Reduce sinus infection risks by consuming more fruits and vegetables

A recent news article by David Liu reflects the importance of having more greens and fruits in our daily diet. Excerpts of the article as follows:

[ Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine researchers (BUSM)

found that eating at least seven servings of fruit and vegetables daily

moderately reduced the risk of an upper respiratory tract infection or

URTI.

The study of more than 1,000 pregnant women published in the journal

Public Health Nutrition showed that those who ate the most fruit and

vegetables were 26 percent less likely to have URTI than those who ate

the least amount.

But eating fruit or vegetables alone was not associated with reducing

the five-month risk of URTI. Women who were in the highest quartile of

fruit and vegetable intake were at reduced three-month risk than the

five month risk of URTI.

URTIs are the common cold and sinus infections that can lead to lower

respiratory conditions such as asthma or pneumonia. The majority of

affected people recovered without medical intervention.

Eating fruits and vegetables are known to boost immunity, but it has

not been known that eating fruit and vegetables may reduce the risk of

URTI in pregnant women.

It's recommended that pregnant women should consume at least five

servings of fruit and vegetables each day. But the current study

suggests that only as higher levels of consumption of fruit and

vegetables as 6.7 servings ]

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