You can't "boost" your immune system with "health food," nor would you want to
by Cory Doctorow from on (#11T65)
Your immune system has two approaches: the first wave is a bunch of attacks that make your body less hospitable to germs, like a fever, mucous, and achy lethargy (which keeps you at home, away from opportunistic infectious agents); the second is a tailored antibody attack that kicks in about ten days later. (more")