Foods that can worsen your immunity and make you more prone to COVID 19

Dhwani Vora | Mar 19, 2020, 10:29 IST
We're all in the fear of the whole coronavirus outbreak and the panic only seems to be rising with each day as COVID-19 refuses to remain contained. There is actually no cure for this disease and the scientists are only caught up trying to figure our an antiviral or a vaccine for the same. Although, in the midst of this chaos, people are doing everything that they can to save themselves from this scary virus. Peole have been consuming anything and everything with a thought of improving their immune system in these difficult times as boosting the system means you'll be able to fight the virus and protect yourself. But eating anything and everything won't help. There are foods that can actually weaken your immune system which can make you more prone to coronavirus.

Sugar - Beverages and food items that contain artificial sugar or added sugar can harm your diet but aside from this, it can also have a really long-lasting impact on your metabolism and your immune system which can in turn make you prone to coronavirus.

Alcohol - A lot of people think consuming alcohol will strengthen the immune system but instead, overdoing it will only worsen it. Alcohol can mess up with the natural body functions and weaken your immunity.

Fast food - Unhealthy fat food items can harm your system and have side effects on your health. Anything ranging from pizzas to burgers if eaten on a regular basis can weaken your immune system.

Caffeine - One cup of coffee a day is fine, but regular consumption of the same can mess up with your hormones and weaken your immunity. So many sure you're keeping caffeine to bare minimum.

Processed foods - Any kind of processed food items contain refined ingredients and artificial compounds and chemicals which has the ability to ruin our health by weakening our immune system.
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