Immune Health

Your immune health is threatened by more than just co-workers who come to work even though they have the flu. It turns out that these surprising and common habits can actually weaken your immune system.

There is something in the air this time of year—when late summer welcomes early fall. As the mornings turn crisp and the kids start shopping for back to school supplies, the foods the body craves turn from light and summer sweet to hearty and autumn robust, meaning they’re just what the doctor ordered to prepare […]

Your body’s immune system protects you from disease and infection, but when you suffer from an immune disorder; your immune system becomes dysfunctional and leaves the body prone to attack by invading germs and infection—typically by become over- or under-active.

White blood cells (WBCs), also called leukocytes, are the front lines of defense when it comes to our bodies fighting off germs or infection. When we are sick, the immune system snaps into response mode by sending white blood cells to fight off the foreign infection—by either producing protective antibodies or by devouring the bacteria. […]