It may be surprising but your immune cells are your first line of defense against invading cancer cells just as much as they are against pathogens that cause infection.
So if the warnings about the growing antibiotic resistance and exploding cancer rates concern you as much as they do me, it’s time to get serious…
Instead of worrying, you and I can lessen our odds of falling prey to these dangers by boosting our immune health, starting with the most important meal of the day.
To make a breakfast any champion of health would be proud of, try this super healthy and delicious Immune-boosting breakfast. I came across it on the Bastyr University website. And here’s why I know it works…
Bastyr is a university that offers graduate and undergraduate degrees in science-based natural medicine. So I imagine a lot of research went into every ingredient this special recipe.
Immune-boosting breakfast
- 4 cups rolled oats (see Additional Notes below)
- 2 cups oat bran
- 1⁄2 cup fresh or dried fruit and seeds (i.e. raisins, dates, blueberries, etc., unsulphured only)
- 1 cup sunflower seeds or pumpkin seeds (can be ground)
- 1 cup nuts (begin with walnuts and almonds)
- 1 cup lecithin granules
- 1 cup ground flax seed
- 1 cup milk thistle (silybum marianum seeds)
- 1⁄2 cup chia seeds (optional)
- To taste: spices (Try coriander, fennel, and/or turmeric. Begin with 1 tsp. of each. Experiment with ginger, cinnamon and other herbs/spices.)
- Grind flax seeds and milk thistle seeds (available at health food stores) in a coffee grinder, blender or meat grinder. Next, combine all ingredients and keep in refrigerator.
- Soak for 30 minutes or as long as overnight before eating. Use water, nut milk, rice milk, apple juice, etc. To make your own almond milk, combine ½ cup almonds with 2 cups water in a blender.
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Source: http://www.bastyr.edu/recipes/immune-support-breakfast
