Turmeric and ginger drinks, elderberry syrup, vitamin C tablets: nobody likes to be sick, so it is 100% understandable why we are all fascinated by products that promise boost our immune system. 

The problem is that we often think of the immune system In most wrong way, we think of it as a muscle that we can strengthen by adding lots of antioxidants and supplements to it.

but that's not how the immune system works, while the immune system can be suppressed and can be less effective,for example, in people who are receiving chemotherapy, otherwise the reverse is another case, the immune system simply does not generally strengthen by one single vitamin or act.

Our immune system protects us from bacteria, viruses, fungi and toxins that we encounter all the time especially in our daily dealings. It do also plays an important and interesting role in wound healing. It's an elegant network of cells, tissues, and organs that all work together. 

You can think of the immune system in two big terms: 

innate immunity and adaptive immunity.

Innate immunity means non-specific defense mechanisms, and this is our first line of protection. Helps fight pathogens before they cause a problem. It's like a bouncer on the door of a club. Innate immunity keeps intruders in check or neutralizes them shortly after invading. So that they don't argue inside. 

He can only recognize himself, i.e. what is allowed in the club, and not himself, i.e. what is not allowed inside. Think of the physical barriers of our skin, the hair on our nose, the blinking eyelashes which removes dirt, even vaginal discharge, that prevents infection. 

If a pathogen manages to overcome the first line of defense, we have another protective layer, the adaptive immune system, which is more complex and specific than our gorilla, I mean the bouncer. The system reacts to antigens.

Antigens are unique proteins on the surface of pathogens that help identify the type of pathogen. Kind of like a name tag. Your immune system is constantly reading name tags, and when one is recognized that is on the non-listing, the adaptive immune system creates special immune cells, which are specialized white blood cells called lymphocytes, to attack.

Here's the really amazing thing: Our Immune System Remembers so the next time we're exposed to the same pathogen, our immune system recognizes it and remembers how it reacts.

While we're not sure how many different antigens we can recognize, some scientists believe we make more than a billion antibodies. However, it is important to remember that our immune system is made up of many different parts that perform many different functions. 

This is what makes this “boosting of our immune system” concept so problematic.

What do people mean by boosting the immune system? Are they related to the increase in histamine released when exposed to poison ivy? Well that would sting (itch) you a lot more. Do you mean to charge your T and B cells?  This could make your body to attack its own cells like we see in autoimmune diseases.

Instead of thinking of a muscle that you can strengthen with a simple exercise, a better analogy might be a garden. Your immune system is made up of many components, just as a garden has many species of plants. Every plant needs just the right amount of sun, shade and water.

Too much sun can help one plant but destroy another. The increase in any element can upset the ecosystem in general. If you're getting all of the nutrients you need from a healthy, balanced diet, ingesting more than one vitamin won't help your immune system function better overall. With some vitamins, if you ingest more than you need, your body will simply get rid of the excess as waste - they are not medically necessary and can have negative effects.

Of course, things can go wrong with our immune systems, such as allergies or autoimmune diseases and the inability to recognize abnormal cells, but the reasons for each of these things are complex and often not fully understood and certainly will not come with an immune system booster more like a Miracle pill. However, there is something that has proven time and again to be amazing for your immune system: vaccines, 

vaccines are really great, they contain a weakened or inactive part of a pathogen, like the flu, which includes their antigen name tag, the immune system in general give them to the system exactly what it takes to react quickly and aggressively to a specific pathogen. 

After said and done, make sure you complete your immunizations and get a flu shot every year.

Eat a healthy and balanced diet. If you want a healthy immune system, stop smoking ,take a enough rest and try to get enough sleep too. Otherwise, just leave  your immune system to do it thing naturally .