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If you can spare roughly $40 per month in service of doing something wonderful for your immune system, I *strongly* recommend a supplement called Juice Plus+. It is, regrettably, sold via multilevel marketing, but the product itself is so good that I don't care. (Plus my pusher is a good friend.)

It is, in essence, fresh, ripe, organically grown fruits and vegetables, reduced to powder and put into capsules (or into very tasty gummies, which is my preferred form factor). A normal adult dose is the equivalent of eating eight servings of fruits and vegetables, and since I've been using them, I get sick less than half as often as I used to. And when I do, it doesn't tend to get as bad or last as long.

You can look it up online and do some research, and if you're interested and don't happen to know someone in your area who sells it, drop me a line and I'll hook you up with my pusher.

It really is good stuff. I am so completely sold on it that I've even thought about becoming a distributor myself.

The other thing I use that seems to work surprisingly well is something called Quantum Nucleotide Complex, which I get from my acupuncture doc. Apparently these nucleotides eat the protein shells of viruses. If I knock back a bunch of them, like 8 capsules' worth, when I'm just at the very beginning of feeling unwell, I usually don't get sick. (Now, it's pretty unscientific -- I don't *know* that I would have gotten sick in any case, but I am persuaded enough about them that I continue to use them.) Not sure how to suggest you get some other than to put you in contact with my acupuncturist, who might be able to point you to a practitioner near you.