7 Effective Immune-Boosting Supplements (Do they Work Better than a Vaccine?)

The only OG way to upgrade the immune system is from WITHIN by using a wide variety of natural healing modalities. It is important to note that no supplement can 100% cure or prevent a viral infection, but also no mask, hand sanitizer, antibiotic, & one-size-fits-all injection will 100% protect you (or the people around you). Supplements are only a small piece of the puzzle because holistic health is multifaceted. Yet, without them, we lose out on an enormous immune-boosting, human optimization potential.

My goal isn't to get you to run to Amazon and stock up on a year's supply of these 7 supps, thinking that they will be the cure-all for sickness. Instead, I want to emphasize that harmonious, holistic health starts by prioritizing community, sunshine, wholesome diverse nutrition, movement, breathwork, meditation and other stress-reducing tactics.

ALWAYS make food thy priority and food thy medicine, but in this industrial jungle time, due to nutrient-void soil, environmental toxins, poor digestive fire, and natural aging, you can really fill in the gaps by popping a variety of immune-magnifying, nature-supplying potions.

REMEMBER: Deficiencies create susceptibilities.

With that being said…

Here are the top 7 immune-boosting supplements!!

Quercetin

Oh, what's that? You want to scavenge free radicals that have infiltrated your immune system and are making you a weakling? Look no further than the almighty quercetin, a potent antioxidant found high in apples, capers, onions and a lot of other fruits and veggies. I recommend taking a concentrated supp to backlash any viral infections and put your immune troops on fleek. Besides its superantioxidant function, Quercetin is also walking the red carpet due to its anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and immune-modulatory effects. YO! It straight up prevents a whole slew of viruses from taking the lead in your body. Supplementing with it daily may certainly help with the first weeks of corona infection. I never get sick popping 4 pills of this stuff year-round.

I take this NOW Quercetin + Bromelain complex (bromelain is an enzyme found in pineapple fantastic for digesting protein, boosting respiratory health and making you kickass at life).

Vitamin D3 + K2

Every nutrition geek knows the strength from these vits because SCIENCE SPEAKS! Before reading on, click on this article RIGHT NOW to be blown away. To sum it up, “Vitamin D Works Better Than Flu Vaccine If Your Levels Are Low”. Well, I guarantee that over 70% of people prepared to get the vaccine are indeed deficient because most of the population IS INDEED DEFICIENT. Vitamin D3 is critical for our immune system, hormones, and holistic well-being because calcitriol, an active form of vitamin D3, influences ACE-2 receptor status (aka it helps with your respiratory wellness and immunity). ACE-2 is the cell receptor that facilitates SARS-CoV-2 entry into the lung, so if it is fine and dandy, less likely chance you’ll get COVID.

I take MicroIngredients Vitamin D3 + K2 (K2 helps absorb D3 and is also quite healthy for your cute lil body).

Zinc Picolinate

ZINCY ZINC supplementation has been shown to help patients with viral infections, such as common cold AND COVID-19. Yes, corona... you heard right. It decreases inflammation in the lungs, making it the Rocky in the ring of any viral fight. It is one critical macro-mineral. I recommend you get adequate amounts of copper from foods like spirulina or chlorella to balance out the ratio in your body during supplementation! Too much zinc can actually hinder health, not help.

I take this Solgar Zinc Picolinate 22mg on the daily when I don’t eat a handful of pumpkin seeds or other zinc-rich foods like oysters.

Vitamin C

Vitamin C(ool), am I right? For real, this guy is responsible for helping with collagen production (skin, nails, hair, etc), boosting immune function via its antioxidant properties (aka it fights bad guys in your body), amino acid metabolism, and helps absorb nutrients like folate and iron! Yeah, you can say you need a LOT of it to feel like one resilient badass human being.

I take this NOW brand ascorbic acid. High dose ascorbic acid or liposomal vitamin C both work wonders.

Beta-Glucan (aka Medicinal Mushrooms)

Beta-glucans are naturally occurring immunomodulators, aka they beat the shizzle out of the terminators in yo body. They come from yeast, fungi, seaweed and grains, but most supplements extract them from mushrooms. Imagine the mushroom supplement of Chaga, or maybe Reishi, or even Cordyceps, entering your gaping maw. You swallow with some water for days on end, maybe 2 months, and in that time frame your entire immune army has increased troops ten fold. Seriously. It's like the Lord of the Rings scene when Gandalf the White comes down the mountain and mows down the Orcs. It's rad. It's natural, It's effective af. Viruses stand no chance. The beta-glucans in these mushrooms improve the function of B-lymphocytes, natural killer cells, and suppressor T cells.

I take Stamets 7 mushroom complex.

Omega-3 // Fish Oil

Everyone raves about omega-3s and how epic they are. Why? Well, Americans have such a poor ratio of omega 6:3 which is wrecking our hormones and making us hangry and douchebags. Some of us, due to the toxic oils in fast food, snacks, and processed foods, eat an upwards ratio of 20:1 omega 6:3 (for good health and immunity, we should aim for a 4:1 ratio). Consuming a diet rich in omega-3s from fatty cold water fish like wild-caught salmon, mackerel and sardines, and supplementing with a good fish or krill oil will do the trick.

I take Carlson Yummy Lemon Flavored Fish Oil everyday.

Selenium

Selenium deficiency is so common in this industrial, modern era, therefore increasing the risk of viral infections, including 2020’s favorite, COVID-19. Research suggests that patients with healthy selenium biomarkers are less likely to have severe symptoms or die from COVID-19. Selenium works best when taken with its good ole’ antioxidant pal vitamin E (another powerful immune system booster!).

I get mine in the form of Brazil Nuts (lol, I know not a supplement but Brazil nuts pack a whopping 1000% of your daily value in a ~1 ounce serving. One nut contains 96 mcg, or 175% of the RDA!!).