BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY

IMMUNITY

Try These to Give your Immunity a Boost

A healthy immune system is an aggressive age fighter that helps keep us
feeling good, looking good and bustling with energy. If the immune system
functions properly, we can put our health-related worries to rest. But as we
age, our immune system, like an ageing cricketer, loses some of its vigour.

This amazingly complex defensive unit gradually deteriorates and its ability
to tackle invading organisms fades out.

The immune system comprises millions of cells having many specialised roles.
The immune system reaches its optimum level just about the time you touch
puberty. While some declines in immunity may be a natural part of the
process of ageing, experts says that adopting a few lifestyle changes can
keep your immunity on your guard for a longer period of time.

Let's take a look at some ways and means to boost the body's natural
defences:

Bust that Stress: Stress has been found to stifle the immune system.
Emerging evidence also supports the theory. Scientists have propounded that
steroids are produced by the adrenal glands during times of stress and they
are eventually released and affect the activities of immune system cells. To
get rid of that stress try exploring interesting options like playing with
kids or pets, watching a comedy movie, reading an enjoyable book, travelling
etc.

Eating the Right Stuff: The kind of diet we subscribe to directly affects
the immunity. Specific nutrients play categorical roles in pushing the
immunity up and down. It's very important to pump up your iron as it is a
vital nutrient to enable the immune system to nab intruders. Mineral
nutrients like magnesium, zinc and selenium are of paramount importance for
upping the immunity levels. Among the vitamins, Vitamin A, B6, C, D and E
are your immunity's best friends.

Stay Fit: To keep your immune system at its best, try sweating out a bit (if
not a lot). Walking, jogging, swimming or cycling for 20 minutes a day can
help you strengthen the vigilance of the immune system to a good extent.

Kick the Butt: Tobacco smoke is composed of formaldehyde, a chemical that
makes us susceptible to respiratory ailments, Heart Diseases, etc. Giving up
smoking is strongly advised to boost your immunity and for Longevity

Sleep Tight: While several parts of the body take rest during sleep, the
immune system still remains active. So it has less competition for the
nutrients needed to strengthen the disease-fighting mechanism. Six to eight
hours of sleep is what we definitely need to better the immune system.