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Bolatimes.com – body immunity or immunity is important to maintain, especially in the midst of a pandemic that has not subsided. There are five fruits that can increase immunity.
Maintain and improve body immunity This can be done in a number of ways, such as diligently exercising, adjusting your lifestyle and staying positive.
It can also be done by eating vegetables or fruits that are easily found at home.
Here, five fruits that can increase the body’s immune as quoted from Ayobandung.com (Network Suara.com).
1. Guava Seeds
The fruit that you should not miss when increasing the body’s immunity is guava fruit. Guava contains more vitamin C than oranges.
By consuming one guava fruit, it is sufficient to meet the daily requirement of vitamin C for adults as much as 140%. Not to mention the content of lycopene which can inhibit the growth of cancer cells in the body.
By consuming guava, it can really help you in keeping your immune system strong.
2. Papaya
Vitamin C can not only be obtained from fruits that taste sour, more precisely you can find vitamin C in fruits that have yellow and orange colors.
Therefore papaya is also a fruit that can help you increase your body’s immunity.
If you consume 145 grams of papaya, you can get 97% of the vitamin C you need that day.
Of course, papaya, which is easy to find anywhere, can also be a solution when you feel your body’s immunity is decreasing.
Even better, papaya contains enzymes that can improve your digestion. If digestion is smooth, then of course your health is more awake.
Papaya also contains many other ingredients such as magnesium, folate and potassium which are needed in the human body.
3. Orange
When people have a cold or are not feeling well, they will immediately look for fruits that contain vitamin C and citrus fruits are the most commonly consumed fruit when the body needs vitamin C.
Vitamin C in citrus fruits can increase the production of cells, especially white blood cells in the body, which will be very effective in overcoming infections in the body. If you consume just one orange, it is enough to meet 78% of vitamin C needed by your body every day.
Moreover, oranges are tropical fruits, so it is very easy to find citrus fruits in Indonesia and the price is cheap. If you want to increase your body’s immunity, eat citrus fruits often.
4. Blueberry
For those of you who want to increase the body’s immunity, you should consume fruits that contain lots of antioxidants. This antioxidant content is a content that can ward off free radical attacks from outside the body.
Various kinds of viral diseases, including free radicals. By consuming lots of fruits that contain antioxidants, of course, your body is stronger and anti-disease. One of the fruits that are claimed to have high anti-oxidants is blueberries.
Unlike other fruits that have been mentioned, blueberries are not easy to find in Indonesia. You have to come to a big supermarket to be able to buy it, unlike oranges and papayas which can be bought from traditional markets easily.
Some studies say that the antioxidant content in blueberries is much higher than most fruits and vegetables in the world.
So of course, if you want to increase your body’s immunity, blueberries can be included in the list of fruits that you must consume.
5. Kiwi
This green fruit is also highly recommended if you want to boost your immunity. Even though they are green in color, Kiwis also contain quite a lot of vitamin C.
Consuming one medium-sized kiwi fruit a day will be enough to meet your body’s need for vitamin C as much as 79%. Not only that, kiwi also has many other ingredients such as vitamin K, potassium and folate.
Just like citrus fruits, vitamin C in kiwi fruit can also help the body to increase the production of white blood cells which are very effective in fighting infection.
That’s 5 fruits that can be used to increase the body’s immune.
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