“What can we do to improve immunity in kids?”
Are there any natural products or home remedies that are proven effective in improving children's immune system?
3 Answers
I don't know of any natural products or home remedies that have consistently been shown to improve a child's immune system but there are some basic time tested practices that have been shown to improve your child's immunity, as follows:
1) A healthy diet filled with lots of fruits and vegetables of all sorts and colors ingested daily.
2) Avoid packaged foods or drinks with sugar, fat and preservatives particularly nitrites and artificial colors.
3) Most children are low in Vitamin D because we live our lives mostly indoors and Vit D comes from exposure to the sun. Low vitamin D decreases immunity. Consume healthy products with added vitamin D such as orange juice or milk and when weather permits get 20 minutes a day of sun without sunscreen (only for those 20 minutes) and expose the face, legs, and arms to the sun between 10AM and 2PM. Your doctor can do a blood test to check for Vit D levels.
4) Eat lots of fish such as salmon but avoid shellfish.
5) Take a chewable multivitamin of choice every day year round.
6) Exercise on a regular basis at least one hour a day five days a week.
7) Get enough sleep! (VERY important for good immunity.
8) Get all vaccines recommended.
9) Eliminate stress at home and at school as much as possible. Happy children have much less illness than unhappy ones.
10) Do not expose to cigarette smoke.
11) Drink plenty of liquids every day.
1) A healthy diet filled with lots of fruits and vegetables of all sorts and colors ingested daily.
2) Avoid packaged foods or drinks with sugar, fat and preservatives particularly nitrites and artificial colors.
3) Most children are low in Vitamin D because we live our lives mostly indoors and Vit D comes from exposure to the sun. Low vitamin D decreases immunity. Consume healthy products with added vitamin D such as orange juice or milk and when weather permits get 20 minutes a day of sun without sunscreen (only for those 20 minutes) and expose the face, legs, and arms to the sun between 10AM and 2PM. Your doctor can do a blood test to check for Vit D levels.
4) Eat lots of fish such as salmon but avoid shellfish.
5) Take a chewable multivitamin of choice every day year round.
6) Exercise on a regular basis at least one hour a day five days a week.
7) Get enough sleep! (VERY important for good immunity.
8) Get all vaccines recommended.
9) Eliminate stress at home and at school as much as possible. Happy children have much less illness than unhappy ones.
10) Do not expose to cigarette smoke.
11) Drink plenty of liquids every day.
Most parents would like to push their children some unity however, there have been no proven methods to do this. Perhaps giving your child a probiotic, vitamins, and fresh fruits and vegetables may help. But again there is no definitive proof that anything works
Probiotics especially culturelle can improve gut immunity. Adding vitamin C to the diet can also improve immunity.
