How can I boost my immune system?

Question

I eat plenty of fruit & veg, drink lots of water, get loads of sleep and exercise regularly, but I still seem to catch colds all the time.

How can I boost my immune system?

Answer 1

Echinacea is good to boost the immune system.

Answer 2

There are some foods that help boost your immune system. I see a commercial for some yogurt drink all the time. Eating right and exercising is always good. You can also find immune boosters over in the health department of Walmart. Good luck.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You can't really do much more than the healthy lifestyle you already seem to be pursuing. It might help you to know that the AVERAGE person gets 7 viral respiratory illnesses a year, which is one every 7 weeks! Of course if you google ' boost immune system ' you will get 1,950,000 sites who will sell you something! ( I checked.)

Answer 5

Echinacea It's wonderful. It will ward off al types of common illnesses. Make sure that you do not take it all the time or your body will become immune, Best to take it if you are surrounded by people who have colds etc so that you don't catch it, or even if you start to feel poorly yourself.

Answer 6

that means you don't have enough dosage in the body. how much fruit and veggie you eat per meal, how many glasses of water per day (should be 8!!!), how many hours of sleep (at least 8 hours!!!), how long is your exercise regimen... if you do still catch colds, you drink extra water and don't vitamin C - high in anti-oxidant.
also have you not considered taking food supplement to boost up what your body lacks?

Answer 7

For a variety of ideas, on your yahoo/answers page in the search box type, boost immune system, click search.

Answer 8

If you are getting frequent spells of cold you have to check blood for TC,DC and E.S.R.It may be due to Eosinophelia.Cheap medicines are available.Practical ways to avoid cold is donot go out in extreme cold(winter) even with woollen coat etc.If the area you are staying is highly humid,change to a less humid location.Vitamin -c (Celin 500)will be helpful.

Answer 9

I am sorry you "catch" colds often. I applaud you for being proactive in trying to win this battle, continue doing what you are doing. Here are a few other suggestions that will help prevent you from catching a cold, and make the things you are already doing more effective.

1) Receiving a Regular Body Cleansing.

Most people today have excess accumulation of toxins and waste material in their bodies causing their body to be acidic and adding stress to their immune system function. The two main reasons for this is
1) People are putting huge amounts of toxins (mostly unknowingly) in their bodies on a regular basis and
2) their elimination channels are clogged, slow or sluggish.
3) toxins like "junk" food, medications(drugs), sugars, excess alcohol, allergens all stress your immune system, thus making it weak and unable to fight the germs when exposed to them.
Body cleansing is essential because our bodies need to properly eliminate the toxic build up that has formed in our intestines (colon), which may lead to sickness and disease. Our body organs and tissues must be free of toxins for the immune system to function optimally thus enabling our bodies to receive the essential nutrients our bodies need.


2) Eliminate all sugar and allergens from your diet.
Just a small amount of sugar has been proven to impair white blood cells up to 50% for very short periods of time. By discovering what our personal food allergies are, then eliminating or desensitizing them will help strengthen your immune system. By removing these triggers, our immune cells are strengthened in order to combat other invaders such as influenza rather than the allergen. The elimination of sugar from your diet can also strengthen immune system.

3) Keep eating nutritiously
Good foods to eat include organic fruits and vegetables, chloretta, medicinal mushrooms like maitake, shiitake, reishi, or turkey tail. Besides water, wheatgrass juice, aloe vera juice, or green tea are good drinks. My favorite is MonaVie juice.

4) Take supplements
Supplements are needed because our bodies can not produce the nutrients necessary to maintain optimum health. There are many nutrients needed in order to maintain a strong immune system. It is very challenging in the world we live in to obtain sufficient nutrition with the foods available to us. They are over processed and void of many essential nutrients. Additionally, food is grown in soils that have been over-planted and saturated with synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Vitamin and mineral deficiency subjects us to more diseases, aging, sickness, and the weakening of our immune system.

Best herbs include echinacea, goldenseal, garlic, olive leaf extract, elderberry, or astragalus.

Best vitamins include Vitamin A, C, or E. These are a good source of antioxidants, which will boost your immune system.
The minerals zinc and selenium also help with boosting your immune system.

5) Keep practicing good personal hygiene care, wash your hands!

As you can see, there is no one magic cure, one supplement, or one way to boost your immune system.

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Answer 10

I thought I read somewhere that orange juice boosts your immune system.