This section is going to be all about specific, classic foods that you can add in to your family’s daily meals that help to build up your children's immune system.
1. Adding in turmeric, ginger and garlic into your cooking as much as possible. Turmeric is an anti-inflammatory food that supports the immune system. Ginger is widely known as an anti-nausea food but it is also a major immune system supporting food as well and helps with respiratory illnesses. Garlic is an antibacterial food and can help with bacterial infections and again with immune function by augmenting the amount of a certain type of white blood cell that we have in our bodies.
3. Raw Honey is great for immune system health and is especially soothing in a warm drink for sore throats. Suitable for children 1 +
4. Coconut - any form of it will have many immune supporting benefits with its antimicrobial and antiviral effects. We love cooking with coconut oil and using coconut milk or coconut flakes in baking.
Eating foods that have beneficial actions against viruses and bacteria in the body helps take some of the stress off of our children's immune systems so hopefully they'll get sick less often.