Posts Tagged ‘boost immune system’

Keep Strong Through Cold and Flu Season

Oct 1 |00:00

Although a healthy diet and exercise are important all year round, there are a few tricks to follow in the Fall and Winter to keep you and your family healthy.

What to avoid

Diet is the easiest and probably most effective way to keep your immune system strong and similarly an unhealthy diet can make you more prone to catching a cold. Although anything in moderation is acceptable there are a few things that should be cut back or avoided.

  • Minimize your caffeine intake. Caffeine causes dehydration and depletes the level of minerals and vitamins in the body.
  • Cut out or reduce alcohol consumption. Alcohol has the same effect as caffeine on the body and should be avoided to strengthen the immune system.
  • Eat less sugar. A high sugar diet adversely affects your immune system and can drain you of the energy needed to fight a cold. Sugar leaves you more vulnerable to infections because it inhibits the white blood cells ability to fight bacteria.

Food to make you stronger

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Fight the Good Fight

Sep 1 |00:00

The immune system is an amazing defense mechanism that works on two fronts – defense and offense – to keep you healthy.

On the front line of defense, your body works to resist or attack bacteria or viruses that try to invade your body. Protection can be as simple as the cilia (tiny hairs) inside nostrils and ears that screen out germs. Or it can be as complex as skin secreting acidic oils that prevent the build-up of illness-causing bacteria.
Internally, stomach acids, tears and saliva all contain enzymes that destroy bacteria.

If a germ or virus does manage to break through the first barrier, the body launches into attack mode with the release of antibodies that target the invader. Your body determines which antibodies it will use depending on the type of germ it’s trying to kill.
In fact, humans are capable of releasing more than 100 billion types of antibodies. And your system also has a great memory – once you’ve had a germ, the immune system remembers which antibody it sent



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