The immune system: Function, Parts and Boosters 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has turned the world’s attention to the immune system, the body’s defence force against disease-causing bacteria, viruses and other organisms that we touch, ingest and inhale every day. On the whole, your immune system does a remarkable job of defending you against disease-causing microorganisms. But sometimes it fails: A germ invades successfully and makes you sick. Is it possible to intervene in this process and boost your immune system? What if you improve your diet? Take certain vitamins or herbal preparations? Make other lifestyle changes in the hope of producing a near-perfect immune response? But what is the immune system exactly, and how does it help repel intruders? The immune system The immune system is precisely that — a system, not a single entity. The immune system consists of many inter-related pats working together. Think of it also as the body’s personal army working from the cellular to macro level. Each cell, molecule, tissue and organ in