What are some good ways to boost our immune system??
Question: My daughter (4) is always sick with something (cold, flu, ear infections, throat infections etc). Before I had her, I never really got colds but now I am getting sick all the time. We both take vitamins and fish oil daily. I take extra C and B vitamins occassionally. Someone on Y.A mentioned Honey to help immunity, would that be the same effectiveness as Bee Pollen capsules? I really want my daughter and I to have more energy and a stronger immune system, especially since I'm going back to college full time soon and can't miss any days.
Please recommend something. Thanks
Answers: Your daughter will develop a stronger immune system by catching colds and other childhood illnesses. She needs to get in the habit of covering sneezes and coughs with her arm (not her hand) and washing her hands often so that she won't pass things on to you.
You'll catch fewer colds if you keep your hands away from your face and wash your hands frequently-- also clean telephone receivers and doorknobs.
Exercise, plenty of rest, a healthy diet, and a high quality multi-vitamin should keep you strong. Also, both of you should get a flu shot this fall.
To boost one's immune system, one must be physically active, has enough sleep, and avoids stress. I guess you should often take your daughter to a playground or a park. Instead of watching TV, you rather bring her to bed.
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orange juice
The other answers about excercise are good, but if you're looking for something a little easier echinasea in the key. You can pick it up at any drug store. You have to cycle it though because you can develop and immunity to it. You only need to take it when you feel that there is a potential that you are starting to feel sick. It works miracles in very short periods of time and is very effective. If possible, try to get it in liquid form as appose to the capsules.
I think is dangerous give pill to a 4 years old, you can have the same with a healthy food ,like fruit,fish,vegetables ,nuts,and juices.
My opinion is that you inmune system fall when there is something wrong inside. I don't want to scare you but hink in it, maybe she is with some fear.
The best is go to an homeopath, but please, don't give pill to your child, gives good quality of food,exercise,good rest and lots of love!!!. She will be fine!!!
Good luck!!!
The best way is stay in good condition which means exercise daily, keep your weight under control, get plenty of sleep, and eat well. No herbal remedies will improve your immune system, they will just waste your money.
Alternative Medicine: Try Hypnosis / hypnotherapy. This is a good way to boost your immune system, & it is very safe &healthy ! Massage work & Reiki Treatments as well.
You can try Immune or OPC
Also think...
1. How do you decide what supplements to take for your body? We are all very different individuals.
2. How do you know how much you are taking is actually absorbed by your body?
Colds and flu symptoms will lessen if you take LOCAL honey. This will help your body develop immunities to air born irritants around you. Echanacea is a good immunity booster but you can only take it sporadically. When you feel like you're coming down with something, that's when you pour on the echanacea. They have liquid for children with an eyedropper in the bottle. You can get it at the health food store. Bee pollen capsules are NOT LOCAL honey. You need to develop immunities to the stuff around you. The honey has these things in it because the bees gather the pollen on their legs as they go from flower to flower. The flowers catch whatever is in the air so bee pollen from who knows where is not gonna cut it. Of course, you should eat right, drink juice and water, and get into a regular sleep pattern. This worked for me when my kids were in school and bringing home everyone else's illnesses.
To boost your immune system do as many of the following list as possible....
1) keep practicing good personal hygiene care, wash your hands! The great plague of 1918 could have been avoided by practicing good personal hygiene.
2) get plenty of rest. During deep sleep, our body release potent immune-enhancing substances that strengthen your immune system function. By not allowing our body sufficient rest, the immune system will sputter, and as a result, not function at full capacity. We then are more likely to become ill with common illnesses. A healthy, deep sleep allows our body to release a significant amount of growth hormone that boost the immune system and aids in the growth and repair of the body.
3) get moderate and regular exercise
An increase in blood flow associated with moderate exercise helps to circulate antibodies along with white blood cells necessary to fight infection more quickly. As a result, this provides our bodies with an early warning system to ward off potentially damaging germs. In addition, the increase in body temperature as a result of physical activity may aid in inhibiting the growth of bacteria; thus allowing the body to fight infection more effectively.
4) Receiving a Regular Body Cleansing.
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.
5) Boost immune system by drinking plenty of filtered water.
Water is essential for all living things and keeps our immune system operating optimally while improving the way we feel, look and live. Without sufficient amounts of water, you may experience routine fatigue, dry skin, headaches, constipation, and a decrease normal bodily function which may lead to your body unable to fight off diseases. Without water we would literally dehydrate which could result in the shutting down of vital organs and ultimately end in death.
6) 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.
7) Eat 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.
8) 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.
As you can see, there is no one magic cure, one supplement, or one way to boost your immune system, but there are many things you can do to reduce the risk of getting sick.
More details can be found at the website in the source box.
There are many natural immune system enhancers available in health food stores. Some great ones are plant extracts:
1. Olive leaf extract
2. Pycnogynol (pine bark extract)
3. Echinacea (liquid extract is best)
4. Goldenseal
This is just a partial list. There are also some great plant foods that help strengthen the immune system:
1. Spirulina & Chlorella
2. Maca root
3. Dulce, Kelp and other sea vegetables
4. Dark green leafy vegetables
The easiest way to get all this is with a powdered formula, called a green superfood drink. Some links are listed below for some trustworthy products. Another I could not find a link to is called Miracle Green. I've also listed a couple of articles, including my own on the subject (and I'll be doing more on this). Anyway, find a good green drink and add one or more of the extracts from the first list and you'll be in great shape.
Please recommend something. Thanks
Answers: Your daughter will develop a stronger immune system by catching colds and other childhood illnesses. She needs to get in the habit of covering sneezes and coughs with her arm (not her hand) and washing her hands often so that she won't pass things on to you.
