Nutrition

These 11 Foods Help You Destroy Germs and Viruses, Science Says

Infection tropical healer: Papaya

Regardless if you’re into tropical flavors or not, now you have a few solid reasons to add papaya to your diet.

Firstly, a single papaya fruit packs twice more vitamin C than your daily recommended intake; as we already know, this micronutrient is essential for a strong immune system.

But papaya also has an enzyme suggestively entitled papain, which helps to reduce inflammation naturally. Although this property is beneficial in most illnesses, it’s particularly important for bacterial infections such as sinusitis.

Aside from potassium and vitamin B, papaya is also rich in folate – an essential nutrient to rebuild damaged cells. It helps you build muscle  by boosting the process of protein synthesis and it also helps your body recover after seasonal illnesses.

Folate is particularly important for the fetuses’ development, which is why pregnant women are always advised to supplement their diet with this nutrient.

Whether you’re pregnant or not, though, you should ideally get 400 micrograms per day. Other great sources include avocado, spinach and legumes.

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