Immunity

17 Immune-Boosting Foods to Help You Fight Off Viruses
17 Immune-Boosting Foods to Help You Fight Off Viruses
17 Immune-Boosting Foods to Help You Fight Off Viruses
Why do we all need to know the best foods to boost the immune system? Because while we all are so over COVID-19, unfortunately, COVID is not done with us. Plus, it's flu season, so it only makes sense to supply your immune system with everything it needs to defend itself against any virus...
For Better Immunity and Natural Weight Loss, Follow The Vegan Food Pyramid
For Better Immunity and Natural Weight Loss, Follow The Vegan Food Pyramid
For Better Immunity and Natural Weight Loss, Follow The Vegan Food Pyramid
This year marks the 30th birthday of the (now-defunct) USDA Food Pyramid. Contrary to that model’s large allotments for high-fat meat and dairy and generous portions of processed grains, recent scientific studies have shown that a whole-food, plant-based diet is the most beneficial for human health, not to mention the planet. As COVID-19 cases sur...
Eat Protein To Boost Your Immunity. Here’s Exactly How Much You Need
Eat Protein To Boost Your Immunity. Here’s Exactly How Much You Need
Eat Protein To Boost Your Immunity. Here’s Exactly How Much You Need
When you think about protein, you probably worry about getting enough to repair muscle tissue after a tough workout, to help your body build lean, strong muscles and lose weight while boosting your natural calorie burn. All that's true but protein also serves another critical function in the body: It helps power your immune system, stoking the cells that you need to fight off infection, both bacte
The 3-Day Immunity Diet: Sign Up for Meals That Deliver Powerful Antioxidants
The 3-Day Immunity Diet: Sign Up for Meals That Deliver Powerful Antioxidants
The 3-Day Immunity Diet: Sign Up for Meals That Deliver Powerful Antioxidants
COVID-19 has changed our lives in many ways, not least of which is how we think about food. Once upon a time, we looked at meals as satisfying our cravings or our hunger, or as comfort or entertainment–or for athletes–as fuel. But now we also see food as a powerful medicine, a way of boosting our immunity and fighting inflammation in the time when our bodies are our greatest defenses against a vir
Eat These 20 Plant-Based Foods to Help Boost Your Body’s Immunity
Eat These 20 Plant-Based Foods to Help Boost Your Body’s Immunity
Eat These 20 Plant-Based Foods to Help Boost Your Body’s Immunity
The proper function of the body’s immune system relies on hundreds of factors, including predetermined ones like genes as well as controllable pieces of the puzzle such as sleep, hygiene, and stress levels. One important key aspect that we can control is our diet, specifically by focusing on a nutritious plant-based diet full of antioxidants and vitamins. We interviewed Hannah Ho...
Stay Healthy Now: 11 Tips to Boost Your Immune System During COVID-19
Stay Healthy Now: 11 Tips to Boost Your Immune System During COVID-19
Stay Healthy Now: 11 Tips to Boost Your Immune System During COVID-19
COVID-19 might be raging right now, but even once this passes and a vaccine is developed, experts warn that there will be more viral outbreaks in the future. That’s why keeping that immune system as strong as possible is so important. If you’re following a plant-based diet, that’s a start, and the good news is that you can push your diet and lifestyle habits even further to get that immune system