Q I often eat sweets and delivery/instant food. Does this kind of diet affect immunity?
A A diet centered on sweets and refined, processed food can cause blood sugar swings and disrupt nutritional balance, weakening the body's defenses. Filling your diet with protein, zinc, and vitamin D is the basic step toward recovering immunity.
Detailed Answer
Nutritional deficiency and blood sugar dysregulation are major factors that weaken the body's defenses. A diet centered on sweets and refined carbohydrates causes blood sugar to spike and crash sharply, putting strain on the body, and a shortage of protein, zinc, and vitamin D — nutrients important for defense — makes you more vulnerable to infection. Regular meals, plenty of protein and vegetables, and adequate hydration are the basics of recovery.
Our Korean Medicine Clinic's Perspective
In Korean medicine, the digestive system is the key organ system that extracts energy from food. If the digestive and absorptive capacity itself is weak, even good food fails to become material for the body's defenses. That's why, at Dongjedang, before replenishing energy, we first restore a collapsed digestive rhythm so that what you eat can actually become defensive strength.
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