{"id":1160,"date":"2020-04-01T14:08:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:08:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2020-04-01T14:08:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T18:08:35","slug":"immune-system-tips-5-foods-that-weaken-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/immune-system-tips-5-foods-that-weaken-your-immune-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Immune System Tips #5 – Foods That Weaken Your Immune System"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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While there are plenty of foods\nout there that can help boost your immune system, there are also plenty of\nfoods that can hurt your immune system. These foods will negatively affect your\nbody in such a way that your immune system can\u2019t do its job properly, leaving\nyou more prone to infection and more likely to get sick. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By avoiding these foods, you\u2019re going to increase your chances of staying healthy and will also likely lose weight if that\u2019s something you\u2019re after. First, you need to avoid fast food. I know that’s hard to do, as it is so readily available and tastes so good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are a number of problems\nwith fast food, and you should already know that it\u2019s horrible for your body.\nFor one, it\u2019s prepared by someone else behind closed doors, which could mean\nthat they\u2019re not taking the right health precautions and are getting their\ngerms onto your food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some fast food restaurants\nare better than others about this, you never really know how clean they\u2019re\nbeing in the kitchen. Additionally, fast food causes a strange response from\nyour immune system in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By regularly consuming it, your\nbody will go into a sort of panic mode, and careful research has found that\nyour immune system acts as though it\u2019s fighting off a sickness, even though\nyou\u2019re fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This can tire out your immune\nsystem, making it much less effective when an actual virus arrives. Foods that\nare high in sugar are also detrimental to your immune system. This includes\nsodas, desserts, things that have been very processed, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only do these cause you to\ngain weight and increase the risk of heart disease, but they also hold back\nyour immune system. They cause your immune system to essentially slow down so\nthat when you get infected, they don\u2019t have the reactions needed to get it\nunder control fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alcohol is a common problem for many people\u2019s immune systems. While having a beer or two, or a couple of glasses of wine while you\u2019re out with some friends isn\u2019t quite going to shut your immune system down, continuous or frequent drinking will. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is because it messes with your body\u2019s ability to produce the white blood cells that it needs to fend of diseases. It can also mess with your sleep, during which time your body does a lot of behind the scenes work on your immune system. Without that proper preparation, your body won\u2019t be ready when a disease comes around. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you enjoyed this article, please like and share. Feel free to leave a comment. And subscribe to my blog so you’ll be notified of new posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stay safe. Stay home. Wash your hands. Be smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While there are plenty of foods out there that can help boost your immune system, there are also plenty of foods that can hurt your immune system. These foods will negatively affect your body in such a way that your immune system can\u2019t do its job properly, leaving you more prone to infection and more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[26,2,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coronavirus","category-gereral","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/3fdac5a85b61ff146b9ac8cea771174b-scaled.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5EOVe-iI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1160"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1167,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160\/revisions\/1167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lee-cornell.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}