How to Boost Your Immune System
Last Update: June 20, 2018 at 12:00 pm
How to Boost Your Immune System
By Dr Holly
(heard Wednesdays NOON PST on NFTS)
With the fall coming, some people are more susceptible to infections. We all have infections all the time. The air is loaded with all kinds of bacteria and viruses and fungus as is our food. But if we have strong immune systems and a healthy body our bodies take care of these things effectively. Our immune system is a hugely complex system and it needs to operate with balance and effectiveness. Your glutathione helps to promote and regulate your immune system. For instance, if your T1 / T2 balance is out, you are susceptible to many diseases and disorders. So let’s look at what we need to do prepare our bodies for the oncoming winter. Apologies to those down under…ha ha
“Of the at least 877 small-molecule drugs introduced worldwide between 1981 and 2002, the origins of most (61%) can be traced to natural products (Newman and Cragg 2007). Although many synthetic drugs are produced through combinatorial chemistry, plant-based drugs are more suitable, at least in biochemical terms, for human use. Nonetheless, modern medicine has neither held in very high esteem nor encouraged the medicinal use of natural products.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92752/
What destroys your immune system:
- Smoking
- Poor diet
- Lack of exercise
- Overweight
- Poor sleep habits
Okay. So what in your kitchen boosts your immune system:
- Eat a diet that is rich in probiotics:
- pickled and fermented foods
- kombucha, sauerkraut, kefir, kimchi,
- cukes, onions, garlic, beets, asparagus, ginger, carrots, green beans, cauliflower, okra – we didn’t like that
- ones we were going to try to do this year:
- watermelon rinds
- figs
- pears
- pineapple
- avocados
- as well as foods like cabbage or cheeses like Gouda, mozzarella and cottage cheese
- Eat a diet that is rich in whole real, non-GMO fruits and vegetables
- don’t forget real chocolate is a fruit and one that has healthy probiotics
- Olives cured in brine
- Eat good healthy fats, i.e., nuts and seeds and avocados
- A clove of garlic a day – over 150 known compounds including 17 amino acids and a 33 known sulfuric compounds – smash don’t cut; swallow don’t chew
- Add ginger (over 115 compounds) and turmeric (more than 100 compounds) – be careful to get a good grade because 80% of the worlds sources of turmeric are toxic. Sevanti is a good product. Add them to food preparations
- Bell peppers are great to add to salads and stir fry’s and has lycopene’s, carotenes and zeaxanthin
- Drink a good Echinacea tea – or extract – Augustofolia as opposed to purpurea or pallida
- Herbs like Urtica diocia or Astragalus (polysaccharides, saponins and flavonoids) are great for building the blood
- If you are into mushrooms, then there are many good mushrooms, like shiitake, red reishi, maitake, cordyceps, etc
- pickled and fermented foods
So let’s eat healthy; exercise regularly; manage our weight and don’t forget, laughter is a great medicine. Have fun in life and chose to be healthy.