Strengthen your Immune System

Strengthen your Immune System

The key to staying healthy is by strengthening your immune system to fight off bugs that you come in contact with. Germs are everywhere! You cannot dodge them forever, so in the mean time put the following tips into use and help prevent and lower the odds of illness!

1. Get a massage.  Massage lowers the levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which destroys immune cells. It only takes a 20-minute weekly massage to help boost your body’s first line of defense with the help of natural killer cells.
 

2. Start taking Vitamins C and E. I am sure you have probably heard that vitamin C helps you get over a cold faster, but it is honestly more effective if you also get plentiful sources of vitamin E as well. Vitamin E helps white blood cells be more efficient at fighting off infection.

3. Laugh a little. A good laugh increases the amount of germ fighting cells throughout your body. Laughter helps lower cortisol levels and releases endorphins, which are feel good chemicals that trigger immune cells.

 4. Get your groove on. Most forms of exercise in moderation enhance the functioning of the immune system. Dancing also helps reduce stress levels and increase endorphins as well as boost the amount of the antibody immunoglobulin.

 5. Get it on, or in other words, make whoopee! Researchers have found that people who had sex once or twice a week had 30% higher levels of the antibody immunoglobulin than those who had sex less often. Sex also helps release mood enhancing chemicals, which rouse the immune system.

As well as the above tips, the following are other ways in which you can enhance the function of your immune system.

1. Drink green tea. Its antioxidants help heal infections.

2. Eat dark chocolate. The antioxidants in cocoa keep immune cells working properly.

3. Eat shiitake mushrooms. Lentinan, a carbohydrate found in these shrooms helps boost immune system cells response to infection.

4. Eat greens. They are loaded with zinc, which helps white blood cells function properly.

5. Eat garlic. Using garlic regularly can help prevent and even reduce the severity of common infections.

6. Eat apples. Their antioxidants help prevent colds.

Stay healthy year round and always practice germ-fighting techniques!

The Team at i-Supplements.com

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