5 foods to naturally support your immune response

Now more than ever it is important to be looking at ways to support your body in its ability to defend and recover against the invasion of pathogens. Our immune response, known as our Wei-qi in Chinese Medicine, is the first line of defense when fighting viruses and infections. Scroll through the following foods that can help support the body's immune response by nourishing our Wei-qi so that it has the optimal ability to fight off and clear pathogens at the early stages of a cold. Along with supporting our body with healing foods such as these, at the first sign of illness, it is also important to ensure we take time to rest, drink optimal amounts of water and focus on warm easy digestible foods like broths and soups, check out one of our previous blogs for two of our easy soups for supporting your immune system.