Arm Your Immune System Against Colds and The Flu with IV Vitamin Infusion.
Like clockwork, when the weather changes and people are indoors more, colds and the flu rear their ugly heads every year. Not to mention, with kids in school and germs spreading, parents are in the midst of a battle at any given time throughout the next several months.
While you can accept defeat and bear whatever illness comes your way this season, you don’t have to! Washing your hands and avoiding touching your face helps, but you can level up your defenses with IV vitamin infusion from 4EverYoung.
Boosting your immune system’s shield against viruses is possible with the right nutrients.
Why Fall and Winter Are Prime Times for Germs
You may have heard you’ll catch a cold by being cold. This is a myth that needs to be squashed. Viruses and bacteria make you ill, so shivering for a bit outside or going out with wet hair in winter isn’t going to lay you up in bed for a few days. However, these temperatures drop your immune system’s ability to fight off illnesses, increasing your risk of getting sick.
But how does that work?
Well, for one, your vitamin D levels aren’t what they used to be when you’re not getting out in the sunshine.
Those cold temperatures cause your blood vessels to narrow, making it harder for white blood cells (your immune system’s fighters) to reach where they need to go when germs invade.
We can’t forget to mention that you’re in close quarters indoors with others more often in the colder months. Those germs then have every opportunity to spread easily on surfaces and through the air.
Essentially, it’s a no-win situation if your immune system isn’t in peak condition.
How an IV Vitamin Infusion Can Help
While you can’t necessarily completely shield yourself from all germs, nor do you want to, since your immune system needs them to remain strong, you don’t have to succumb to them. Certain nutrients help your immune system to be in prime fighting condition, such as the following:
Vitamin C
What would a vitamin infusion be without vitamin C?
It’s an all-star when it comes to your immune defenses. It supports cellular functions for your immune system. For instance, it boosts innate immune function, which is your body’s first line of defense because it’s the one that recognizes germs and sends out the fleet.
This vitamin also facilitates your adaptive immune system – the part that builds to recognize new threats. It’s also in charge of remembering those menaces.
This isn’t vitamin C’s only claim to fame, either; it also supports epithelial barrier function – a barricade against pathogens and toxins, particularly oxidative stress.
We can’t forget to mention that in the long run, vitamin C helps ward off chronic health conditions, making you less susceptible to serious complications of a viral respiratory infection.
These health conditions also weaken your immune system, making you more vulnerable to acquiring an infection in general.
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is the unsung hero of your immune defense. It definitely doesn’t receive the credit it deserves. However, it does BIG, BIG things for your immune system.
This vitamin manages your phosphorus and calcium levels; both are essential in the fight against illness. Phosphorus supports healthy energy levels in your immune cells, while calcium plays a role in immune cells activating and responding to pathogens.
When you take in adequate amounts of vitamin D, you’re also reducing your likelihood of certain chronic diseases, including autoimmune disorders, that can weaken your immune system and leave you a sitting duck for illnesses.
Inflammation helps with the healing process, which sounds good… are we right? But too much of a good thing is bad — very bad, in this case. Having inflammation throughout the body can make your immune cells work harder, not smarter. As a result, these overworked, dysfunctional cells won’t be in tip-top shape to ward off infection when you need them, leaving you high, dry, and possibly ill.
We could continue, but we think you’re convinced at this point.
Zinc
This mineral is kind of the underdog as well. Everyone is so focused on vitamin C that they neglect to realize your body needs minerals, too, to be suited up and ready to go to war.
Zinc helps T cells (a type of white blood cell) develop and function. Think of these guys as search-and-destroyers. They recognize and target abnormal and infected cells and do it well—that is, when they have the nutrients they need to be their best!
This essential nutrient also lends a hand to your B cells (another type of white blood cell), which carry the heavy load of producing antibodies that go after pathogens and deactivate them on their tracks.
Vitamin E
Vitamin E is revered for its benefits on healthy hair and skin. You can’t really walk down the beauty or toiletry aisles in your local grocery store without seeing many products that tout this vitamin’s benefits.
But besides helping your skin deter the unwanted effects of aging and giving your hair some shine, this vitamin supplies your immune cells with a layer of protection, so you have as many and as healthy ones as possible.
Just like calcium, this vitamin provides immune cells with what they need for activating and responding to pathogens, particularly T cells and B cells.
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Seeking Out a IV Vitamin Infusion From 4Ever Young
Because you most likely can’t hibernate through the fall and winter away until all the microbes start dispersing, you must equip your immune system with essential substances your body needs.
And that’s what we provide in an IV vitamin infusion at 4Ever Young Anti Aging Solutions .
If your immune system couldn’t be better, we offer other IV therapy options for younger-looking skin and more energy, among others. Plus, we provide medical weight loss to prep your body for cold and flu seasons for years to come by reducing your risk of various chronic conditions.
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Reach out to us today for an appointment by calling (561) 944-2050. We’re near The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History.