You'll catch fewer colds if you keep your hands away from your face and wash your hands frequently-- also clean telephone receivers and doorknobs.
Exercise, plenty of rest, a healthy diet, and a high quality multi-vitamin should keep you strong. Also, both of you should get a flu shot this fall.
To boost one's immune system, one must be physically active, has enough sleep, and avoids stress. I guess you should often take your daughter to a playground or a park. Instead of watching TV, you rather bring her to bed.
nsc 24 beta-glucan
orange juice
The other answers about excercise are good, but if you're looking for something a little easier echinasea in the key. You can pick it up at any drug store. You have to cycle it though because you can develop and immunity to it. You only need to take it when you feel that there is a potential that you are starting to feel sick. It works miracles in very short periods of time and is very effective. If possible, try to get it in liquid form as appose to the capsules.
I think is dangerous give pill to a 4 years old, you can have the same with a healthy food ,like fruit,fish,vegetables ,nuts,and juices.
My opinion is that you inmune system fall when there is something wrong inside. I don't want to scare you but hink in it, maybe she is with some fear.
The best is go to an homeopath, but please, don't give pill to your child, gives good quality of food,exercise,good rest and lots of love!!!. She will be fine!!!
Good luck!!!
The best way is stay in good condition which means exercise daily, keep your weight under control, get plenty of sleep, and eat well. No herbal remedies will improve your immune system, they will just waste your money.
Alternative Medicine: Try Hypnosis / hypnotherapy. This is a good way to boost your immune system, & it is very safe &healthy ! Massage work & Reiki Treatments as well.
You can try Immune or OPC
Also think...
1. How do you decide what supplements to take for your body? We are all very different individuals.
2. How do you know how much you are taking is actually absorbed by your body?
Colds and flu symptoms will lessen if you take LOCAL honey. This will help your body develop immunities to air born irritants around you. Echanacea is a good immunity booster but you can only take it sporadically. When you feel like you're coming down with something, that's when you pour on the echanacea. They have liquid for children with an eyedropper in the bottle. You can get it at the health food store. Bee pollen capsules are NOT LOCAL honey. You need to develop immunities to the stuff around you. The honey has these things in it because the bees gather the pollen on their legs as they go from flower to flower. The flowers catch whatever is in the air so bee pollen from who knows where is not gonna cut it. Of course, you should eat right, drink juice and water, and get into a regular sleep pattern. This worked for me when my kids were in school and bringing home everyone else's illnesses.
To boost your immune system do as many of the following list as possible....
1) keep practicing good personal hygiene care, wash your hands! The great plague of 1918 could have been avoided by practicing good personal hygiene.
2) get plenty of rest. During deep sleep, our body release potent immune-enhancing substances that strengthen your immune system function. By not allowing our body sufficient rest, the immune system will sputter, and as a result, not function at full capacity. We then are more likely to become ill with common illnesses. A healthy, deep sleep allows our body to release a significant amount of growth hormone that boost the immune system and aids in the growth and repair of the body.
3) get moderate and regular exercise
An increase in blood flow associated with moderate exercise helps to circulate antibodies along with white blood cells necessary to fight infection more quickly. As a result, this provides our bodies with an early warning system to ward off potentially damaging germs. In addition, the increase in body temperature as a result of physical activity may aid in inhibiting the growth of bacteria; thus allowing the body to fight infection more effectively.
4) Receiving a Regular Body Cleansing.
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.
5) Boost immune system by drinking plenty of filtered water.
Water is essential for all living things and keeps our immune system operating optimally while improving the way we feel, look and live. Without sufficient amounts of water, you may experience routine fatigue, dry skin, headaches, constipation, and a decrease normal bodily function which may lead to your body unable to fight off diseases. Without water we would literally dehydrate which could result in the shutting down of vital organs and ultimately end in death.
6) 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.
7) Eat 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.
8) 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.
As you can see, there is no one magic cure, one supplement, or one way to boost your immune system, but there are many things you can do to reduce the risk of getting sick.
More details can be found at the website in the source box.
There are many natural immune system enhancers available in health food stores. Some great ones are plant extracts:
1. Olive leaf extract
2. Pycnogynol (pine bark extract)
3. Echinacea (liquid extract is best)
4. Goldenseal
This is just a partial list. There are also some great plant foods that help strengthen the immune system:
1. Spirulina & Chlorella
2. Maca root
3. Dulce, Kelp and other sea vegetables
4. Dark green leafy vegetables
The easiest way to get all this is with a powdered formula, called a green superfood drink. Some links are listed below for some trustworthy products. Another I could not find a link to is called Miracle Green. I've also listed a couple of articles, including my own on the subject (and I'll be doing more on this). Anyway, find a good green drink and add one or more of the extracts from the first list and you'll be in great shape.
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Probably Whole Foods or Wild Oats. Any large health food store should have this.
You can buy them online at a couple of outfits that sell Chinese Herbs, if you can't find them in a local Chinese herb shop.
See below. Latin name is Glycyrrhizae. Chinese name is Gan Cao.
See below. Latin name is Glycyrrhizae. Chinese name is Gan Cao.
The best sources of zinc are found in:
seafood,
red meat,
offal,
turkey,
cheese,
brewer's yeast,
eggs,
nuts,
wholegrains
and mushrooms.
If you take z
seafood,
red meat,
offal,
turkey,
cheese,
brewer's yeast,
eggs,
nuts,
wholegrains
and mushrooms.
If you take z
Eating any cream based soup is not good during an illness. The milk produces mucus which slows down your system and makes it hrder to get rid of the illness. Besides increasing your snottiness.
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I haven't heard of that. Leukemia is an odd aliment to be worried about. It's not that common. Personally, I'd get leukemia before I'd eat a beansprout. They remind me of teeny-tiny yuppy aliens or so
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