Do you feel you know how intricate your immune system is?  Do you know the key nutrients to support immune function?  What can you do to fight off infections?

During the recording of this season in March 2020, Covid-19 had just started to take hold globally.  In this episode Sarah and Heidi discuss how to take care of your immune system and what you can do to boost your function.  Sarah and Heidi discuss the importance of digestive immunity and how it is part of creating resilience for your immune system.  Discussions on supplements, foods and lifestyle factors are considered, knowing what will help and boost immune and digestive function.  Sarah and Heidi discuss the power of subconscious habits and how during times of extra vigilance, it can prevent sickness.

Sarah mentioned research related to immune health and coronaviruses

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033062020300372

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18400428-anticomplementary-principles-of-a-chinese-multiherb-remedy-for-the-treatment-and-prevention-of-sars/?from_term=SARS+AND+quercetin&from_pos=4 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28193191-effective-inhibition-of-mers-cov-infection-by-resveratrol/?from_term=coronavirus+AND+resveratrol&from_pos=1 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16875760-synthesis-of-stilbene-derivatives-with-inhibition-of-sars-coronavirus-replication/?from_term=coronavirus+AND+resveratrol&from_pos=3

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31560964-antiviral-activity-of-sambucus-formosananakai-ethanol-extract-and-related-phenolic-acid-constituents-against-human-coronavirus-nl63/?from_term=coronavirus+AND+elderberry&from_pos=1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3161750/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5372517/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1394291-new-mannose-specific-lectins-from-garlic-allium-sativum-and-ramsons-allium-ursinum-bulbs/

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