Boost Your Immune System to Reduce Your Risk of Cold and Flu

Drink lots of water.  Water helps to detoxify the body.

Eat more vegetables.  They provide necessary vitamins and minerals that help the immune system.

Get extra sleep by going to bed one hour early.

Eating yogurt gives you extra calcium and good intestinal flora which will combat bad bacteria in the system. .

Eat extra fiber.  Fiber will keep everything moving throughout the digestive system.

Reduce stress in your life by exercising and relaxing.  Stress for a prolonged period can reek havoc on your immunity system.

Reduce alcohol consumption.  Alcohol will cause your liver to work harder to remove toxins and reduce its ability to combat illness.

Be careful of food allergies.  Chronic allergies will weaken your immune system.

Shiitake or reishi mushrooms are used by the Chinese to improve their immune system.

When traveling, take vitamin C and echinacea for a few days ahead of time and while you are gone.  This is especially smart if you will be traveling by plane.

While exercise is good for you, if you begin to feel a cold or flu coming on, take it easy and try not to push it.

Echinacea capsules are excellent to boost the immune system when you begin to feel an illness coming on.  Two weeks is the maximum to take it as the body will build up an immunity to it.

Take vitamin C and bioflavonoids if you begin to feel peaked.  You can buy vitamin C tablets and bioflavonoids are found in grapeseed or green tea extract.

Oscillococcinum is a homeopathic remedy that helps with the symptoms of the flu.