice, Xango juice, and Liquid Health immune boost. These kinds of drinks usually contain more immune system vitamins than normal fruit juices. Pharmanex G3 has 100% of the daily value for vitamin C, as well as a healthy amount of vitamin A. Xango juice doesn’t specify their daily amounts, but it does contain blueberry and strawberry juices, which are both helpful for the immune system.

Liquid Health is produced specifically as an immune booster. Liquid Health contains large amounts of Ester C, zinc, and copper, as well as other natural ingredients, which are known immune boosters. One drawback is that they have 834% of the daily value for vitamin C, most of which will be expelled instead of being used by the body.

There are many ways to boost your immune health using drinks. However, another point to consider, of course, is the flavor! Most people don’t keep drinking something they don’t like. So make sure to take that into consideration when choosing your immune drink.