Just like most other things the immune responses slow down with age ,so you might want to consider nature’s immune boosters to support your immune system .
One such supplement is Vitamin E. Based on recent research from the Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, at Tufts University in Massachusetts , Vitamin E may prevent part of the immune system from declining with age . A research used 78 seniors in good health , who were 65 plus and it uncovered that two hundred mg of Vitamin E every day over a span of sixteen weeks stimulated extra antibody production in response to tetanus and hepatitis B vaccines .
Vitamin E can improve our immune response by initiating extra production of the killer cells which attack germs and cancer cells. Also , the B-cells, the special cells that make bacteria killing antibodies are set off when they’re around Vitamin E. Another interesting thng – in a study conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health using Vitamin E supplements was shown to reduce the chance of heart attacks by 50% .
Vitamin D3 the Vitamin manufactured in the skin following exposure to sunlight is another immune booster .
A new health drink with immune system boosters also includes Alma fruit – something I had never heard of until now . Alma fruit, a.k.a the Indian gooseberry is one of the best known sources of Vitamin C containing thirty times of what is in oranges. Alma fruit grows naturally in mountainous and plains areas of the Indian Subcontinent and is easily found anywhere from Burma to Afghanistan .
Ongoing research is demonstrating that Alma fruit might help to prevent and treat problems such as cataracts, stress , hay fever, arthritis and also cancer. Small wonder the local traditional healers attribute to it special immune boosting and anti-aging properties .
Japanese scientists at Nagasaki University revealed that extracts from alma fruit prevent the growth of cancerous cells, with the stomach, uterus and skin showing the most pronounced effect. Alma fruit is a highly concentrated source of antioxidants. The active immune booster in Alma is called phyllemblin which can stimulate an increased production of immune cells.
Our bodies have many antioxidant based defensive abilities , but inside cells a tiny protein called glutathione is critical . Glutathione is necessary for the function of immune cells, to defend us from bacterial and viral infections. Among people suffering from immune deficiency, glutathione concentrations fall well below the normal levels in blood and immune cells. When they can supplement glutathione levels to those found in healthy people is likely to help immune deficient people .