100 Ways
to Boost Your
Immune System
Theresa Cheung
Table of Contents
Part One: Understanding Your Immune System
Components of your immune system
Is your immune system in trouble?
Making immune-boosting diet and lifestyle choices
Part Two: 100 Immune System Boosters
Boosting immunity with nutrition
Boosting immunity with lifestyle changes
Boosting immunity with supplements
Boost immunity with a fighting spirit
Part Three: Fighting Infection
Working out your immune system
DIY home remedies for colds and flu
YOUR INVISIBLE ARMY
Without a strong immune system you can’t live younger or longer. Your immune system is your invisible army, working tirelessly around the clock to keep you fit and healthy, and fighting off invasion by foreign organisms that can lead to premature ageing and disease.
A vigorous immune system is vital to good health, both physical and mental. Tiredness, frequent colds and other infections, allergies, mood swings and premature ageing are sure-fire signs of a weakened immune system. Learning how to protect and support your immune system is therefore the most important thing you can do for your health and well-being. Fortunately, there are many ways in which you can strengthen and support your immune system – and keep your troops in peak condition – without resorting to the use of antibiotics.
This book gives you all the advice you need to achieve this healthy state of affairs.
So be good to yourself. Read on to discover everything you need to know to stay free from disease and maximise your potential for high-level health, happiness and vitality.
Drawing on a variety of disciplines in medicine and natural health, each immune booster in this book will provide practical strategies you can use in your daily life to strengthen your resistance to illness. And if you do get sick you’ll find information that will help you get well faster.
Your immune system is a complex interrelated network of organs, blood cells and chemical reactions that are your body’s basic – and mostly highly effective – defence mechanism against invasion from the hordes of bugs (bacteria, viruses, parasites and fungi) that are constantly trying to get inside you.
Every day a healthy body with a fully functioning immune system sees off potentially dangerous organisms that can trigger illness, as well as protecting against quirks in your cellular system that might potentially develop into cancerous growths. If your immune defences are working at their optimum level of efficiency, your health is likely to be good. If, however, you feel under par or constantly unwell, this suggests that your immune system is compromised.
Compromised immunity can leave you vulnerable to premature ageing and disease, and impair your ability to heal properly and live