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8 Jan 2026 · 2 min

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YouTube clip (Ana‑Maria Temple, MD) highlighting immune-supporting foods available at Costco and practical ways to serve them to children. Key claims: wild blueberries are frozen immediately and "two times richer in antioxidants" than regular organic frozen blueberries and contain more vitamin C and polyphenols; organic bone broth (simple ingredients) aids gut healing; mandarin oranges and red/orange peppers are easy vitamin C sources for kids; smoked salmon supplies omega‑3s and vitamin D; sauerkraut provides probiotics/pre-/postbiotics as a dairy-free alternative; chia seeds supply ~10 g fiber per serving. The speaker emphasizes gut health ("60–80% of the immune system resides in the gut") and pairing probiotics with adequate dietary fiber.

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January 8, 2026.

10 grams of fiber per serving.

Wild blueberries are stated to be "two times richer in antioxidants" than regular organic frozen blueberries.

She states that 60 to 80% of the immune system resides in the gut.

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Immune system must haves at Costco, wild blueberries outperform fresh organic blueberries and frozen organic blueberries in nutrition and antioxidant capacity. They're two times richer in antioxidants than regular organic frozen blueberries. Wild blueberries are frozen immediately upon harvesting, which makes them contain more vitamin C and polyphenols than fresh organic blueberries. Wow. Check this out. Organic bone broth with simple ingredients including ginger and turmeric. Powerful for the immune system. If your child is too selective for this, you can just get this. Bone broth is just three ingredients, water, chicken and carrots. You can do it for sipping or put it as basic soups or stews. Bone broth is amazing for healing the gut lining and helping the immune system. An easy immune boost is mandarin oranges in lunchboxes. Red and orange peppers are one of the highest foods in vitamin C and these are great for little hands and lunchboxes. I know that they're not organic, but organic and non organic peppers have the same amount of vitamin C and cost is an issue. Non organic peppers are better than no peppers at all. No smoked salmon is an amazing food. It's powerful omega 3s and vitamin D. It is great for babies, for finger foods on toast or next to eggs for powerful breakfast before school mornings. So many people spend money on probiotic. You can get your probiotics from sauerkraut, which is a great prebiotic and postbiotic and it's better than yogurt but doesn't contain dairy. Dairy, nocice thick and mucus. During this time of year, start feeding sauerkraut to babies, children, toddlers. You could even put sauerkraut juice and ketchup. They won't even know to mask the taste and help their gut. Binder. Chia seeds at 10 grams of fiber per serving is amazing for the immune system. Remember, 60 to 80% of the immune system resides in the gut. We have to feed a proper fiber for it to work. If you're taking probiotics, they're not going to work unless you have enough fiber in your diet.