If you don't already, take a good multi-vitamin every day, especially if you're dieting to lose weight. Find a multi-vitamin that has the following: Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Beta carotene, Bioflavenoids, Zinc, Magnesium and Selenium.
Add garlic and onions to your meals. Cooked garlic and onions retain their antibacterial qualities. These are both great immune builders and natural antibiotics.
Omega-3 fatty acids in fatty fish and flax oil increase the production of white blood cells that eliminate bad bacteria in the body.
Avoid margarine, processed foods, white bread, white rice, sugar, dairy products, polyunsaturated vegetable oils, salty snacks, alcohol, caffeine and pollutants in the air.
Increase your yogurt, ocean fish, broccoli, sea greens, ginger, fresh fruits & vegetables (spinach, carrots and sweet potatoes), whole grains, & cayenne pepper.
Increase exercise and reduce stress as much as possible. Get more sleep. Increase your hours of sleep! Less than 8 hours a night reduces your immunity.
Drink lots of water every day to flush out body toxins.
Get out in the sun to help your body produce more vitamin D.
Immune Enhancing Supplements:
• Golden Seal
• Cat's Claw
• Siberian Ginseng or Ginseng Root
• Ginkgo Biloba
• CoQ10
• Echinacea - use like a course of antibiotics, but not for prolonged use. Take Golden Seal/Echinacea combination to knock out infections. (3 capsules 3 times a day for 10 days.) Buy the 90 or 100 count and take them until they're gone - take 4 the first time.
• Poke root tincture - for the treatment of the lymphatic system (very good for chronic infections and pneumonia but take in small doses for no more than 3 months.) One drop a day. Consult your health care provider.
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