The rainy season has arrived. Not only that haunt the floods, the various diseases that usually arises due to the rainy season is also getting to be a threat. One is the flu.
Flu is very annoying sometimes because it is very disturbing comfort in the move. But you do not need to worry because there are many foods and drinks that can help maintain health in order to avoid the various diseases that haunt the rainy season, including the flu.
Wheat is one food that can keep the immune system. Famous wheat rich in minerals. For that we can consume with enjoying outmeal, rice or bread wheat.
Besides wheat, eating bananas can also keep them healthy. Bananas contain vitamin B6 which can help the body fight infection. To add a B6 in the body, banana can eat directly or can also mix it in cereal or outmeal.
Chili was also efficacious to maintain a healthy body. Chillies contain active ingredients that can help clear the nose so as to reduce congestion in the nose during a cold. You can breathe freely. For that, do not forget to add the chili in the food, not only for the sensation of spicy but also for health. But remember, not too much!
Besides wheat, bananas, and peppers, sweet potatoes are also good food for health. Sweet potato is one of the best sources of beta carotene which the body needs. Beta carotene is used by the body to make blood cells fight infection.
Garlic that we often encounter in a variety of cuisines is also beneficial for health. Allcin is the active component of garlic that can inhibit enzymes in viruses that often lead to infection. Start getting used to buy garlic and mix in the cuisine.
Not only can maintain healthy foods, drinks also can maintain our health. One of them is tea. Tea contains high antioxidants that can overcome a sore throat or a bacterial infection when combined with honey. Begin to replace the usual coffee consumed in the morning with tea is very good for health.
Chili, pepper and other spicy foods have a positive impact on health. Origin is not excessive, eating spicy foods can increase the metabolic processes in the body and helps the heart work.
Doctor Khursheed Jeejeebhoy, specialist in internal medicine at the University of Toronto, and even encourage the consumption of spicy food on a regular basis to improve the quality of health. "Eat spicy foods is not excessive because it is very good for your health and reduce cancer risk," said Jeejeebhoy.
Results of laboratory studies in the UK shows, the content of capsaicin in chili peppers which creates a feeling spicy, can kill cancer cells without damaging normal cells. That's why cancer cases in Mexico and India, where people ate spicy food, fewer than Western countries, where people tend to not like spicy food.
Two research by a team from Australia was also revealed, adding chili peppers in every cuisine can lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Not only that, spicy foods can also stabilize insulin levels in the blood.
In a dose that is not excessive, spicy foods and even beneficial to your stomach. Thus the results of studies by a team of researchers from Hungary. Capsaicin can reduce gastric acid and function as anti-inflammatory.
So, start inserting spicy foods in your daily menu on a regular basis. But remember, do not be excessive consumption of chili peppers.
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