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Nutrition and swine flu 17-12-09 06:42
Nutrition and swine flu

If a healthy mind in a healthy body, the healthy food is varied and balanced way to a healthy body, and will be an active and important factor for strengthening the body's immunity against disease in general, including the swine flu, and it must be noted that there is no magic food to prevent the flu.

- Vitamin A: Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, orange and green color, like orange, grapefruit, carrots, pumpkin, spinach and parsley, they provide the body with vitamin A, a nutrient important to strengthen the respiratory membrane.

- Vitamin D: Recent studies have shown that "vitamin D" plays an important and essential to strengthen the immune system and fight disease, and is exposed to direct sunlight 10-15 minutes a day the most important sources of this vitamin.

 
- Vitamin C: one of the elements that prevent oxidation ((Antioxidant and maintains the integrity of the tissue, it also helps to increase the absorption of iron. Frequently this vitamin in guava, strawberries, oranges, lemons, tomatoes, kiwi, pepper, cabbage, parsley, spinach .

Recent studies have shown that a lot of eating plenty of vitamin A does not lead to more protection from the flu, unlike what many people, eating the fruit of one of the orange believes Ahtajna daily of this vitamin, taking into account that smokers needing to come into twice this amount.

- Zinc, nutrients that strengthen the body's immunity to fight diseases, including influenza of all kinds, and can find zinc in food as follows:
* Red Meat
* Nuts
* Seafood: lobster and shellfish fisheries.

- Iron from the important nutrients that strengthen the immune system and helps the body to respond to the swine flu virus, in contrast, if the iron deficiency to impair the functioning of the immune system and makes the body more vulnerable to HIV infection. The meat, legumes, dried fruits and dark leafy vegetables, important sources for this item.

- Protein: the important elements of the immune system Without the proteins can not be configured antibodies. Must eat chicken, fish and plant proteins such as legumes, with a moderate intake of red meat.

Note: Tamiflu, which is used for the treatment of swine flu, extracted some of its provisions effective Chinese star anise, which is quite different from star anise is located in the markets of Gaza and other Arab markets, and therefore no need for extravagance in dealing with anise.

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