5 Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System
Anthony Gucciardi
Natural Society
It’s flu season, and even if you don’t fall ill like Piers Morgan after publicly receiving a flu shot from Dr. Oz, you still run the risk of getting sick. Particularly in the colder months, when we are sitting inside more often, our houses are closed up, and we stay in close quarters—it’s the perfect time for illness to thrive. But, when you take precautions to keep your immune system running on high, you can skip the tissues and even natural cold remedies, and coast through winter without a second thought. Here are 5 ways to supercharge and strengthen your immune system.
1. Strengthen Your Immune System - Eliminate Sugar
There are many ways to boost your immune system, but eliminating sugar is one of the first steps. Sugar puts a serious damper on your immune system, in addition to increasing your risk of disease. When the recommended daily sugar intake is 25 grams and a single bottle of Coke contains as much as 60 grams, we know the modern diet is way too immersed in the sweet stuff.
If you want to seriously boost your health and reduce your risk of numerous health issues like obesity and diabetes, seriously consider reducing sugar intake. Opt for a bit of honey or a natural sweetener like Stevia instead.
2. Herbal Teas
Many people get out herbal tea when they are already feeling ill. But many herbs can do wonders for boosting immune function before you’re hit with sickness. Try Echinacea, elderberry, peppermint tea, green tea, and even ginger throughout the day and before going to bed.
3. Green Smoothies and Juicing
Have a produce-packed smoothie once daily to up your overall intake of plant foods and provide a healthy dose of nutrients for your immune system. Include at least one leafy green vegetable (spinach, kale) and one good source of vitamin C (a little orange juice, pineapple, or lime). These aren’t only good for you, they are fun to make.
4. Expose Yourself
When your body is exposed to germs, it learns how to better fight them of and protect itself, ultimately boosting immunity. This is part of the problem with the overabundance of antibacterial soaps, gels, and lotions. Use plain soap and forgo antibacterial gels unless absolutely necessary. Breathe the same air as other people and don’t be afraid to touch a doorknob once in a while. Or, play in the dirt!
Related Read: How to Prevent a Cold
5. Eat Garlic
Garlic is an amazingly wonderful immune-boosting food that no one should ignore. The food has anti-cancer properties, fights inflammation, is great for detoxing, and possesses anti-infection, antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-fungal properties. Don’t just cook with garlic though—eat it raw if you can. Coating it in raw honey can help make the pungent root more palatable.
Do you know about all of these solutions to strengthen your immune system, but never actually partake in them?! In order to stay healthy, you have healthy habits. Tis the season for colds and flu, but you don’t have to be a statistic this year. Eat right, get active, and keep your immune system functioning as it should. If you do get sick, get plenty of rest, drink lots of water, and consume some immune-boosting foods. Lastly, here are 5 foods NOT to eat while sick or battling a cold.
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Don’t forget the most important advice; DO NOT GET A FLU VACCINE.
A recent study showed that this collapses the population of CD8 memory cells, which remember past infections which were similar and activate your immune system immediately should you encounter a similar bug.
Yearly flu vaccinations are progressively destroying the population’s immunity, this is why fatalities this year from the flu are running at 7.8% in the US, whilst the rest of the world is unscathed.
If they try to frighten you with the bogeyman of “The 1918 Flu Pandemic”; just tell them that the deaths which occurred at that time were entirely attributable to the massive doses of the new wonder-drug aspirin which was being given out at the time. Aspirin O/D causes bleeding into the lungs, and lungs which fill with fluid, thus drowning you.
put garlic through a press, or mince finely, spread on a slice of bread with some olive oil, top with chopped parsley and grated parmesan, and voilá! delish!
This article is all sorts of wrong.
One example: Garlic’s antibacterial properties have on been shown to work IN VITRO. That is, OUTSIDE THE BODY.
Well it must work IN VIVO then, right? Wrong. The reason why is complex and I doubt many here would understand. This has been backed up by studies showing that garlic has zero effect. ZERO EFFECT.
In vitro-
we know that Allicin, a sulfur compound that is released when a clove of garlic is cut or crushed or chewed, has antibiotic and antifungal properties. Allicin is what gives garlic that hot spicy taste effect.
In vivo-
As allicin decomposes, another sulfur compound, diallyl disulfide, is produced. Diallyl disulfide increases the production of another substance in your body, GST, that bonds with cellular toxins, thus making Diallyl disulfide (eating garlic) a very effective detoxification agent.
It is well documented in various studies to have shown garlics inherent compounds can help prevent cardiovascular disease, colorectal cancer, destruction of internal worm parasites, ie; ringworm, and destroy H. pylori, a stomach bacterium present in half the population that is linked to ulcers and stomach cancer.
[Pharmaceutical importance of Allium sativum L. 5. Hypolipemic effects in vitro and in vivo].
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15218732
The efficacy of a whole garlic preparation as an antigiardial was noted in an in vivo study (Soffar & Mokhtar, 1991⇓ )
The microaerophilic flagellate Giardia intestinalis: Allium sativum (garlic) is an effective antigiardial
http://mic.sgmjournals.org/content/146/12/3119.full
In vivo and in vitro studies have reported a protective effect of garlic on the liver.
http://www.wassen.com/professionals/rationale/garlic.html
In vivo and in vitro studies have reported a protective effect of garlic on the liver.
http://www.wassen.com/professionals/rationale/garlic.html
Activities of Garlic Oil, Garlic Powder, and Their Diallyl Constituents against Helicobacter pylori
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC101489/
Effects of garlic extract consumption on blood lipid and oxidant/antioxidant parameters in humans with high blood cholesterol
http://www.jnutbio.com/article/S0955-2863(04)00040-3/abstract
Selective effects of diallyl disulfide, a sulfane sulfur precursor, in the liver and Ehrlich ascites tumor cells
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014299907005365
Hydrogen sulfide mediates the vasoactivity of garlic
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2084282/
Includes only actual studies (in-vivo, animal and in-vitro)
http://www.allicinfacts.com/gstudy01a.htm
Diallyl disulphide depletes glutathione in Candida albicans
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2292485/
Garlic Compound Fights Source of Food-Borne Illness Better Than Antibiotics
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120501134203.htm
Antibacterial effect of garlic and omeprazole on Helicobacter pylori
http://jac.oxfordjournals.org/content/43/6/837.full
How Much Garlic Equals an Antibiotic?
http://www.livestrong.com/article/489317-how-much-garlic-equals-an-antibiotic/
Antimicrobial Effect of Garlic (Allium sativum) and Traditional Medicine
http://www.medwelljournals.com/fulltext/?doi=javaa.2010.1.4
Allium sativum: Antibiotic and Immune Properties
http://www.medherb.com/Materia_Medica/Allium_sativum_-_Antibiotic_and_Immune_Properties.htm
Antibacterial activity of allicin from Allium sativum against antibiotic resistant uropathogens
http://www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-infectious-diseases/volume-8-number-1/antibacterial-activity-of-allicin-from-allium-sativum-against-antibiotic-resistant-uropathogens.html
Get Vitamin 5000 iu’s per day is the best thing to do, especially when sunlight is poor in winter months, in summer get out and get some sunshine – makes vitamin D naturally.
An important one is exercise. Getting more exercise will make you less likely to get sick. I’ve experienced that myself.