Holistic Preparedness: Strengthen Your Immune System – The 3 Big Vitamins and Minerals
Our immune system is an amazing creation of components that work together to stop disease, infections and foreign substances. A healthy immune system, can determine “self” or foreign objects as, “non-self.” A functioning immune system identifies invading organisms as “non-self” and immediately establishes process to destroy them. If the immune system is depressed, it does not have the capacity to halt the infecting organisms, and they cause infection.
Our immune system has two primary ways to protect our body, known as natural immunity and acquired immunity. When an infecting virus, bacteria or fungus enters, natural immunity is the first reaction to it. It depends upon the physical obstructions and certain white blood cells to halt the entry of invading organisms. Antibodies, a form of protein molecules, are formed in response to particular proteins on the surface of the invaders, known as acquired immunity. This response requires a few days for the body to recognize and produce antibodies. After an antibody is created for a certain invader, our immune system responds much faster and more efficiently the next time the invader enters the body.
We spend billions of dollars each and every year on cold and flu remedies that don’t support the immune system, and primarily suppress symptoms.
Over the counter medications do suppress cold symptoms, the infection doesn’t end until our immune can destroy the infecting germs in sufficient numbers. A healthy immune system is key not only to recovery from viral infections, but also prevents the infection from occurring in the first place.
When the immune system functions is in functioning well, we are much less likely to be infected by the seemingly endless strains of viruses and bacteria we are exposed to on a daily basis.
I believe we should take prospective action to bolster their immune systems. This means reducing negative psychological stress; following a physician-approved, moderate, long-term exercise program; and following a diet and consuming nutrients that have been shown to enhance the immune response and promote health.
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