IMMUNITY BOOSTERS WITH NATURAL INGREDIENTS WILL HELP YOU FIGHT COVID19
Spanish Influenza – what it is and how it should be treated,”
read the reassuringly factual headline to an advert for Vick’s VapoRub back in 1918.
The text beneath included nuggets of wisdom such as “stay quiet” and “take a
laxative”. Oh, and to apply their ointment liberally, of course.
The
1918 flu pandemic was the most lethal in recorded history,
infecting up to 500 million people (a quarter of the world’s population at the
time) and killing tens of millions worldwide.
Natural ingredients which will help you boost your immunity:
But
with crisis comes opportunity, and the – sometimes literal – snake oil salesmen
were out in force. Vick’s VapoRub had stiff competition from a panoply of
crackpot remedies, including Miller’s
Antiseptic Snake Oil, Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey, Schenck’s
Mandrake Pills, Dr Jones’s Liniment, Hill’s Cascara Quinine Bromide, and A.
Wulfing & Co’s famous mint lozenges. Their adverts made regular appearances
in the newspapers, where they starred alongside increasingly alarming
headlines.
Fast-forward
to 2020, and not much has changed. Though the Covid-19 pandemic is separated
from the Spanish flu by over a century of scientific discoveries, there are
still plenty of questionable medicinal concoctions and folk remedies floating
around. This time, the theme is “boosting” the immune system.
The idea of boosting your immunity is enticing,
but the ability to do so has proved elusive for several reasons. The immune
system is precisely that — a system, not a single entity. To function well, it
requires balance and harmony. There is still much that researchers don't know
about the intricacies and inter-connectedness of the immune response. For now,
there are no scientifically proven direct links between lifestyle and enhanced
immune function.
Of
the rumours currently circulating on social media, one of the more bizarre is
the idea that you can raise your white blood cell count by masturbating more.
And as always, nutritional advice abounds. This time, we’re being encouraged to
seek out foods rich in antioxidants and vitamin C (back in 1918, the public
were told to eat more onions), while pseudoscientists are peddling trendy
products such as kombucha and probiotics.
According to one source, cayenne pepper and green tea can
provide better protection against Covid-19 than
face masks – a bold and highly dubious claim, considering that
some face masks reduce your risk of contracting respiratory viruses by a factor
of five.
“There are three different components to immunity,” says
Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University. “There’s things like skin,
the airways and the mucus membranes that are there to begin with, and they
provide a barrier to infection. But once the virus gets past these defenses,
then you have to induce the ‘innate’ immune response.” This consists of
chemicals and cells which can rapidly raise the alert and begin fighting off
any intruder.
There’s currently a trial in the works to test if giving people
with Covid-19 antioxidant supplements might help their
recovery.
However,
the trial is just one of hundreds looking into potential treatments for
Covid-19. And despite decades of research, not a single placebo-controlled,
peer-reviewed study on humans has ever shown that high doses of antioxidants
can “boost” the immune system, or treat or prevent viral infections in humans.
There are several immune
boosters available in the market. Various brands offering boosters made from a
combination of ingredients to help protect your body's natural defence against
patgogens, viruses and infections.
Natural supplements made
with all natural ingredients are the best way to boost your immunity and
inflammations.
A good supplement will
give you the right boost to fight viruses and infections.
John Crestani - Work from home
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