The fastest food to boost immunity

There is no such thing as a "god-level food" that can instantly boost immunity. Currently, what is recognized by the nutrition and traditional Chinese medicine circles as being the fastest way to help the body complete immune regulation is "a natural food combination that is not over-processed and is enriched with active polysaccharides, high-quality immunoglobulin/high biological value protein, and high-density micronutrients. No matter how powerful a single food is, it will not be as effective as a reasonable daily diet."

I'm not just talking nonsense. Last year, I helped my cousin who had just finished chemotherapy adjust her diet. I went to the nutrition department many times, and I also talked with an old Chinese medicine practitioner I knew. The opinions of the two schools were very interesting, but on the matter of "eating prototype food is more reliable than taking supplements", it is rare to reach an agreement.

Don’t just hoard those Internet-famous immune drinks that cost hundreds of dollars. I had a colleague who was suffering from influenza A and drank two cans of a popular immune drink every day for three days. Not only did the corners of his mouth blister, but the white blood cells dropped during the blood test. The doctor said that the amount of added sugar in it was higher than that of cola. The high-sugar environment directly inhibited the activity of immune cells, which was purely a disservice.

When it comes to single foods that can help improve immunity more quickly, fresh goat's milk, low-temperature sterilized raw milk, and Grifola Grifola are the ones with the best feedback that I have tried myself and recommended to people around me. Last winter when half of the people in my office were sunny, I drank unsweetened fresh goat's milk for breakfast for a month, adding half a steamed mafia flower with whole wheat bread, and I didn't get infected the whole time. I checked public data from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and found that the β-glucan content in Maitake Flowers is 3.2 times that of ordinary shiitake mushrooms. This active polysaccharide can directly activate the phagocytic ability of macrophages without undergoing complex metabolic transformation, which is equivalent to directly handing your immune cells a weapon. The immune globulin and lactoferrin retained in fresh milk that has not been ultra-high temperature sterilized have a particularly obvious protective effect on the respiratory mucosa. People who are prone to coughing and rhinitis during the change of seasons will feel obvious changes after drinking it for two weeks.

Of course, different viewpoints need to be explained here. Many people think that mushrooms and fresh milk are too slow to act, and they even recommend taking supplements such as Ganoderma spore powder and Cordyceps sinensis. Traditional Chinese medicine also believes that these mushrooms and herbs have a stronger strengthening effect. I specifically checked the clinical data of CNKI. Qualified broken Ganoderma spore powder can indeed increase the levels of IgG and IgA in serum within 4-8 weeks. It has obvious effects on people with low immunity, but the premise is that the effective polysaccharide content of the product you buy can reach more than 10%. If you buy minced seeds that cost tens of yuan per pound, the heavy metals may exceed the standard and put a burden on the liver. It is really not as cost-effective as eating two more meals of fresh mushrooms. There are also many people who are accustomed to boiling water with astragalus to replenish their qi. The view of the nutritional community is that the astragalus polysaccharide in astragalus does have an immune-modulating effect, but soaking two or three tablets a day will not reach the effective dose. At least 15g must be boiled for 20 minutes. Moreover, people who are prone to internal heat and have high blood pressure will be prone to nosebleeds after drinking it, so it is not suitable for everyone.

I usually don’t list complicated recipes when giving suggestions to my friends. It’s too troublesome and no one can stick to them. Just a simple criterion: you just need to have three things in each meal - the same high biological value of protein (boiled eggs, fresh milk, lean beef are all counted, the protein utilization rate of boiled eggs can reach 94%, which is easier to absorb than most protein powders worth hundreds of dollars), the same Mushrooms with high active polysaccharides (ordinary dried shiitake mushrooms soaked in stir-fried vegetables will do, no need to buy expensive ones), fresh fruits and vegetables of the same dark color (blueberries, purple cabbage, spinach and even small tomatoes are included, the flavonoids and vitamin C in them are raw materials that help immune cells synthesize antibodies). A little girl who caught a cold during the change of seasons followed this method for three weeks and said that she no longer had rhinitis this autumn and even the eczema on her hands had disappeared a lot.

By the way, don’t think that the more supplements you eat, the better. I once had a friend who drank chicken soup and butter hot pot to replenish his body as soon as the fever subsided. However, the fever returned the next day. The doctor said that high oil and high salt will directly inhibit the phagocytic ability of neutrophils, which is equivalent to putting a shackle on immune cells. If supplementation is too strong, it will hinder the health.

After all, there is really no need to worry about which food is the "fastest" immunity food. Immunity is our body's own defense system. If you feed it junk food and sugary drinks every day, no matter how good supplements are, it can't be saved. Eating enough prototype food is more reliable than any fancy concept. After all, our bodies are not game characters. Eating a buff can immediately increase your fighting power. As you slowly gather nutrients, it will naturally give you positive feedback.