Foods, Digestion, and Immunity - What is the Connection?

My Yoga Online has posted a new nutrition article by Sarah Holvik, B.Sc. Nutritional Science, that reviews the concepts and nutritional elements that support healthy, intestinal immunity. Food, Digestion, and Immunity offers tips on improving digestion function that will lead to overall energy and vitality.

Considering our knowledge of the intimate relationship between our digestive and immune systems, we should never get sick. With this information, we could technically manipulate our diets in such a way that conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, hypertension, lowered immunity and cancer would not exist. However, the truth is that the modern Western diet does not tip the scales in our favor in terms of immunity.

In fact, research now shows that the average Western diet can actually weaken our immune systems and make us more prone to disease. But don’t worry, there is hope; discussed here are some foods with potent immune-boosting effects due to their influence on our digestive systems.

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