Nutrition and the Immune Systemby Nutrition Diva ow.ly Do certain foods or nutrients boost the immune system? It’s a recurring theme on the internet: Lists of immune-boosting foods and recipes for tonics, teas, soups, and other concoctions that will allegedly strengthen your resistance to disease are always popular during cold and flu season and never more so than today. It is true that various nutrients are essential to proper immune function. If you are malnourished, your ability to resist infection will almost certainly be impaired. Eating a healthy and balanced diet can help ensure that you are getting all the protein, vitamins, and minerals you need for your immune system—and all your other biological systems—to function properly.Doubling or tripling up on the recommended amount of foods or nutrients doesn’t necessarily make your immune system function more properly. Continue reading at link.... #nutrition #top_food_of_instagram #recipes #instafood #foodie #healthyliving #boo...