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what is your immune system?

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Immune system: Your Immune system is a general term for your body's ability to fight infections.  There are textbooks written on the subject as it is very complex but includes various body organs and blood cells to keep your body free from foreign invasions.

Question 2

can i improve my immune system?

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Good immune systems.: Eat a healthy diet. Get adequate sunshine, exercise and come from parents with good immune systems.

Question 3

what could the immune system do?

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Immunity: In a nutshell protects your body against external and internal harmful invaders

Question 4

what makes up the immune system?

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Cells,tissues,organs: The immune system is a network of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to defend the body against attacks.  Lymphoid organs (produce white blood cells that fight invading organisms) found throughout body, in bone marrow, thymus gland, lymph nodes, tonsils, appendix, lining of digestive tract and lungs.

Question 5

how can  the immune system work?

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Complex question: You can spend 4 years learning about its basics and it takes lifetimes to continue studying it..

Question 6

how to improve our immune system?

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What's the prob: The immune system has many facets, what are you trying to achieve? An immune deficiency is best diagnosed by an allergist/immunologist and they can guide you on how to treat it.

Question 7

what is good for my immune system?

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Stay healthy: Eat right, exercise, take a multivitamin.  Antioxidents such as teas, colored fruits and berries, chocolat and a little red wine.  Probiotics such as yogert may help.  Get enough sleep. Don't smoke or drink to excess.

Question 8

what herbs help the immune system?

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Check link below: Google online as well. Here's a partial list- echinacea , ginger , garlic , ginkgo , bell pepper , turmeric , cat's claw , ginseng . In general , fruits and veggies are rich in antioxidants and are immune boosters themselves !

Question 9

what strengthens the immune system?

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Good health: Eat right, exercise, sleep appropriately.  Many supplements claim to strengthen the immune system.  

The only immune systems strengthened are the ones of the people who overprice and sell you something which makes them sleep better making large sums of money for something inexpensive and unproven.

Question 10

how to have a strong immune system?

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Stay physically fit: There's no magic food, pill or herbal product.  Get enough sleep and don't overdo mind-altering substances or use tobacco.  The one intervention that repeatedly is shown in controlled studies to enhance people's responses to antigen challenges is re-committing to aerobic fitness. You'll be glad. Best wishes.

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