What fruits should you eat to boost your immune system?
Disease description:
Hello doctor, my aunt has recently been hospitalized. I'd like to buy some fruit to visit her. Could you please advise what fruits can help boost immunity?
The most important way to boost immunity is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and proper diet. Getting adequate rest, protecting the skin from injury, exercising regularly, and consuming sufficient daily vitamins and trace elements can all enhance immune function.
Choosing to eat fruits and vegetables is also an effective method to strengthen immunity. Eating more fruits rich in various vitamins, especially those high in vitamin C such as grapefruits, oranges, and lemons, helps improve immunity. Consuming apples, grapes, mulberries, mangoes, mangosteens, and persimmons daily can also boost the body's immune system. Additionally, increasing daily vegetable intake—especially a variety of fresh vegetables like purple radishes, green peppers, and tomatoes—can effectively enhance immunity.
Moreover, certain foods help improve immune function, such as chicken, fish, shrimp, squid, milk, tofu, and soybeans. These foods contain organic nutrients and vitamins that contribute to stronger immunity. Therefore, eating fish or other meats at least twice a week, along with drinking milk and consuming soy products daily, are good strategies for boosting immunity.