To improve the body’s natural resistance, the diet should provide good amounts of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and bioflavonoids which are natural protective chemicals found in plants. A diet that has adequate amounts of protein, vegetables and fruits, lots of green leafy vegetables and nuts supply the above nutrients that increase levels of immunoglobulin. Immunoglobulins are blood proteins that act as disease fighting antibodies that are produced by the immune system. Minimise the intake of animal fats, sugar, alcohol, caffeine and highly processed carbohydrate foods.
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Improve Immune System Function
There is a lot of talk these days about how to improve immune system function. In a world where stress, pollution, poor diet and new strains of “superbugs” are constantly taxing our immune systems, it's no wonder. More people are looking for a way to help themselves and their families because every day and with more and more frequency we're hearing tidbits of information about Avian (H5N1) Flu.
Your immune system is still the best weapon to fight a viral infection. It doesn't matter if it is a new virus like Avian Flu (H5N1), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), West Nile Virus, or the common cold. If it's a virus, your immune system will try to kill it.
Your immune system has the ability to respond to diseases of all kinds. This is dependent on many complex reactions between the components of your immune system and the antigens on the disease causing agents. Your immune system can recognize invading substances, it can mount a specific attack on each invader as an individual, and it can remember that particular invader so that it can mount a secondary disease preventing attack upon later exposures.
Your immune system works around the clock, fortifying your body to deal with life's varied assortment of bacteria, viruses, microbes, and more. It plays a major role in maintaining health throughout your body, including healthy function of all body systems, helping you to feel strong, energetic and enthusiastic about your life.
The ABC's Of Immune System Function
Your immune system's ability to protect your body is both instinctive and learned - in other words, it informs your body's actions with both innate and acquired responses. Each individual is born with innate immunity - the ability of your immune system to recognize what doesn't belong in the body. Along with passive defenses like skin, (your first line of defense), stomach acid and mucus, the innate immune system also contains active immune response mechanisms that include Natural Killer, or NK cells. Like all innate front line defense agents, NK cells do not need prior exposure in order to act. They simply recognize foreign cells and go to work.
As environmental conditions constantly generate new immune challenges, even the strongest innate immune system could use some help. That's where acquired immunity comes in. It learns new skills and builds new tools to deal with ever-increasing microbial invaders. But for this system to adapt for attack, it first must recognize a threat before it can build the tools to fight. The good news is that, after the acquired immune system builds the tools for a specific infection, it remembers it and is ready for the next attack.
In Dr. William J. Hennen's book, Enhanced Transfer Factor, he compares the education of immune cells to a school system with grammer school, prep school, college and graduate level training. He states that, if the thymus gland can be compared to grammer school and prep school, transfer factors can be compared to collegiate and graduate level support for the immune system.
A Higher Education: Transfer Factors
Discovered during the late 1940's, transfer factors are tiny, naturally-occurring molecules that "transfer" immune knowledge from a donor to a recipient, such as between a mother and her infant who she breastfeeds. After years of research, these "smart molecules" have been shown to support your immune system's ability to recognize invaders, remember past invasions and respond appropriately.
This higher level of immune support from transfer factors is further concentrated through the patented technology of 4Life Transfer Factor© Products that provide the enhanced benefits of transfer factor products, 4Life has established itself as a leader, dedicated to improve immune system and advanced immune system support.
Education is said to open doors to a more fulfilling and rewarding life. The more your immune system knows, the more effective it will be in supporting your body's total health. And, the better you will be able to live each day.
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The basic function of the white blood cells and the immune system is to gobble up foreign invaders, bacteria, viruses and parasites. There are many ways you can stimulate the immune system to do this in a better way and there are many ways you can suppress it. Emotional and spiritual factors, a positive mental attitude, self-esteem, visualization, relaxation, yoga, breathing exercises and meditation all have a very good effect on immunity. You should have a healthy diet and adequate digestive function. Digestive enzymes like bromelain, papain and trypsin are important to help digest food and eliminate the
bacteria, parasites and viruses that come in our food supply. Immune system suppressors weaken the immune system's ability to fight cancer, infections and allergies. Things like alcohol, aging, chemicals (particularly phenol, formaldehyde, and hydrocarbons), silver-mercury dental fillings, air and water pollution, surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are all immunosuppressive. Prescription drugs like cortisone and steroids, the birth control pill, antibiotics, recreational drugs, marijuana, nicotine, cigarette smoking, cocaine and amphetamines all suppress the immune system. Lifestyle habits, lack of sleep, airplane travel, stress, depression, overeating, high fat diet, excessive iron, malnutrition, particularly in protein and vitamins and trace minerals like selenium, zinc and essential fatty acids are also immunosuppressive. Lately it has been shown in medical literature that excessive iron in the system has an immune suppressant effect and may actually increase your risk for both cancer and heart disease.
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