'Boosting Immunity' Series

 

Learning more about your own immune system benefits you on two fronts. For those who face illness, which we all do at some time or another, knowledge of the immune system can help you to respond to your illness, to help your body's own healing mechanisms in responding to your illness. For those of you who are currently healthy, knowledge of your immune system can help you to maintain you health, and help you to avoid practices that might lead to illness in your future. For anyone living in an increasingly toxic world, knowledge of your immune system and detoxification can help you respond to the toxins you encounter in everyday life. The choice is up to you. But today's choices may well determine your comfort and well being in the days ahead.

The immune system is a complex of organs--highly specialized cells and even a circulatory system separate from blood vessels-all of which work together to clear infection from the body. The functions of Lymphatic system include the absorbtion of excess fluid and its return to the blood stream, absorption of fat and the immune system function.

The organs of the immune system, positioned throughout the body, are called lymphoid organs. The word "lymph" in Greek means a pure, clear stream--an appropriate description considering its appearance and purpose. Lymphatic vessels and lymph nodes are the parts of the special circulatory system that carries lymph, a transparent fluid containing white blood cells, chiefly lymphocytes.

The lymph nodes contain lymphocytes (white blood cells) which help destroy foreign bacteria or other harmful cells.  The lymph nodes may become enlarged or swollen when they fight an infection since they must produce additional white blood cells.

The two major classes of lymphocytes are B-cells and T-cells.
B-cells produce antibodies that circulate in the blood and lymph streams and attach to foreign antigens to mark them for destruction by other immune cells.
T-cells , which also patrol the blood and lymph for foreign invaders, they attack and destroy diseased cells they recognize as foreign.

The immune system needs the essential nutrients and body detoxification to function and stay healthy. There are many signals, signs, common medical health symptoms indicate time to detoxify. Even if you think you are feeling good, you may be experiencing at least one or several of the following symptoms that shows the need for natural detoxification therapy. Some of these symptoms can appear for a short time like: allergies, backaches, bad breath, bad digestion, bloating, periodontal conditions, sinus infections, skin rashes, blurred vision, coated tongue, stomach pain and yeast infections, constipation, depression, excessive gas, excessive mucus, fatigue, fever, food reactions, headaches, intestinal dysfunction, irritability, joint pain, loss of appetite, low immunity, diarrhea, early aging, excessive colds flu, memory loss, menstrual problems, muscular pains, nausea, obnoxious odor, over-acidity.

When digestion isn't 100% complete, when digestion isn't 100% perfect, then there's the build up of toxic matter that gets deposited in the body. Many digestive complaints and symptoms appear even in apparently healthy people. They frequently go undiagnosed because these complaints are not “serious”. Symptoms such as gas, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, belching, flatulence, food sensitivities, indigestion, malabsorption, irritable bowel syndrome, and the list goes on.... are so common that they are seen as normal. Consider that a sluggish bowel can retain pounds of old toxic fecal matter. This leads to a vicious cycle of autointoxication that taxes our defense systems and eventually leads to more serious disease.

Amazon Herb Products which may support the Lymphatic & Immune Systems: Uña de Gato, Graviola, Gravizon™, Arcozon™, Aquazon™, Illumination™, FiberzonPLUS™, Fiberzon™, Pure Camu *.

Good nutrition.
“A healthy diet is absolutely essential to maintain good immunity. Food provides our cells with the raw materials they require to meet the body’s needs. We tend to take nutrition for granted, believing that we’ll get along just fine, even if we don’t consume all the nutrition we need. Yet we shouldn’t assume that just because we live in a modern society we have adequate nutrition. Hundreds of in-depth studies have documented that malnutrition exists in industrialized nations today, among both the rich and poor. Widespread nutritional factors that can compromise our immune capacity include eating too much sugar or starch, obesity, high cholesterol, and the regular use of alcohol. If the immune system is malnourished, it may not have the resources needed to protect us against illness. A healthy immune system depends on adequate amounts of vitamins, minerals, and other important metabolic nutrients. For example, the vast majority of our immune function is dependent on vitamin A and zinc, nutrients that are often lacking in the modern diet.

Toxins and pollution . The metabolic machinery of our cells is exquisitely sensitive to many toxins that can interfere with the body’s normal biochemical processes. Every day we are exposed to thousands (yes, thousands) of chemicals in our food, water, and air that were nonexistent until the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As a result, our bodies must cope with manufactured chemicals, pesticides, heavy metals, petroleum products, and plastics that can accumulate in our tissues and that are toxic to the immune system. Clearing the body of these environmental toxins increases our requirement for antioxidants and various other nutrients. Because of these exposures, our nutritional requirements may be increased to higher levels than we can obtain in our diet, making it important to use nutritional supplements to remain healthy. And because of the prevalence of these exposures, it’s also important to build detoxification into our lifestyle. Some toxic chemicals have been documented to cause cold-like symptoms. A committee of the World Health Organization reported that up to 30 percent of new and remodeled buildings emit air pollutants such as formaldehyde, asbestos, volatile chemicals, and other toxins and allergens. The effects of these emissions can cause "sick building syndrome." Solutions to the chemical sensitivity that may result include avoiding the sources of exposure, detoxifying the body and, when necessary, getting treatment from a physician trained in environmental medicine.

