Immunity
Nutrition
Gina Siracusano
It is important to consume nutrients to help your body fight foreign invaders such as bacteria, fungus and viral infections.
Micronutrients that protect your immune system:
🦠 Vitamin A - Decreases respiratory & gut infection. Antioxidant.
🦠 Vitamin C - Wound healing, decreases severity of pneumonia by acting as an antioxidant, is anti-inflammatory & promises immune cell growth.
🦠 Vitamin D - Autoimmune protection, sleep regulation, mental health, lung health, kidney health, anti-inflammatory.
🦠 B Complex - Energy and sleep regulation, skin health, cell protection.
🦠 Iron - Improves aerobic activity & respiration infections, diarrhea, tissue regeneration, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant.
🦠 Zinc - Wound healing, decreased bacterial, fungal and viral infection rate. Improves pneumonia & respiratory conditions. Skin health, cell proliferation, blocks virus attaching to cells.
🦠 Folate - Faster antibody response to illness, immune cell proliferation.
🦠 Magnesium - Prevents recurring infection, improves exercise recovery, DNA protection, antioxidant.
⛑ What does this mean as an athlete? Training with poor nutrition intake will cause increase susceptibility to injury & illness, poor performance, lack of energy, slow healing time, recurring injuries/illness, performance plateau, overtraining & burnout, decreased aerobic capacity & recovery, increased fat gain, muscle atrophy.
VARY YOUR FOODS, EAT THE RAINBOW! 🌈
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