{"id":1359,"date":"2025-08-16T03:09:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/1359\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T03:09:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:09:07","slug":"how-to-boost-your-immune-system-naturally-from-exercise-and-diet-to-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/1359\/","title":{"rendered":"How to boost your immune system naturally, from exercise and diet to vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Tim Friede, a US truck mechanic turned self-taught snake expert, has what has been described as \u201csuper immunity\u201d to snake venom: he has been bitten more than 200 times over nearly two decades by some of the world\u2019s most poisonous snakes.<\/p>\n<p>Globally, snake bites kill more than 100,000 people and cause 300,000 permanent disabilities every year. <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3308916\/hes-been-bitten-snakes-hundreds-times-now-scientists-are-studying-his-blood?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Friede has teamed up with scientists<\/a> to use his blood to help develop a broad antivenom that could save the lives of people living in remote rural locations around the world.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">How did he develop immunity to snake venom that should kill a human in minutes?<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Not only has he been bitten often, he has also exposed himself repeatedly to toxins, injecting himself with small amounts of diluted venom more than 700 times.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Snake bites kill more than 100,000 people globally every year. Photo: Shutterstock\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/a3c16832-adbf-4f18-9d86-22895101a755_6114a0af.jpg\" title=\"Snake bites kill more than 100,000 people globally every year. Photo: Shutterstock\"\/>Snake bites kill more than 100,000 people globally every year. Photo: Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Vaccines work on the same principle: a small amount of the offending virus or bacteria is introduced to the system \u2013 not enough to kill or make a person sick, just enough that the body recognises an enemy and begins to produce protective antibodies.<\/p>\n<p>Failing to get the vaccine means the <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3159807\/what-immune-system-and-how-do-you-strengthen-it-expert?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">immune system<\/a> will not get the prompt to make antibodies to protect against infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tim Friede, a US truck mechanic turned self-taught snake expert, has what has been described as \u201csuper immunity\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[1672,869,1667,1669,1671,18,135,19,1666,153,99,17,1674,1675,1665,1668,1673,1670],"class_list":{"0":"post-1359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health","8":"tag-aerobic-exercise","9":"tag-alzheimers-disease","10":"tag-antivenom","11":"tag-bacteria","12":"tag-brisk-walk","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-health","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-immune-system","17":"tag-immunity","18":"tag-inflammation","19":"tag-ireland","20":"tag-manchester-university","21":"tag-overeating","22":"tag-snake-bites","23":"tag-t-cells","24":"tag-upper-respiratory-tract-infections","25":"tag-viruses"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}