Minerals and vitamins important for immunity boosting:
1-Vitamin A: is antioxidant and helps immunity to fight bacteria.
Food sources of vitamin A: egg-liver.
Vegetables: sweet potato-bell pepper-broccoli-leafy vegetables (spinach-cabbage-chard).
Fruits:Mango-cantaloupe-dried apricots.
2-Vitamin E: is antioxidant and helps in strenghtening immunity.
Food sources of vitamin E: vegetable oils (sunflower-corn-canola-soy).
Nuts-sunflower seeds- fish- sea foods-avocado.
Vegetables: spinach-cabbage-broccoli-bell pepper (contains less amount of vitamin E).
3-Vitamin C (antioxidant)
Food sources: citrus fruits-leafy vegetables-pepper-strawberry-kiwi-berries-tomato.
4-Vitamin D:
Food sources: fish (sardine-salmon-tuna)-mushrooms-egg-liver.
5-Zinc: anti inflammatory and antioxidant that boost immunity defense against bacteria and virus.
Food sources: sea foods-beef meat-chicken-nuts-legumes-seeds-whole grains-fortified cereals-dark chocolate.
