›› Immune System Vitamin
The immune system is
incredibly important, and most people are aware of this fact
today. Having a less than healthy immune system not only
boosts your chances of getting typical every day common colds and
infections, but also increases you chances of developing more serious
conditions such as cancer. If the HIV virus has taught us
anything, its how important our immune systems are.
Not only does cancer run in my family, but I’ve also found
myself somewhat prone to colds, so I’ve spent some time
looking into different immune system vitamins. Immune system
vitamins are supplements you can take in a pill form that supposedly
support and boost the action of your immune system.
What’s in immune system vitamins varies a lot, but there are
some common denominators. For a long time now people have
noticed a connected between vitamin C and the immune system, so immune
system vitamins almost always have a lot of C in them. There
is also some evidence to suggest that vitamin E plays a role in the
immune system, and many immune system vitamins contain it as
well. Vitamins C and E are also both good antioxidants, which
will help you live longer, so I pretty much stick to immune system
vitamins that have a good amount of both.
More recently, it has become clear that zinc plays a crucial role in
the immune system, and a lot of immune system vitamins now have it as
well. This more than anything I’ve found to be very
effective in avoiding or reducing the longevity of a cold.
Once immune system vitamin brand I like is
‘Cold-Ez’. They make immune system
vitamin supplements that have C, E, and Zinc all wrapped up in little
candy like lozenges. Well, okay, so they don’t
exactly taste like candy, but I swear by their effectiveness.
Whenever I feel myself coming down with something or just find myself
around a lot of sick people I take a lot of immune system vitamins and
it really seems to help. I can’t remember the last
time I actually got a cold. I used to get colds almost every
time I took a plane anywhere as well, but I’ve found that
using an immune system vitamin or lozenge before boarding does the
trick. Of course, getting enough sleep and avoiding stress is
extremely helpful as well. Now if there was just a pill or
lozenge that could lower stress and substitute for sleep!
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