Eat to Your Health
WHY DO SOME PEOPLE SEEM TO CATCH
ANY COLD or flu
bug that comes along while others never seem to get sick? One reason
may be the vitamin
and mineral
content of their diets.
When researchers at Bowling Green State University in Ohio compared
women under
the age of 50 who rarely got sick with those who had colds
or flu
three or more times a year, they found that the healthier women had higher levels of vitamin A
in
their blood.
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"Vitamin A is
associated with immunity," says Rebecca S.
Pobocik, PhD, RD, an associate professor of nutrition and one of the
study
researchers. To increase your chances of fighting off a bug, get five
to nine
servings of fruits and vegetables a day, advises Pobocik, and put the
emphasis
on good sources of beta carotene (which
converts to vitamin A): carrots, orange squash, red peppers,
watermelon,
broccoli, spinach and green peppers. Milk and eggs are also good sources of A.
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