Your immune system is responsible for helping fight off everything from the common cold to cancer. Send in some reinforcements so it doesn't get battle fatigue. Here are four foods your immune system loves.

Oranges, yogurt, tea, and pumpkin seeds are the order of the day when it comes to giving your immune system a treat. Here's how these four superfoods help: oranges are chock-full of vitamin C, an antioxidant vitamin that helps your immune system fend off disease-causing invaders. Other good C options: bell peppers, strawberries, cantaloupe, and broccoli. Or take 400 milligrams of vitamin C three times daily.

Yogurt (unpasteurized) contains a healthy bacterium that helps reduce fungus-related infections. Tea is full of flavonoids, powerful vitamin-like substances that reduce immune-system aging. You'll also find them in oats, onions, broccoli, tomatoes, apples, and berries. Pumpkin seeds are great year round, because they contain zinc - a nutrient that's been shown to help reduce the average length of the common cold.

 

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