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A strong immune system keeps germs out of your body and kills or restricts their damage if they do get in. Get plenty of sleep, stay active, eat fruits and veggies, maintain a healthy weight, decrease stress, and practise other healthy behaviours to keep your immune system healthy.

Food Allergy vs. Food Intolerance

Do You Have a Food Allergy? Understanding the Differences Understanding food allergies and intolerances can be challenging. Many people confuse these reactions, assuming all are allergies when many are actually intolerances. How can you tell the difference? How do you...

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Food Allergies

A food allergy is one type of adverse food reaction that is mediated by the immune system. An adverse food reaction may comprise any symptom following the intake of a food. Symptoms may be any perceptible change in how we...

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis is an auto-immune disease in which the body's immune system attacks it's own tissue, particularly the joints such as ligament, tendons, muscle, are attacked and become stiff and inflamed. Resulting symptoms include painful and inflamed joints, especially the...

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How Your Immune System Works

How Your Immune System Works: Natural Defenses and Immunity Booster Your immune system is a complex network working non-stop to protect you from harmful invaders. From your skin to your white blood cells, every part plays a role in keeping...

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Autoimmune Disease

Auto-immune conditions make up a large group of diseases which basically have their origin in faulty immune function. Your immune system is a very complex network of cells and cell components that normally work to defend the body. Normally, the...

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Auto-Immune Disease Causes and Diagnosis

What Causes Autoimmune Disease?   The Infection and Disease Theory   On a very basic level, an autoimmune disease develops when the body's natural defences, the immune system, targets healthy tissue. Scientists and researchers have several opinions as to why...

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