food that increase white blood cells?


Question:
which food items help us in increasing number of white blood cells (WBCs) in our blood?

Answers:
Including lots of yogurt that contains live active cultures of Lactobacillus Bulgaricus and Strepococcus thermophilus. Some other specific foods to include are garlic, foods high in zinc such as oysters, pot roast, dark meat turkey and pumpkin and squash seeds (or make sure her multi vitamin contains zinc), and shitake mushrooms. These mushrooms may not be to appealing so try pureeing them to add to spaghetti sauce, or chop them fine and add to a meatloaf. Other immune boosting foods are fruits and vegetables. They may not increase white cell count, but they will make the white cells stronger.

The best choices are the deep green and orange ones like spinach and carrots, melon and oranges.

Too much fat, particularly polyunsaturated vegetables oils, adversely effect immune system strength. On the other hand, fish oil can boost it.

Try cooking together some dark meat turkey with carrots and garlic. Serve a cup of yogurt with pureed strawberries for desert. Serve it with some tender cooked broccoli florettes or some spinach that has been steamed with fresh garlic and a little water, (the garlic will need to cook longer than the spinach so give that a head start). then pureed in a blender. Stir in some warm whole milk to make a creamed soup out of it. Make a moist meatloaf that includes lots of chopped garlic, pureed shitake mushroom, and shredded carrots and onions. Serve with mashed potatoes that have been mixed with plain yogurt.

It should not exceed more than 100% nutrient. Giving more than the RDI can result in her ingesting toxic levels.

One of the long term effects of a low white blood count can be a higher incidence of illness. Speak to your doctor to find out other medical ramifications of the problem. You may also benefit from talking to a clinical, pediatric, registered dietitian. Your local hospital should be able to help you locate one, or you could email the American Dietetic Association at hotline@eatright.org and ask them to send to you a list of registered.
Hoping that you will be able to manage it!
anything with iron, watchout though the first few days n your shyt will be green, lol


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