Immune System SupplementsI've been
interested in immune system supplements for the last couple of
years. It began when I got very sick from medicine which my doctor
had prescribed me. It is common practice among doctors to write
scripts for antibiotics for almost any condition, even when it isn't
a bacteria. In addition, they are using stronger and stronger
antibiotics to treat routine infections with several bad results.
One is that the bacteria are getting stronger and stronger, becoming
resistant to the bodies defenses, and to even the toughest
antibiotics. The other is that, taking prolonged doses of
antibiotics has serious and often dire effects on health and well
being. My antibiotics made me so sick that I can't even take them
for infections anymore unless I have a serious, life-threatening
condition. That is why I take immune system supplements when I get
sick.
I went to an herbal supplement store when I had, a few months
ago, a chronic cough which I couldn't seem to shake. After checking
me out, they prescribed a variety of different immune system
supplements to help me get better. They give me a tincture with
echinacea and goldenseal, as well as a Chinese herbal blend, the
name of which I've since forgotten. They also gave me lysine, which
has great anti-viral properties. On top of that, they loaded me down
with some throat-soothing tea, some vitamins and fish oil, and I was
good to go.
The most important thing that the herbalist gave me, however, was
advice. She told me that, even more important than the immune system
supplements which I was taking was proper nutrition. Taking immune
system supplements alone will not necessarily even help you. They
are not like antibiotics which immediately mobilize the immune
system to kill anything it can find. The effect of immune system
supplements is more subtle. They help the body to build up its
defenses, but they can not do it alone. They work best when in
combination with proper nutrition and proper sleep.
Ever since then, I have been taking immune system supplements on
a daily basis. I recommend that you do the same, however, you can
not just take them as if you were sick. Certain immune system
supplements such as echinacea lose their effectiveness when they are
constantly being used. Four every month and a half on echinacea, you
need at least a few weeks off of it. None the less, the immune
system supplements have done wonders for maintaining my health.
