SUPPORT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM BY ADOPTING THESE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE HABITS:

• Eat a wide variety of fruit, vegetables, and whole grains.
• Exercise regularly.
• Get plenty of sleep.
• Keep blood sugar in a healthy range.
• Do not drink alcohol, and do not smoke.
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BOLSTERING YOUR PROTECTION WITH MUSHROOMS

Eating three cups of any edible mushrooms (shitake, maitake, reishi, cremini, etc.) weekly raises your resistance to winter colds and influenza (flu) 25%, plus reins in your symptons 33% if you do fall ill, research in the journal Food and Nutritionn Sciences suggests.

Mushrooms are rich in compounds called beta-glucans, which prod your immune system to make more germ-killing antibodies, says study coauthor Regina Busch, M.D. Beta-glucans are also abundant in barley and oat bran.