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Break a sweat
"Research suggests that exercise assists with strengthening the immune system, helping to prevent illnesses," says accredited practising dietician Melanie McGrice from Nutrition Plus. She adds that gentle exercise is preferable, as heavy training that can lead to exhaustion will do more harm than good. Try a team sport, local gym class or simply taking a walk each day.
C food and eat it
"Research suggests that a deficiency of vitamin C or zinc will decrease your immunity", says Melanie. She suggests a daily serving of meat, poultry, fish or seafood will give you your daily recommended intake of zinc, while a serving of oranges, strawberries, broccoli or potatoes will keep you covered for vitamin C.
Go pro
Victoria O'Sullivan, naturopath from Victoria O'Sullivan and Associates recommends adding probiotic foods to your diet for the immune-boosting benefits. "The good bacteria in our digestive systems are essential for immunity, so natural yoghurt along with fermented foods like sauerkraut, miso, and kimchi are all excellent sources," she says.
Sweet dreams
"One of the most important things for strengthening our immune system is adequate, good quality sleep — at least seven hours per night," says Melanie. Read our top 10 tips for a good night's sleep for some tips on perfecting your zzzz.
Get the sunshine vitamin
Scientists at the University of Copenhagen discovered that vitamin D, the vitamin that we get from the sun, is crucial to activating our immune defences. "Without sufficient intake of the vitamin, the killer cells of the immune system — T cells — will not be able to react to and fight off serious infections in the body," the university said in a press release. Read more about vitamin D in our Good Health article.
Sugar really is evil
You're not going to like this one. "Sugar literally destroys immune system," says Victoria, "so avoiding sugary drinks, extra added sugar, chocolate, cakes etc. and following an unprocessed, wholefood diet will power the immune system," she says. Luckily, naturally sweet foods like strawberries and oranges are tops for your immune system.
Stress less
Long nights in the office aren't doing your immune system any good. "On-going stress can shrink the thymus gland, which is one of our key immune glands and cortisol will stop the immune cells from being able to communicate effectively to fight off viruses," says Victoria. Some great stress-combating techniques include meditation, yoga or just taking a few minutes out to breathe deeply.
Garlic
Crush garlic and add to dressings and stir-fries to add flavour and also give your immunity a boost. "Garlic has natural antibiotic properties and is high in cysteine, an amino acid, says Victoria. "These are good for drying up mucous, so good for wet coughs and sinus congestion." Totally worth the garlic breath.
Supplements
Victoria recommends the following for an immune system of steel:
Zinc/vitamin C: often can be found combined in a powder/tablet form
Olive leaf and andrographis: olive leaf is a powerful anti-viral and andrographis is anti-bacterial and excellent for infection
Elder: excellent decongestant for nasal passage
Thyme: antiseptic, great for soothing sore throats
Have a happy and healthy winter.
Gattuso, 65, had enrolled in a clinical trial for a drug aimed at women who have low sexual desire. There is no treatment available in the United States for boosting the female sex drive, but women like Gattuso hoped that would change with this experimental medication, called flibanserin.
"It was amazing, absolutely amazing, and it just makes you feel whole," Gattuso said, recalling her feeling of taking this drug. "It makes you feel like a complete woman again."
Outside such experimental settings, there are no medications available in the United States for female hypoactive sexual desire disorder. That's the technical term for when women have a distressing lack or absence of sexual desire or fantasy. Up to one-third of adult women may experience it, according to a 2002 study.
Flibanserin seemed like a potential answer for many. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has rejected applications to green-light the drug.
Sprout Pharmaceuticals, which is pursuing approval of the drug, has appealed the FDA's most recent decision, and was scheduled to have a meeting with FDA officials on Friday, said the company's president and chief operating officer, Cindy Whitehead.
Given that the drug has been through numerous, rigorous clinical trials, and so much has been invested in it, the FDA's refusal to approve it is a turning point in the field of sexual medicine, says Dr. Irwin Goldstein, director of sexual medicine at Alvarado Hospital in San Diego, California, who collaborated on clinical trials for flibanserin.
If there is no positive action on the drug, it could spell doom for pharmacological efforts to manage female sexual desire, he said. "It will go back to dark ages of saying, 'This is all a relationship problem,' even though we know it's not," he said.
The FDA declined to answer specific questions regarding the matter.
FDA spokeswoman Andrea Fischer said in a statement: "The FDA is only able to provide information on approved drug product applications. Any information on an application that has yet to receive an approval or was denied approval belongs to the manufacturer/sponsor developing the drug."
Sprouting a drug
Flibanserin was initially developed by pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim, but the company ditched it in 2010 after the FDA declined to approve their new drug application, asking for more research, Goldstein said.
A smaller operation, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, took over work on the drug in 2011, and resubmitted an application with 14 new clinical studies, encompassing data on more than 3,000 new patients, according to the company.
In total, more than 11,000 people have participated in clinical trials for flibanserin, Whitehead said. Still, the most recent attempt to get flibanserin off the ground failed; the FDA did not approve the company's revised drug application in October.
The FDA characterized the drug as having a "modest" effect in its response letter, Whitehead said. But clinical trial results show statistically significant improvement in the women who took the drug, compared to those who took a placebo, she said.
"In terms of what we see, I would say 'modest' is meaningful," Whitehead said.
A 2013 study in the Journal of Sexual Medicine showed that women taking the drug reported an average increase of 2.5 satisfying sexual events in four weeks, compared to an increase of 1.5 among women using a placebo.
Flibanserin is not a hormonal treatment and does not appear to affect fertility or interact with birth control medications, Whitehead said.
The drug works by increasing brain blood flow in particular ways, Goldstein said. It increases levels of the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenaline, and lowers levels of serotonin.
Side effects of flibanserin include dizziness, nausea, fatigue and sleepiness. Unlike some treatments for men, flibanserin needs to be taken once a day, every day.
Other options
There are other experimental treatments for low female sex drive in the works.
Drugs called Lybrido and Lybridos, developed by a company called Emotional Brain, have undergone several randomized studies with results that are "very promising and will be published soon," according to the company's website. A drug called Bremelanotide is being investigated by Palatin Technologies for both men and women. None of these drugs has completed phase 3 trials, which are necessary before approval.
Whitehead counts 24 FDA-approved treatments available in the United States for male sexual dysfunction, including popular drugs such as Viagra (sildenafil citrate). For women, it's zero.
"A lot of times, the medical community has really put men's needs first and hasn't really addressed women's sexual needs," said Jennifer Foust, a sex therapist in Aventura, Florida, who is not affiliated with flibanserin.
Because doctors have no solutions, women have tried less-proven treatments for their low sexual desire, such as diets and herbs. None of Foust's clients has had success with them. She said some women who aren't functioning well sexually would be "open to anything."
"I've had women complain, 'Why isn't there a female Viagra?' " Foust said.
Sex drive: It's complicated
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