Top 12 Natural Ways to Improve Your Kid’s Immune System

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12. Offer Plenty of Fruits and Vegetables

Consuming a natural, healthy diet is the foundation of a healthy and strong immune system, so offer plenty of organic fruits and vegetables, especially those known to build up the immune system such as broccoli, kale, strawberries, blue berries, oranges, apples, carrots, sweet potatoes, kiwi fruit, cabbage, and beans.

This is especially important when your child is very young and you can control almost everything they eat. You can already instill a love of fruits and vegetables before they head off to school and find out what other kids are eating. If you are lucky, they will prefer natural foods to junk foods, but only if you continue to serve them those types of foods even after they begin school. Stopping off at the fast food drive through after school rather than serving something wholesome will undo all your best efforts.

Serve plenty of steamed vegetables and offer fruit as a snack or dessert.  Nuts and seeds are also great snack foods that will help to strengthen the immune system.

References:

Sciencedirect.com

Ajcn.nutrition.org

Annualreviews.org

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