Colds and flu season doesn’t have to knock you off your feet. While over-the-counter meds might offer quick relief, building a strong immune system is your best long-term defence. The good news? You don’t need to rely on harsh chemicals or complicated routines. By making a few simple, natural changes to your daily habits, you can give your body the tools it needs to fight off bugs before they take hold. Let’s explore how you can strengthen your immunity the natural way, so you stay healthier, longer.
Why do we get colds and flu during winter?
- We spend more time indoors.
When it’s cold, people stay inside where it’s warm. That means we’re closer to others, making it easier for viruses to spread from person to person.
- The air is drier.
Cold winter air (and indoor heaters) dry out your nose and throat. This makes it harder for your body to trap and fight off viruses.
- Less sunlight = less vitamin D.
We get less sun in winter, which can lower our vitamin D levels. Vitamin D helps keep the immune system strong, so lower levels can mean you’re more likely to get sick.
- Viruses survive better in the cold.
Cold, dry conditions help viruses like the flu stay active and infectious for longer.
What is the immune system?
Your immune system is your body’s natural defense team. It’s made up of cells, tissues, and organs that work together to protect you from germs like viruses, bacteria, and other harmful invaders.
How It Helps You Stay Healthy
When a virus or germ enters your body (like the flu), your immune system:
- Recognizes the invader as something that doesn’t belong.
- Attacks it using special cells (like white blood cells) to destroy it.
- Remembers it, so next time, it can respond faster and stronger.
A strong immune system doesn’t just help prevent you from getting sick, it can also lessen the severity and shorten the duration of illness if you do catch something.
Habits That Weaken Your Immune System
Sometimes, it’s not just about what you’re not doing—it’s also about what you are doing that could be harming your body’s natural defences. Here are a few common habits that can weaken your immune system:
- Poor diet: Eating lots of processed foods, sugar, and unhealthy fats can lead to inflammation and poor nutrient absorption.
- Chronic stress: Ongoing stress increases cortisol, which suppresses immune function over time.
- Lack of sleep: When you don’t rest enough, your body doesn’t get time to repair and restore immune cells.
- Inactive lifestyle: Not moving enough can slow down circulation, making it harder for immune cells to do their job.
- Smoking and excess alcohol: Both impair immune responses and damage the cells that protect you.
- Ignoring gut health: A poor diet or overuse of antibiotics can disturb the gut microbiome, which plays a big role in immunity.
By becoming aware of these habits, you can start replacing them with healthier choices—giving your immune system the best chance to protect you all year round.
How can I strengthen my immune system naturally?
- Eat Immune-Boosting Foods: The food you eat directly affects how well your immune system works. Just like a car needs the right fuel to run properly, your body needs the right nutrients to build and support strong immune defenses.
- Fruits & Veggies: Rich in vitamins C and A (e.g. citrus, berries, spinach, sweet potato).
- Garlic & Onion: Natural antimicrobials that help fight viruses.
- Ginger & Turmeric: Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.
- Probiotics: Found in yogurt, kefir, sauerkraut – support gut health, which is key to immune function.
- Get Enough Vitamin D: Vitamin D plays a key role in keeping your immune system strong and balanced. It helps activate immune cells that fight off viruses and bacteria, and also helps control inflammation so your body doesn’t overreact.
- Spend time in the sun (15–30 mins a day).
- Supplement if needed, many people are deficient, especially in winter.
- Prioritize Quality Sleep: Sleep is when your body does most of its repair and recovery—including your immune system. While you sleep, your body produces and releases infection-fighting cells and proteins (like cytokines) that help detect and destroy viruses and bacteria.
- Aim for 7–9 hours of deep, restful sleep.
- Your body uses sleep to repair and strengthen your immune response.
- Reduce Stress: Chronic stress weakens the immune system by increasing cortisol, which lowers your body’s ability to fight off infections.
- Chronic stress weakens your immune system.
- Practice deep breathing, meditation, or even short nature walks to lower stress hormones.
- Stay Active: Regular movement boosts circulation, helping immune cells travel through the body more efficiently to detect and fight infections.
- Moderate, regular exercise improves circulation and immune cell activity.
- Avoid overtraining, which can have the opposite effect.
- Cut Back on Sugar and Alcohol: Too much sugar and alcohol can weaken immune cells and reduce your body’s ability to fight off germs.
- Excess sugar suppresses white blood cell function.
- Alcohol impairs sleep and depletes nutrients your body needs to fight infections.
- Stay Hydrated:
- Water helps your body flush out toxins and keeps mucous membranes moist (your first line of defense).
- Consider Natural Supplements: Certain natural supplements can provide extra support by strengthening immune function and filling in nutritional gaps.
- Manna Immune Support
What is Manna Immune Support?
