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Activity and social interaction are important for our mental and physical health. For kids? Absolutely essential. But with all the germs and bacteria out there, we want to keep our kids as protected as possible. Here are 5 great supplements to support children's immune systems.

Since we can’t necessarily stop the pressure from the upcoming holidays, what can we do throughout the holiday season is prepare ourselves. Let’s look at 5 important ways we can cope with the stress of the holidays this year.

The elderberry is considered one of the world’s most healing plants. In fact, Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine,” famously called the elderberry shrub his “medicine chest.”  With a reputation for treating many ailments, here are 5 ways you can gain from this renown plant:

Getting sick can happen at any time of year, but there is a significant rise in colds and flus during the winter months. With the uncomfortable symptoms like sore throat, congestion, cough and runny nose, getting sick is the last thing on everyone's wish list. We have created a list of the top 5 ways to help you avoid catching the cold or flu.

Our body has an amazing defense system, our immune system. It provides protection to pathogens and resists infection. When it is functioning optimally it works hard to keep our bodies safe. However, sometimes it is not able to perform at its optimal level, when this occurs we are prone to being more susceptible to the cold and flu. There are a number of methods that can boost our immunity and keep it functioning optimally.

Remember when our culture got a little excessive about eliminating bacteria?  Antibacterial soaps, cloths, sprays, and wipes swept the market.  We were convinced that we needed to keep our environment and our bodies sterile. Bacteria kind of got a bad rap.

But what we’ve discovered in recent years is that our body contains trillions of naturally occurring bacteria that are incredibly beneficial to our health.