Dip apples in peanut butter
Just 2 Tbs. of the tasty treat delivers 49 mg of magnesium. That's key since the mineral is crucial for optimal function of virus-fighting T cells and natural killer cells, say experts at Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. And in a Frontiers in Nutrition study, people whose diets were high in magnesium were 68% less likely to suffer from COVID complications than their low-magnesium counterparts. Other foods that pack a payload of magnesium: peanuts, almonds, cashews, potatoes and pumpkin seeds.
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