The immune system peaks in adolescence . Aging can affect your health and make you more prone to cancer and other illness.
Due to decreased stress hormones, sleep allows the immune system to restore and operate.
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Chronic stress lowers immunity and increases inflammation. A decline in white blood cell count makes it tougher to fight illness.
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Exercise is healthy stress because it raises cortisol levels. Fitness stress boosts immunity and resilience.
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Green vegetable-rich diets with little red meat and processed grains. Plant-rich diets nourish good bacteria that boost immunity.
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As their immune systems age, both experts stress the importance of vaccines. To boost immunological response to vaccination.
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The fundamentals matter. There are no sophisticated immunological pills or aids.
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