How to Strengthen Immune System
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Immunity is the body's ability to resist, the immune system neutralizes foreign cells, various infections, viruses, and then destroys them. The human’s immune system largely depends on heredity, as it forms in the womb, and the other half depends on our lifestyle. The three factors that save a person’s immunity are healthy sleep, exercise, and a balanced diet. Usually, a person thinks about the role and possibilities of maintaining immunity only during severe cold.
Signs of Immunity Failure
Frequent colds, prolonged fever, chronic fatigue syndrome, pain in the joints and muscles, sleep disturbances, frequent headaches, rashes on the skin - all these are manifestations of disorders in the immune system and are a cause to strengthen the body's defenses and consult a doctor.
You can take immunostimulants to help strengthen it. In order to have the right to prescribe these drugs, the doctor must pre-verify that the standard therapy did not bring the desired effect, study the immunogram of the patient, have a long experience of using immunostimulants, based on the assessment of the long-term effects of the prescribed medication.
According to results, the doctor may prescribe you vitamin therapy in injections and pills, massage, special diet or ozone therapy for immune system.
Protecting our health and strengthening the immune system is important for everyone, especially in the off-season on the eve of spring - this is the time when the body needs additional support. You can restore and maintain your immunity with the help of special immuno-strengthening agents, but there are plenty of additional ways to strengthen the body:
5 Ways To Improve Your Immunity
Horseradish, shrimp, and bay leaf
Nutrition is a good way to protect yourself against viruses and diseases and is the most important factor contributing to the improvement of the body's defenses. The meal should be as rational as possible in quantitative and qualitative terms.
Your menu should contain animal and vegetable proteins. Animal proteins are found in meat, fish, eggs, and milk. Vegetable proteins are found in peas, beans, buckwheat, and oatmeal. Beef liver and seafood - shrimp, mussels, squid also beneficially affects the immune system.
Spices also support our immunity very well. Ginger, barberry, cloves, coriander, cinnamon, basil, cardamom, turmeric, bay leaf, and horseradish should be indispensable in your diet.
Extract vitamins
Vitamins and trace elements are a great way to strengthen the immune system. Their deficiency can be replenished with the help of multivitamin supplements, but in general, it is better to get vitamins and microelements in a natural way.
Vitamins A can be gathered from carrots, grapes, and greens. It is in all red and orange fruits and vegetables. Vitamin C is in citrus, wild rose, cranberries, lingonberries, cabbage, and especially sauerkraut. Vitamin E is in sunflower, olive or corn oil. There are a lot of vitamins of group B in legumes, cereals, eggs, and in any greens and nuts.
Zinc and selenium have a positive effect on our immunity. Zinc is found in fish, meat, liver, nuts, beans, and peas. Selenium is "extracted" from fish, seafood, and garlic.
Smoking and alcohol
Smoking and alcohol does not just damage but kills our immunity. But if everything is simple and unambiguous with tobacco - you need to quit smoking and avoid tobacco smoke, then with alcohol is a different situation. Dry red wine is good for the immunity, but the maximum allowable daily dose is 50-100 grams.
Calm and only calm!
Stress is one of the main enemies of the immune system. The most dangerous is the uncontrolled kind of stress when a person is unable to cope with their emotions. The recipe for getting rid of mental turmoil is only one: to form a calm attitude to everything, whatever happens, and often remind yourself that if you cannot change the situation, take it as a given.
Laugh
If sometimes stress is inevitable, then compensate it with the help of laughter! Laughing affects the body as well as moderate exercise: it lowers the blood pressure, relieves stress and strengthens the immune system. In addition, laughter improves appetite, lowers cholesterol, reduces the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system and diabetes.
