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If You Want to Boost Your Immune System, Adopt These 7 Healthy Habits Right Now - msnNOW

If You Want to Boost Your Immune System, Adopt These 7 Healthy Habits Right Now - msnNOW

If You Want to Boost Your Immune System, Adopt These 7 Healthy Habits Right Now - msnNOW
Dec 06, 2021 1 min, 33 secs

To understand how your habits can boost your immune functioning, know that there are two basic types of immunity in the body: innate and acquired.

"When an infectious agent, such as a bacteria or virus, attempts to invade your body, it immediately confronts the innate immune system, which has several components, each of which acts to restrict access to the body," Dr.

Alongside those enzymes are specialized white blood cells called phagocytes—what Dr.

If these first-line defenses of the innate immune system fail, however, the acquired immune system activates, and it calls up several white blood cells to accomplish its mission.

"Lifestyle choices play an important role in the function of these essential white blood cells, including macrophages, T and B lymphocytes, and natural killer (NK) cells," he explains?

Here are the seven lifelong habits to adopt for a killer immune system.

You really are what you eat—and if you nosh on a high number of plant-based foods, you'll be fueling your body with the nutrients your immune system needs, including vitamin B12, calcium, iron, zinc, and iodine.

But you don't need to overhaul your diet completely (and go straight vegan), as long as you make sure you're getting enough of the right nutrients for a strong immune system.

You know you need to exercise regularly, and if there were ever motivation to move, let this be it: "Killer T cells (immune cells) in your body increase when you exercise," Dr.

Weight isn't just a trigger for chronic health conditions—it can also lower your immune functioning.

"Studies have shown that people who meet the definition of obese (body mass index higher than 25) have lowered levels of lymphocytes and NK cells (which can then lower immune functioning)," Dr

There are a million reasons not to smoke, and keeping your immune system strong is absolutely one of them

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