Non-Prescription Immune System Support for You and Your Child
 Would you like your child to get over infections and fevers sooner? Are you hesitant to give them another antibiotic or anti-inflammatory drug that may or may not contain steroids and cause unsafe side effects? How often do you think about their overall immune system, their body's own overall defense mechanism for fighting illness?
Effective herbs, amino acids, phytomedicinals, and metabolites (substances required for normal biochemical reactions) that everyone's body, including children, needs:
- Increasing its "natural killer" cells and white blood cell counts, thereby fighting infection and making the immune system stronger
- Reducing fever
- Speeding the recovery rate by removing bacteria, pathogens and other toxins
"T-Cells" are the Immune System's "policemen." These cells can quickly identify and ward off foreign elements like bacteria and viruses. When the Immune System is healthy, the body also produces white blood cells to fight infection, and phagocytes -- a type of cell that actually "devours" unwanted foreign invaders in the body.
Nutritional factors like GLA (gamma-Linolenic acid -- an omega-6 essential fatty acid found in vegetable oils) aid in producing prostaglandins (lipid compounds essential to animal health), and help the immune system dispose of harmful heavy metal particles and free radicals (cell damaging atom particles) which accumulate in the body from illness or environmental pollution.
When choosing an all-natural immune booster for you or your child, be sure to consider formulas that contain ingredients such as:
- Echinacea & Goldenseal Root - Popular for working to relieve colds and fevers, enhancing the immune system by increasing T-cell and B-cell action. These herbs have the ability to eliminate many foreign elements in order to support a healthy immune system.
- Chinese Herbs - Proven for centuries to help strengthen the body's own defenses and to detoxify the body, possibly promote resistance to poor health, and raise important white blood cell counts.
- Ginkgo Biloba, Beta Carotene & other Antioxidants - These help protect the immune system by getting rid of free radical agents which can damage healthy tissue.
- L-Glutathione - Perhaps the body's most powerful free form amino acid. Protects the integrity of red blood cells and detoxifies the liver, which helps support proper immune function.
Chronic illness could be a sign of an immune condition in your child and recurring health problems should be carefully monitored. As with any change in health care regimen, you should speak with your doctor before taking and new supplements to identify any allergies or reactions to current medication.
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