Supercharge Your Body

By Leonard Monroe

"Supercharge Your Body": A Step-By-Step Plan to Boosting Your Immune System

What is this course about?

• How your immune system functions and what you can do to help it fight bacteria and viruses
• The research behind immunity and why you should adopt our recommendations
• How you can benefit from embracing new behaviors and introduce variety in your meals
• Why it is so vital for you to have a bedtime routine
• Exercises you can add to your workout to boost your immune system
• Foods to adopt in your nutrition that will increase your intake of nutrients vital to your immune system
• How to create a healthy life that keeps you energized during the flu season
• How to charge your immune system in 21 days and stay healthy

• Language: English
• Publisher: Leonard Monroe
• Release date: May 15, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393882862

Book preview

CHAPTER 1: THE BASICS OF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

The role of our immune system is to protect us from any foreign substance that could harm the body. These foreign substances are also known as antigens. Antigens include bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. When those organisms are found in the body, they trigger the immune system, which, in return, try to destroy the antigen with various mechanisms.

Our immune system can be divided into two categories; innate and adaptive.

Innate Immune System

The goal of the antigen is to get into the body. Our innate immune system is the first responder of our body, which includes our skin, immune system cells, and some chemicals in our blood.

Skin

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Our skin is the first line of defense, which serves as a surface barrier to stop the virus or bacteria from getting into our body. That also explains why, when we are in flu season, you see signs of washing your hands everywhere. By washing your hands, you destroy the antigen before it harms the