{"id":75101,"date":"2020-05-21T16:23:30","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/?p=75101"},"modified":"2020-05-21T16:23:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T16:23:30","slug":"15-indigenous-crops-boost-your-immune-system-and-celebrate-biodiversity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/organicconsumers.org\/15-indigenous-crops-boost-your-immune-system-and-celebrate-biodiversity\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Indigenous Crops to Boost Your Immune System and Celebrate Biodiversity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">This Friday, May 22, marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. Every year, the United Nations uses this day as an opportunity both to celebrate the Earth\u2019s stunning biodiversity and to recognize our task to protect it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Unfortunately, due to biodiversity loss from industrialization and unsustainable land use, the planet\u2019s health is threatened. Nearly a quarter of wild food species\u2014plant and animal\u2014are decreasing in abundance,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fao.org\/state-of-biodiversity-for-food-agriculture\/en\/\">according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization<\/a>. Biodiversity is not only important for the planet\u2014but it\u2019s important for human health, too. Eating a range of fresh fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can help immune systems by providing the full range of nutrients, from vitamins C and D to zinc and iron. And COVID-19 is revealing the urgency of improving immunity\u2014and the power of food to protect us.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a range of vitamins, of flavanols, of minerals that have been looked at, that we know improve the immune system function. \u2026 Several specific nutrients seem to have activity against COVID-19-specific proteins,\u201d Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and the dean of the Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/foodtank.com\/news\/2020\/05\/new-on-the-podcast-dr-dariush-mozaffarian-on-creating-healthier-american-diets-and-nutrition-programs\/\">told me on Food Talk Live this week<\/a>. \u201cWhat\u2019s really interesting, beyond the general immune-boosting effects and the COVID-specific protein effects, many of these same nutrients or other nutrients blunt or soften this excessive inflammatory response that\u2019s really what\u2019s causing deaths in COVID.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">This Friday, May 22, marks the International Day for Biological Diversity. 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