The use of botanical and herbal medicines as a complementary approach for the treatment of inflammatory diseases has been steadily increasing, possibly because of the adverse effects associated with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
This formulation of the highest quality natural & organic ingredients was specifically designed to improve the user’s ability to ward off infections, as well as to dramatically improve their quality of life when dealing with a chronic disease.
- Helps to strengthen the immune system
- The ingredients have very high anti-oxidation properties
- The product helps to provide nutrients for building and repairing the immune system
- Helps replace lost nutrients in a format that’s easily absorbed.
How does Manna Immune Support work?
Manna Immune Support works by supplying key nutrients that help build, repair, and activate the immune system. Its ingredients work together to support your body’s natural defenses, especially during times of stress or chronic illness.
Manna Immune Support
Constantly getting sick? Give your immune system a boost!
Manna Immune Support assists in the strengthening of the immune system, as it provides nutrients to build and repair the immune system.
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“Manna Immune Support is the best product I have ever taken to support my immune system. I have been taking it since 2013 and to date have not had a cold or flu. Every person I have introduced to Manna support have given feedback that they are feeling stronger and did not even contract a cold or flu during this Covid-19 epidemic year. I am 64 years of age and recommend this product to all people young or old.”
Deon Fourie
What is Manna Immune Support?
The use of botanical and herbal medicines as a complementary approach for the treatment of inflammatory diseases has been steadily increasing, possibly because of the adverse effects associated with the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.
This formulation of the highest quality natural & organic ingredients was specifically designed to improve the user’s ability to ward off infections, as well as to dramatically improve his/her quality of life when dealing with a chronic disease.
Benefits of Manna Immune Support
- Helps to strengthen the immune system
- The ingredients have very high anti-oxidation properties
- The product helps to provide nutrients for building and repairing the immune system
- Helps to replaces lost nutrients in a format that is rapidly absorbed
Action of Manna Immune Support
It assists in the strengthening of the immune system, as it provides nutrients to build and repair the immune system. The different ingredients work in a synergistic manner to modulate & improve immune activity.
“I’m so impressed with this product. My son has no problem taking it and he’s been so much more healthy in every aspect. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who struggles with sickly babies “
Michelle Steyn
Ingredients in Manna Immune Support
If you look at the ingredients below, you can see why this product is formulated for ultimate enhancement of the Immune system. We only use 3 ingredients in the product to get the highest effect from each individual ingredient…
“This is the second winter in a row that I did not get a cold or flu due to using the Manna Immune Support. I start in March before the winter and use it until August by taking two tablets in the morning and two after supper. Previously I use to get a cold at least twice every year. I strongly recommend this product to boost your immune system during winters. “
Deon Fourie
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Manna Immune Support
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“I am a cancer patient and I have been taking Immune Support for a while now. I find this product awesome, my check ups have been good and no other illness (ie flu etc) during the winter months. It is also a pleasure doing business with such an efficient company.”
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How to take it
Dosage
One Capsule 3 times per day, with food
How safe is it?
Natural and Organic: Yes
Manufactured in NSF CGMP Facility: Yes
100% free of additives: Absolutely
Potential allergens: Wheat, dairy FREE
Diabetic Friendly: Absolutely
Shelf Life: One year guaranteed
Contra-Indications
Only if allergic to ingredients
Pregnancy and lactation
Disclaimer
Manna Immune Support is a nutritional supplement and not a medicine
Can I use it with my current medication?
Yes, you can use the Manna Immune Support with any other medication. When on Warfarin, take this product 2 hours before or 2 hours after the Warfarin.
“My husband has been using Immune Support for the last three years, ever since he has had radiation for his cancer of the larynx. Up to now he is still clean. Immune Support is pure Sutherlandia, the South African cancer bush, which has been proved beneficial for curing and preventing cancer. “
Anette Van Heerden
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Manna Immune Support
R209.00Manna Immune Support 3 Month Special
Original price was: R603.00.R564.00Current price is: R564.00.Manna Immune Support is Available at
“Very happy with the product”
Ronelle
Ingredients in Manna Immune Support
- ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF EUCALYPTUS TERETICORNIS BARK AND LEAF METHANOLIC EXTRACTS – International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Review and Research Volume 4, Issue 2, September – October 2010; Article 021
- Nutr. May 1, 2003 vol. 133 no. 5 1286-1290
- Agric. Food Chem., 2005, 53 (21), pp 8162–8168
- Medical News Today November 24, 2008
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Jul 1;105(26):9099-104.
- J Agric Food Chem. 2008 Dec 24;56(24):11621-30.
- Nutr Cancer. 2009;61(3):381-9.
- Cancer Lett. 2011 Jun 1;305(1):1-7.
- Hypolipidemic, Antioxidant and Antiinflammatory Activities of Microalgae Spirulina – Cardiovasc Ther. 2010 Aug; 28(4): e33–e45.
