Boost Your Immune System with Antioxidants and Probiotics
Supporting our immune system by increasing the presence of antioxidants to help get rid of the free radicals damaging our cells is a route worth examining. We can do this through our diet and supplementation of some specific precursors like MAX GXL to help produce Glutathione, which is probably the single most important defense against the damage caused by free radicals in our cells. We also need to deal with our stress levels and for goodness sake get off the couch, get some exercise and put the jumbo burger down!
Besides glutathione, there are other antioxidants that are major immune system supporters. They include Vitamins E and C along with the B-vitamins. Vitamin A is helpful and CoQ10 is a powerful antioxidant and sadly- our production of it declines with age. Minerals that are also important immune system supporters include copper, zinc and selenium. The Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish and flax seed oils have been found to act as anti-inflammatories and to offset suppression of the cellular immune system.
Probiotics are particularly important to the health of our intestinal immune system since our entire gastro intestinal tract relies on live beneficial bacteria (Microflora). Among other things, Lactobacillus improves the activity of our natural killer immune cells. Grape Seed Extract - Resveratrol - is yet another potent antioxidant with powerful immune system boosting properties and can also increase the activity of our cellular glutathione.
