7 Ways To Strengthen Your Immune System Naturally

Strengthening your immune system is not exactly a sexy selling feature to anyone who wants to look and feel healthier, but ironically, the better toned your immune system is the sexier you will get! A strong immune system ensures you can battle off infections, maintain a high level of energy, get a restful sleep, and enjoy beautiful skin, just to name a few. So what are you waiting for? It’s time to strengthen your immune system using these 7 methods.

Get grounded

Grounding, which is simply putting your skin into direct contact with the surface of the Earth, has a multitude of benefits all connected to the immune system.

The key factor that seems to assist the immune system is the reduction of inflammation. Since there are over 80 chronic diseases associated with inflammation, including cancer (the result of an immune system deficiency) and type 2 diabetes, earthing could be one of the easiest things you have ever done to strengthen your immune system.

Other benefits of grounding which are byproducts of a properly functioning immune system include:

• Improved sleep

• Decreased pain and inflammation

• Reduced anxiety and stress

• Improved gastrointestinal symptoms

• Improved cardiovascular function

• Improved energy levels

• Improved hormonal cycles

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Find a good source of vitamin D

If you live in an area with consistent sunlight, all you need to do is get out in the direct sunlight for 20-30 minutes a day exposing your arms and legs. However, during the winter months, it can become increasingly difficult for people further north to access the sun’s rays on a consistent basis, and those rays are often weak at best.

In this case, take a liquid vitamin D supplement for those months of little-to-no sunshine then check into that sunny holiday and stock up on the beach. You want Vitamin D3, and pairing it with vitamin K2 is a good practice.

Vitamin D is critical for overall immune function, and can help prevent and reverse many types of immune related diseases, such as cancer.

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Take vitamin C

Vitamin C is a commonly known immune booster and is a product typically stocked up on with the winter season approaching.

However, you don’t have to take a supplement as long as you are ingesting plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. This ensures that the bioavailability is very high so that it can be properly assimilated, and allows you to avoid any other ingredients present in some vitamin C supplements like corn starch, magnesium stearate, and other diluents.

However, if you are not eating 2-3 pieces of fruit a day or don’t regularly juice or make smoothies, look for a good vitamin C supplement that uses naturally occurring flavonoids that are more easily absorbed by the body.

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Consume medicinal mushrooms

In recent years, scientists have been studying the benefits of medicinal mushrooms on the immune system and have found the key to be connected to their beta-glucan content. Beta-glucans have been known by scientists as “biological response modifiers” that bind to the surface of immune cells, which gives them better coordination in their attack.

This compound also activates certain immune cells, such as T-cells, macrophages, natural killer (NK) cells and cytokines interleukin 1 and 2. This helps strengthen the immune response to microbial invaders.

The stronger the response of your immune system, the less likely you are to come across an infection that is tough enough to take you down. I’ve used medicinal mushrooms on a consistent basis and the strength of my immune system is nothing short of amazing.

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Go hard on the garlic

Garlic has been long known for its potent antibacterial, viral and fungal properties, which strengthens the gastrointestinal and immune systems. Making it a part of your food preparation and incorporating it into a tea with lemon and raw honey will give your immune system some more back up.

Get fermenting

Fermented vegetables are loaded with vitamins, minerals, enzymes and probiotics, which are all significant factors in strengthening your immune system. A well-mineralized and balanced inner ecology will go a long way in keeping you from getting sick this winter.

Homemade are the best option due to freshness and the fact you do not need to pasteurize them, which increases their medicinal qualities.

Learn how to make a good basic sauerkraut here.

Get enough rest

An often underestimated factor for boosting your immune system is getting enough rest, and at the premiere times of the day.

Since the majority of your energy goes to repair and rejuvenation during sleep, it is one of the most important things to do correctly. This means getting to bed before 11pm to facilitate deep sleep in the early hours of the morning (when the best repair takes place) and allowing at least 7 to 8 hours of solid, relatively uninterrupted sleep (taking no more than 5 minutes to get back to sleep if you wake up).

Learn more on how to get a deep sleep.

Give yourself some time

There are many ways to strengthen your immune system, but it often takes some time to get it to the point that you are virtually bulletproof to the mass majority of bacteria and viruses that are taking others down.

Using the ideas above, combined with a clean, whole foods diet rooted in fresh produce, will ensure your immune system builds itself up properly. On the flip side, avoid or limit sugar, pasteurized dairy, glutinous grains, and alcohol so you don’t suppress your immune system either.

Although all the remedies mentioned will have a positive effect and can be used in situations where you are coming down with something, the best way is to prevent that from happening at all. A diet rich in nutrients that cleanses and tones the intestinal system is your best bet to do that.

Fortunately, the THRIVE Academy provides you with the nutritional plan that not only floods your body with bioavailable nutrients, but is easy on your digestive system as it refurbishes it to it’s full capacity. Check it out, here.

Sources for this article include:

http://www.naturalnews.com/047461_immune_system_optimization_disease_prevention.html