The stress factor . There is now strong data that documents the impact of stress on immunity and susceptibility to illness. For instance, remember how many of your friends caught colds during final exams? A report of 276 volunteers exposed to a common cold virus showed that those who had been under stress for more than a month were most likely to get sick. In another study, children with a history of stress and recurrent colds were found to have lower localized immunity. Stress has also been found to stimulate immune-suppressing chemicals such as adrenaline. Fortunately, research has found that stress reducers such as meditation, relaxation, guided imagery, and hypnosis can effectively enhance immunity.” Len Saputo, M.D., and Nancy Faass, M.S.W, M.P.H "Boosting Immunity. Creating Wellness naturally", 2002 edition.

Help yourself and boost your immune system.

The First Step
Clear out old accumulations from the intestinal tract. This is a critical, but easy, prerequisite for improved digestion and assimilation. Try using a blend of healing herbs, nutrients, and fibers to provide a natural, gentle “broom” to gradually rejuvenate intestinal function.

Amazon Herb Products which clean the Intestinal Tract: FiberzonPLUS™, Fiberzon™ Illumination™ *.

The Second Step
Improve Your Digestion and Assimilation It is not how much we eat, but how much we can fully digest, absorb and metabolize that counts. To be well nourished is to take into the body everything it requires, and to fully eliminate all the resultant debris. The first of these processes is digestion. If eating results in gas, bloating, or occasional abdominal pains, consider digestive enzymes. By taking enzymes at the beginning of each meal, you will more fully digest your food, increasing your available helpful nutrients and decreasing possible exposure to antigens (food particles that can stimulate allergic reactions). At least 25% of your resting metabolic energy is spent on maintaining your digestive health. By using enzymes, you can actually use less of this energy on digestion, leaving more available to make repairs, restore normal functions, or perform other tasks with added energy. Use Digestizon™, Digestizon Plus™  with your meal to regulate healthy digestion. Poorly digested food is toxic; when it sits too long, it can be absorbed and recalculated through the body, stressing the liver and the immune system and eventually causing disease. And if the body works too hard to digest food, vital energy is diverted. Digestion starts in the mouth, where salivary enzymes begin the chemical processing of food and the teeth break it down physically. Vegetables mineralize the system. The water contained in fruits and vegetables is important for nourishing and cleansing. Water carries the rich cargo of nutrients into the intestines where they are rapidly absorbed and then flushes away the wastes.

Amazon Herb Products which may support the Digestion: Digestizon™, Digestizon Plus™, FiberzonPLUS™, Fiberzon™, Sumacazon™, Aquazon™ , Metabazon™, Envirozon™, Stevia Sangre de Drago *.

Natural Ways to Boost Your Methabolism.

1. Eating breakfast is the best way to kick starts your metabolism after a number of hours ‘fasting’ overnight. Not only does breakfast give your mind and body the fuel it needs to function optimally but also cranks up your metabolism so that your body is in fat burning mode ASAP.
2. Eating something every 2-4 hours will do wonders for your metabolism. Every time you eat your metabolism increases. After eating it drops. If you leave it too long between meals your metabolism will just continue to drop to a point where it is too low and you’re not burning any fat or calories. That is the good time for Metabazon™. Eating regularly ensures that your metabolism is continuously at an elevated level. Avoid snacking on high calorie foods that will not only be detrimental to your weight management but will also trigger the desire to keep on eating! You can try the Chocamaca as a healthy snack and substitute sugar with natural sweetener Stevia .
3. Drink a lot of water. The kidneys need water to detoxify the body. Without water the kidneys can’t do their job so the liver steps in to help. The livers prime function is to burn fat so if it’s off doing the kidneys work it’s obviously not doing it’s own. Drinking water will not only free up the liver to focus on fat burning but also cleanse the body, flush out the systems, aid digestion and simply allow the body to function more efficiently. Drink Pure Camu  which is high in natural vitamin C and Treasure Tea
4. Exercise! No surprise here. Aim for 3-5 sessions per week, 20-50 minutes a session. As a general rule, the higher the intensity of the workout, the longer and greater the metabolisms boost.
5. Eat more soy protein. Soy protein has been shown to positively affect the body’s output of powerful fat burning thyroid hormones.

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