Practicing Self-Care Could Boost Your Immune System msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Are you one of those people that
always gets sick? You may chalk it up to bad luck, but research from Stanford University found that environment, rather than genetics, plays a predominant role in determining how well your immune system functions. Researchers looked at blood samples of over 100 sets of identical and fraternal twins to track more than 200 immune system components and activities, and they discovered that three-quarters of the differences between pairs were due to non-inheritable traits. That means keeping your immune system in tip-top condition is almost entirely up to you.
But remember, A bigger immune response isn’t always better, says Julienne Bower, Ph.D., a researcher at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology at UCLA. For some of its processes, you want it to be low; for others, you want it to be robust, depending on what your body is dealing with at a particular time.” Here, experts show you how to strengthen your immune system and keep it perfectly