{"id":20,"date":"2013-02-04T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/?p=20"},"modified":"2013-02-04T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:13:04","slug":"boost-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/2013\/02\/04\/boost-your-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost Your Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UVM Sports Nutrition<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/files\/2013\/02\/vcat03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-21\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/files\/2013\/02\/vcat03-300x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/files\/2013\/02\/vcat03-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/files\/2013\/02\/vcat03.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Poor nutrition is one of the most common reasons the immune system becomes impaired.\u00a0 The immune response is affected very early during a marginal or an inadequate nutrient intake, which makes it harder to fight off infections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many nutrients interact to support a well functioning immune system, but if you\u2019re able to get those listed below, then you have a good chance of getting most of the others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Protein<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat a moderate (not large) portion at each meal.<\/li>\n<li>Watch those \u201cpasta meals\u201d.\u00a0 Turn them into \u201cpasta with protein meals\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beta-carotene<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This color-coded nutrient is found in dark green, dark yellow and orange vegetables and yellow fruits such as carrots, sweet potato, spinach, dried apricots, winter squash, cantaloupe, and broccoli.<\/li>\n<li>Include one serving each day, as well as four other servings of fruits and vegetables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vitamin C<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The best sources are fruits and vegetables, such as citrus fruits and juices, oranges, strawberries, broccoli, cantaloupe, peppers, and tomatoes.<\/li>\n<li>Include one serving daily.\u00a0 Select 100% juice.\u00a0 Steer clear of juice drinks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vitamin E<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This nutrient is widespread in foods.\u00a0 The best sources are wheat germ and plant oils, especially sunflower and safflower oils.\u00a0 Nuts and seeds are other good sources.<\/li>\n<li>Top your salad with 1-2 tablespoons of an oil-based dressing.\u00a0 Leave the fat-free dressings right there on the salad bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Got any good recipe ideas?\u00a0 Send them along!!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UVM Sports Nutrition Poor nutrition is one of the most common reasons the immune system becomes impaired.\u00a0 The immune response is affected very early during a marginal or an inadequate nutrient intake, which makes it harder to fight off infections. &nbsp; Many nutrients interact to support a well functioning immune system, but if you\u2019re able [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1315,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1315"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/fitcats\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}