{"id":22706,"date":"2025-02-24T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22706"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:25:28","slug":"do-supplements-boost-your-immune-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=22706","title":{"rendered":"Do Supplements Boost Your Immune System?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We asked experts about whether they have real benefits.<\/p>\n

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While perusing the supplement aisle, you\u2019ll likely pass bottles of pills and gummies claiming to boost your immune system.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019ve ever felt tempted to try them, you\u2019re far from alone: Recent research suggests that millions of Americans have used dietary supplements for those supposed benefits.<\/p>\n

The new study<\/a> was published last week in JAMA Network Open and included more than 15,000 participants. It found that about one in nine U.S. residents used supplements to enhance their immune systems between January 2017 and March 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt comes up all the time,\u201d said Dr. Michael Ben-Aderet, the associate medical director of hospital epidemiology at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles who wasn\u2019t involved with the study. \u201cThere\u2019s really this sense of people trying to optimize their health.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Many people also used the supplements without a doctor\u2019s recommendation, the researchers found. But infectious disease doctors, researchers, and supplement experts say there isn\u2019t much evidence that these products actually help.<\/p>\n