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The Immune System And How To Enhance Its Function
Immune system Basics
Your body immune system is likened to a defense system - with a central command and active soldiers.
Its main function is vital - keeping you alive and even more than that - its keeping you well and free of pains. It helps you heal - from infection or from a swipe by a tiger - and has been protecting humans since the days of the cave man. The latter's immune system rushed in to heal the open wound and the potential infection after that. Newer problems that an immune system faces are modern diseases like diabetes, hypertension, all kinds of cancer - lung, breast, colon etc. and includes HIV and aids which directly affect and attack the immune system.
Immune functions and dysfunctions - a balancing act
The immune system physically is made up of a vast network of specialized cells and organs including your lymphatic system, liver, thymus gland, spleen and bone marrow
Its function starts from the first cry of the infant baby as it comes into the world. Your immunity is the one thing that keeps you alive on a minute to minute basis. The last breath a person take could also be the due to the collapse of the immune cells, if for instance he succumbs to cancer or Aids or pneumonia. The immune system is under constant stress and needs your care.
Enhancing and boosting the Immune system
So what are some of the ways to keep the immune system humming along and working efficiently?
Here are some tips for a healthy immune functioning and well being.
Have sufficient sleep and rest
Manage your stress. Stress robs you of vitality
Exercise for at least 3 times per week.
Eat plenty of fruits and vegtables and High quality Protein foods
Take supplements (vitamins, herbs, homeopathy regimens)
Among the popular ways to strengthen the immune system is the use of food supplements.
Supplements like colostrum and transfer factor are examples of supplements which help support the immune system. The reason is the human immune system is not as robust compared with other creatures - for example cows - therefore these are supplements such as these help.
Herbal remedies are also useful. Folk wisdom teaches us to consume plants and herbs either as a supplement or when we're feeling under the weather - the well known ones being Astragalus, Cat's Claw, Echinacea, Elderberry and Ginseng.
Experts recommend avoiding certain activities - like smoking, working late into the night, consuming (drinks) with high sugar, and living a sedentary life.
Take the steps now to take care of your immune system which will take care of your health for the rest of your life.
