Proper nutrition plays a significant role in strengthening the immune system to fight disease.
*But how do we obtain the necessary nutrients to keep the immune system functioning at peak performance?*
The most natural sources of nutrition available are plant foods. Science has found ways to artificially create vitamins from chemicals, but they only mimic the nutrients found in plants. Even isola
ting individual vitamins from the plants is not as effective as eating the whole foods themselves. When you choose whole plant foods, you receive all of their available nutrition in their synergistic natural state. To maximize this effect, you need to make sure that the foods you choose are whole foods that contain the highest levels of nutrients possible. In order to know whether or not the foods they choose contain the maximum nutrient levels available, Nutritional Immunologists try to understand several factors. Retaining the maximum quality and quantity of nutrients in whole fruits, vegetables, and herbs requires focus on factors such as :
a) THE RIGHT PLANT
b) THE RIGHT SPECIES
c) THE RIGHT PART
d) THE RIGHT GROWTH
e) THE RIGHT TIME
f) THE RIGHT PROCESS
There is a different between good whole-food nutrition choices and excellent ones. Every edible fruit, vegetable, herb or grain contains a fair amount of nutrients. But it is extremely challenging to select the best herbs and plant foods in the purest,freshest and most nutritious forms. However, thanks to the science of Nutritional Immunology, we know what to look for in our food choices to promote the most precious gift in the world-health.
