Real Health

Now that a massive outbreak of influenza A H1N1 seems inevitable for this fall, how to preparer best to cope? Is strengthening its immune system and if so how?To answer this question, just wondering what weakens the immune system … Seven key factors emerge:- Stress- Lack of sleep- Unhealthy diets low in fruits and vegetables–sedentary- Tobacco- Pollution- And the lack of vitamin D.So we see that what is good for general health, and prevention of chronic diseases, is excellent for the immune system. Avoid stress or manage it well, sleep well, eat healthy, have good physical activity, not smoking, avoiding pollution is always beneficial.What is less known is the role fondamental vitamin D to strengthen the immune system. More and more studies show that people whose vitamin D levels are low are more cancers than others. Is a real problem because in a country like France, 80% of people are deficient in vitamin D. For influenza A and seasonal influenza, we have no study, but the hypothesis of the preventive role of vitamin D has been proposed. The Canadian government haslaunch a clinical study in this direction.If you have not had your dose of sunshine this summer (It’s the sunlight that turn skin sterol vitamin D), you can ask your doctor to test your vitamin D levels in the blood. In case of deficiency, he can then prescribe vitamin D.