Here is the column of “Apple Healthy Diet“ series by Erica Shinohara, a registered dietitian who raises awareness on “the beauty and the health.”
The 12th column you won’t want to miss focuses on the theme of “Boosting Your Immunity with Delicious Apples,” Delicious Apples,” featuring the various components found in apples and their roles in supporting the immune system.
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The apples are rich in ingredients that help boost the immune system.
Boosting your immune system is essential for maintaining good health,
whether it’s to prevent infectious diseases or manage hay fever.
Let’s eat apples to build a healthy body.
What is Immunity?
The immune system is the body’s mechanism for preventing external agents, such as viruses, from entering the body and for eliminating them. In other words, it is a defense system that protects the body from foreign invaders. As a result, we are less likely to get sick and can maintain good health.
It’s not necessarily true that the stronger your immune system is, the better. Since the immune system can sometimes become overactive and run amok, it’s important
to both fight off external threats and keep it in balance. The compounds found in apples are believed to not only “boost” the immune system but also help “regulate” it.
Dietary Fiber That Supports a Healthy Gut–the Key to a Strong Immune System
The gut environment is so crucial to the immune system that it is often said, “An unbalanced gut means an unbalanced immune system.” It is said that about 70% of the body’s immune cells are found in the gut. To boost your immune system, it’s important to increase the number of good bacteria and improve your gut health. Apples are rich in a type of soluble dietary fiber called “pectin,” which serves as food for beneficial bacteria. That’s why the pectin in apples helps regulate the intestinal environment.
Polyphenols Act as a Brake on an Overactive Immune Response
When it comes to the notable components of apples, polyphenols stand out. Polyphenols are believed to offer a variety of health benefits, and they are also thought to play a role in supporting the immune system.
When foreign invaders enter the body, immune cells release reactive oxygen species to attack them, but if they become too active, they can end up harming the body itself. Therefore, consuming antioxidants–specifically polyphenols–helps curb this runaway activity. In addition, by using antioxidants to neutralize the free radicals generated by oxidative stress, it helps prevent a decline in immune cell function.
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Erika Shinohara Profile
registered dietitian, Vegetable Sommelier Pro, The Board Certification of Therapy Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine
After working at a general hospital and a nephrology and internal medicine clinic, she became independent. Through many years of clinical experience and activities in anti-aging medicine, she specializes in discovering dietary habits that create health and beauty from within the body and disseminating them in an easy-to-understand manner. In addition to providing dietary counseling at medical institutions, she is active in a wide range of activities, including lectures nationwide, seminar lecturers, column writing, media correspondence such as TV, radio, and magazines, and supervising books.
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