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Why A Vegetarian Diet is Immune Boosting By Carol M. Quigless Proper vegetarian diet will offer greater immunity because it is high in the carotenes, particularly beta carotene. The more beta carotene, the more protected the immune cells will be. A proper vegetarian diet is one comprised of plentiful vegetables, sea vegetables and fruits (60%), whole grains (20%), nuts and legumes (15%), and unrefined fats and fermented foods such as miso, organic apple cider vinegar (5%). A proper vegetarian diet excludes white sugar or other highly refined sweeteners, white flour or other highly refined grains, polyunsaturated fats such as corn oil, safflower oil and sunflower oil, and regular table salt. So, you won’t get the great benefits of a vegetarian diets eating Twinkies, donuts and French fries! A University of Arizona study found that a vegetarian diet high in beta carotene increases the number of immune cells, including natural killer cells, and boosts activation of T-Cells. Additionally, a study at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg found that vegetarians’ white cells were twice as deadly against tumor cells than those of carnivores. Vegetarians needed one-half as many white cells as carnivores for protections. The study also showed that there were much higher levels of beta carotene in the vegetarians’ blood. Carnivores will probably gripe at this news. However, studies show that saturated fat in meat tends to contribute to inflammatory disease, cardio-vascular disease and degenerative disease. Meat also tends to contribute to high blood pressure and increases demand for minerals. Even increasing vegetables and fruits while eating meat does not lend the same immune protection as a proper vegetarian diet. |
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