Immune System Optimization

Your immune system helps protect you from getting sick and promotes healing when you don’t feel well or when you’re injured. It is a network of organs, proteins, chemicals and white blood cells that work together to protect you from bacteria, viruses, fungi, cancer cells, and other unwanted organisms.

A weak immune system makes you more susceptible to infections; an overactive immune system leads to problems like allergic reactions and autoimmune disorders. Keeping your immune system optimized so that it’s neither too active nor too weak is critical for maintaining your health.

Our immune system can be compromised or overstimulated due to a variety of reasons:

• Smoking
• Poor diet
• Aging
• Drinking excessive alcohol
• Not getting enough sleep
• Not getting enough exercise
• Poor hygiene or handwashing
• Chronic stress

Nutritional deficiency greatly impairs proper functioning of the immune system.