Infection
The right diet is the key to managing many diseases and to improving general quality of life. For this condition, scientific research has found benefit in the following healthy eating tips.
Elimination Diet
Food allergies can play a role in recurrent infections. An elimination diet may help you discover sensitivities.Elimination DietAllergy, including food allergy, has been suggested to predispose people to recurrent infection,54 and many doctors consider allergy treatment for people with recurrent infections. The links between allergy and ear infections,55,56urinary tract infections in children,57 and yeast vaginitis in women58,59 have been documented.
Eating Healthy
Nutrition contributes to proper immune system function, so support it by restricting sugar, drinking alcohol moderately or not at all, and eating less fat.Eating HealthyNutrition is a major contributor to the functioning of the immune system, which in turn influences whether or not the body is resistant to infection. Specifically, it makes sense to restrict sugar, because sugar interferes with the ability of white blood cells to destroy bacteria.60 Alcohol also interferes with a wide variety of immune defenses,61 and excessive dietary fat reduces natural killer cell activity.62 However, there is no research investigating whether reducing sugar, alcohol, or fat intake decreases the risk of infection or improves healing.