What is the best way to prevent yourself from getting viruses like H1N1?
Your own body’s immune system is the best natural defences.
A robust immune system is needed and will fight all types of infections like the flu strains going on now.
Physical barriers are the first line of defence. The skin keeps the germs out of our bodies preventing the bacteria and viruses from entering into the bloodstream.
The second group of protectors, which is the white blood cells goes into action if the first physical barrier is breached. The white blood cells search for foreign invaders and destroy them.
If the pathogens managed to escape being destroyed by the inate immune system, the adaptive immune system kicks in, which can recognize and remember foreign cells allowing the body to develop resistances to diseases.
Vaccination works in such a manner where a dead or weakened virus is injected into the bloodstream to be recognized and remembered so as to stimulate the necessary response for future infections.
But vaccination is not foolproof and the best way is to keep ourselves healthy ensuring a strong immune system to fight infections.
What can you to do to boost your immune system?
Take a Balance Diet.
A balance diet includes a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that contain antioxidants to get rid of free radicals that damages the cells that supports our immune system.
If you are not a fruit or vegetables eater, it may take some time for you to adapt to eating and you can start with eating Daily Produce 24, a fruits and vegetables infusion that contains 12 types of fruits and 12 types of vegetables.
Regular Exercise.
Exercising regularly strengthens the immunity and while you are exercising, you are also moving your lymph nodes and getting rids of the toxins in your lymph nodes.
There is no alternative to exercising and if you are not exercising regularly, you won’t know what you are missing.
Enough Sleep.
Getting enough sleep is important for the body to recharge and repair body tissues and at the same time, reduces the production of stress hormones that weakens the immune system.
A study has shown that people who are deprived of sleep has half the flu antibodies 10 days after the vaccination as compared to individuals who has enough rest.
No amount of supplements can help you if you do not have enough sleep or not exercising but supplements do help if you are unable to have a balance diet.
