Lockdown and COVID 19 are doing the rounds across platforms and it has become imperative to focus on healthy food habits to boost the immune system.
Nutrition plays a huge role in ensuring the body’s immune system is strong, making it crucial to eat healthy throughout one’s life.This includes having a balance of carbohydrates, protein, healthy fats, essential vitamins and minerals.
No list of immune boosting foods would be complete without chicken as it is an excellent source of many of the micro nutrients that support the immune system.
- Chicken is rich in Vitamin B6 and is important in the formation of new and healthy red blood cells.
- By eating a variety of cuts of chicken like chicken liver, there will be an increased addition of Iron, Zinc.
- Chicken contains Vitamins A and C, magnesium, phosphorus, and antioxidants, which are all important to boost resistance.
- The protein in chicken provides amino acids, which are used by the body to build antibodies to fight infection.
- Boiling poultry—to make soup—releases gelatin, chondroitin, and other nutrients that help the gut and improves immunity.
It is best to wash and cook the meat in high temperatures as viruses get killed during the process.
The central Government’s new order easing the sale of poultry is a welcome move, as we can step out to buy our favourite meat and cook with the traditional indian spices while staying indoors with family. Eat Healthy has become the new mantra during this extended lock down.
