Can you boost your immune system? In a way, yes, but not in the way the promoters of alternative medicine want you to think. But there are ways to keep your immune system healthy and functioning optimally. Let’s dig a little deeper into how the immune system works, how to keep it healthy and whether or not it can protect you from infections like COVID-19.

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Digging Deeper

How to boost your immune system - Harvard Health

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https://www.ted.com/talks/emma_bryce_how_does_the_immune_system_work?language=en#t-37095

The Gut: Where Bacteria and Immune System Meet

The role of gut microbiota in immune homeostasis and autoimmunity

Covid-19: Can 'boosting' your immune system protect you?

Demystifying the manipulation of host immunity, metabolism, and extraintestinal tumors by the gut microbiome

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