14 NATURAL IMMUNITY BOOSTERS

You don’t need to travel far to boost your immunity. You can find some items in your local store (or even in your kitchen!) to help bolster your defenses.

We will show you how to avoid getting sick with some natural immunity boosters.

1. Say Goodbye to Sickness

If you’re prone to sickness, consider taking larch regularly. A new study found that larch can help reduce the number of colds by 23%! You can purchase larch supplements at the pharmacy or health food store. Just be sure to look for the ingredient “larch resist-aid.”

2. Cleanse Your Gut

Oregano oil can help you improve your gut health and boost your immune system. It acts kind of like a weed killer by helping to eliminate some of bad bacteria that may be dominating your digestive system.

When using oregano oil to cleanse your gut, spread out your doses and take 200 mg 3 times a day.

3. Kick a Cold

Whatever variety you choose – enoki, shitake or oyster – Japanese mushrooms are a great immunity booster. They are also loaded with ergothioneine, a powerful antioxidant, that does not get destroyed during the cooking process.

4. Relieve Your Liver

You need to support your liver to make sure it’s able to detoxify as much as it can and provide a good environment for immune cells that live there.

Cruciferous vegetables such as kale, broccoli, lettuce and cabbage support your liver and immune function by boosting the liver’s ability to flush out toxins.

5. Attend to Your Adrenals

Avocados! Adding these to your diet is an easy way to support adrenal function and health and keep your immune system happy. Avocados contain essential amino acids, antioxidants and some healthy fats to help balance hormone production.

To attend to your adrenals, try having 1 serving (1/2 cup) per day!

6. Clear Your Lungs

According to Ayurvedic traditions, ginger warms the body and helps to break down the accumulation of toxins in the organs, particularly in the lungs and sinuses. Ayurveda also believes that ginger helps to cleanse the lymphatic system, which is our body’s sewage system. By helping keep your airways and lymphatics open, ginger may help prevent the accumulation of the toxins that may increase your risk of infection.

7. Improve Your Vision

A fantastic supplement for promoting healthy vision, black currants contain compound anthocyanosides, which may be helpful for promoting night vision. They are also rich in vitamin C – they contain 5 times the amount in an orange – making them a powerful immunity booster!

8. Lower Cholesterol

A little oatmeal goes a long way for your health. This super food contains soluble fiber which reduces LDL, or “bad” cholesterol.

9. Get Healthier Skin

The juice in pomegranate seeds contain ellagic acid and punic alagin which fight damage from free radicals and help preserve the collagen in your skin. It’s also a powerful source of phytonutrients that promote healthy skin.

10. Reduce Heart Attack Risk

Pumpkin seeds, which are rich in magnesium, may help lower blood pressure and reduce your risk for heart attacks or stroke.

11. Ease a Cough

Sage extract works as an expectorant, which helps your body move mucus out of your respiratory tract and helps to calm your cough. As a good alternative to an over-the-counter expectorant, try a drop of sage extract in tea or hot water.

12. Strengthen Your Hair

Containing iron, biotin and vitamin B12, eggs can help strengthen hair. The iron also helps combat anemia, a reduction of red blood cells that may also cause hair loss in women.

13. Immunity Booster and Cancer Fighter

As a natural immunity booster, graviola has been traditionally used to kill parasites, ameliorate liver problems, reduce fevers, and help treat colds and the flu. Scientists have studied graviola since the 1940s and most research has been centered around annonaceous acetogenins, a group of natural compounds that appear to have some anti-tumor properties – meaning they may help fight various types of cancer cells and thus help boost immune function.

14. Prevent Antibiotic Resistance

A diet lacking in nutrients and fresh vegetables causes your body to be deficient in phytochemicals. Add green veggies, mushrooms, onions seeds and berries to build a competent and functioning immune system.