How strong is your immune system? Can your immune system protect you?

What can I do to support and maintain a healthy immune system?

• Support a healthy digestive process. In particular, the acidic environment provided in your stomach and the presence of digestive enzymes can destroy some bacteria and viruses that you ingest in food, and therefore, provides protection for your body.
• Consume adequate protein and healthy fats.
• Provide for balanced immune and inflammatory functions. Clinical studies have shown that maintaining a healthy balance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids is one way to support balance in your immune and inflammation responses system.
• Provide micronutrients and phytonutrients that support healthy immune function.
• Decrease intake of allergens and toxins. Eating whole grains, fresh, organically grown fruits and vegetables, wild-caught fish, and meat and eggs from organically raised animals is one way to minimize the intake of toxins and unhealthy molecules that can inhibit your immune system's ability to protect your health.
• Maintain healthy weight and cholesterol levels. We need to be consuming optimal levels of micronutrients and immune-supporting phytonutrients.

Can you eat that much? Are we doing that?