Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
2 votes
1 answer
182 views

Type of hypoalergenic milk to supplement breastfeeding?

As I am already asking here: Allergy prevention: long duration of breast feeding vs early exposure to allergens - how does that fit together? Isn't this contradictory? I am a quite puzzled by the ...
Quit007's user avatar
  • 125
0 votes
1 answer
39 views

Allergy prevention: long duration of breast feeding vs early exposure to allergens - how does that fit together?

So, as a proud father of a two-months old daughter, whose mom has many rather strong allergies and heavy asthma passed down through several generations we'd like to suppress her developing of ...
Quit007's user avatar
  • 125
2 votes
3 answers
101 views

How can a person make his/her immune system stronger and prevent flu?

If someone is getting flu frequently, how can he/she make his/her immune system become stronger? And what should he/she eat for daily meals?
Sally_2891's user avatar
1 vote
2 answers
1k views

Are apples really better for the immune system than most fruit?

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away", the saying goes, implying that apples are somehow especially good for the immune system. But does this idiom have any validity to it? Are apples high in ...
DJG's user avatar
  • 135
18 votes
2 answers
781 views

How can I boost my immune system? [closed]

There are a lot of products, foods, and activities that claim they "boost" the immune system. I've heard good things about yogurt, probiotics, superfoods, herbs, oils, supplements, acupuncture, yoga.....
Nate Barbettini's user avatar
19 votes
1 answer
1k views

Does intake of processed sugar lower the immune system?

Growing up, my parents were very strict about sugar intake, because they had heard "somewhere" that eating refined sugar lowered your immune system function for 12-24 hours. At the time, this seemed ...
Nate Barbettini's user avatar