15 Ways to Eat Your Way to a Stronger Immune System

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13. Green Tea and Matcha Tea

Matcha tea is the best kind of green tea, loaded with nutrients, and found in a powder form, not leaves, completely unfermented. The best types of Matcha tea are the ones that are grown in Japan. Matcha tea has up to 17 times the antioxidants of blueberries.

All green teas are rich in natural chemicals calledcatechins. Green tea has been found in several studies to be as much as 100 times more potent than the antioxidants vitamins E and C.

14. Chlorella

This nearly perfect freshwater algae is a potent detoxification agent that binds to heavy metals, such as mercury, and then removes them from your system. It’s the chlorophyll in these algae that makes this such as powerful detoxing agent. Chlorella will purify the blood and stimulates the repair and growth of tissues. When your body is not bogged down with toxins and heavy metals, your immune system can focus on other tasks.

15. Mushrooms

Believe it or not, mushrooms take up a large part of the earth’s surface. Just one cubic inch of soil can have as many as 8 miles’ worth of mushroom spores! Mushrooms contain compounds called beta-glucans, which have long been used for their immune improving properties. Reishi, Maitake, and Shiitake are perhaps the most powerful of all mushrooms when it comes to supporting the immune system.

By incorporating some of these gut friendly, immune supporting foods into your diet, you can not only avoid circulating viruses and bacteria, but improve your longevity and overall health at the same time. Who doesn’t want that?!

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