2022 was recorded as the third-hottest summer in the USA and the met office has predicted that 2023 is going to be hotter. Hence before the summer comes, you need to prepare yourself to beat the summer heat. A high-quality immune support drink can help you in this regard, and here are the details on why you need it, how it helps you, and what ingredients should be there in those drinks.
The first thing to know is what exactly is an immunity-boosting drink. Simply put, this is a drink that has certain ingredients in the right balance that provide proper nutrients, minerals, and vitamins to your body. These ingredients take care of your body’s immune cells which in turn protect the body from any kind of foreign harmful bodies. Here are some more benefits of taking an immunity-boosting drink every day during summer.
- It speeds up the healing process by boosting your immune system
- Combats the loss of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that happen during the summer heat by providing them in adequate amount
- Increases the energy level in the body making you more active even during peak summer heat
- Also keeps your body weight in check and helps you in managing your sugar level, cholesterol level, etc. In young people, it helps in their growth and also helps the digestion system
The next point to note is which ingredients are often considered to be immunity boosters and hence should be there in your drink. Here are two of them.
Turmeric
It is one of the best ingredients in an immunity-boosting drink because it has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. For centuries, people in the Indian subcontinent and other parts of the country have been using turmeric in their homemade drink recipes like turmeric milk. It is also getting quite popular in the US with variations like Turmeric almond milk which is a great vegan immunity-boosting drink. Another great property of turmeric is that it has curcumin which is known for fighting cancer. It also helps in improving metabolism and controlling blood pressure apart from helping with your immunity system.
Green tea
Any good high-quality immunity support drink should have green tea in it. Though both green tea and black tea have flavonoids, an antioxidant, it gets stripped down in black tea during the manufacturing process. But in green tea, which is steamed, this antioxidant along with epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) is retained. Plus, green tea has L-theanine which is thought to help T-cells boost its germ-fighting compound.