The immune system plays a very important role in the human system: It protects our body from harmful substances, germs and cell changes that could make someone sick.  Without an immune system, it would be impossible to fight harmful bacteria, viruses fungi or parasites that enter our body or harmful changes that occur inside our body.

Our immune system is made up of various organs, cells and proteins. The main tasks of the body’s immune system are:

• to fight disease-causing germs (pathogens) and to remove them from the body,

• to recognize and neutralize harmful substances from the environment, and

• to fight disease-causing changes in the body, such as cancer cells.

With the COVID-19 Virus pandemic affecting millions of people around the world, having a strong Immune System is essential to being able to fight off disease and infection and stay healthy. Patients seriously ill with COVID-19 can experience an overactive inflammatory response called cytokine storm. It is the cytokine storm that increases the risk of death from the disease. 

Deficiency in dietary factors such as Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, Vitamins and Minerals can cause harm to immune functions.  Many studies suggest that boosting the body’s Immune System with balanced nutrition especially in terms of adequate vitamin, mineral and protein intake helps in decreasing the risk of cytokine storm by regulating inflammatory response.