The human body is constantly at war—every day the immune system defends against innumerable threats to our health. But the ability to ultimately win the war against illness and disease is in our control. We have the best defense known to man—the human immune system.
Have you ever wondered why some of us catch colds or get sick more often than others? Why some people die from Sars? Why some cancer patients live for years when doctors tell them their days are numbered? Why some of us are prone to severe flu symptoms and others get by without a sniffle? Do you wonder why there is a rapid rise in allergic and autoimmune diseases?
When our bodies become sick or diseased, we blame the viruses and bacteria for our ailments. But we forget that if they were the cause, then all of us should fall sick simultaneously. But this is not the case. The secret lies within us. It depends on the functioning of the immune system. A Healthy immune system is our best defense system. A healthy immune system will protect us against allergies, tumors, cancers, autoimmune diseases, and infections.
How can we maintain a healthy immune system?
The immune system consisting of the bone marrow, spleen, thymus, lymph nodes, tonsils, and appendix, is the cornerstone of the body’s health. When the body is deprived of essential nutrients, the immune system is weakened and loses its ability to ward off the bacteria and other pathogens that cause disease. In the long term, when properly nourished, exercised and well rested, the human body’s ability to combat illness and disease is nothing less than extraordinary. It is the best doctor in the world!
The science of nutritional immunology studies the link between nutrition and the immune system. When the body is supplied with nutritious whole foods, the defense process functions properly. Studies have shown that plant foods –fruits, vegetables and herbs –have medicinal properties and help nourish the body. The healing powerof plant foods come from vital nutrients called phytochemicals; that offer enormous promise in the fight to maintain optimal health.
How can we ensure a daily supply of nutritious whole foods?
Our planet has suffered drastically from using pesticides and over- fertilization. The fields were exploited to an extent that our vegetables do not have the same amount of nutrients as 50 years ago. Which means that for one tomato we ate about 50 years ago we would now have to eat about 3 tomatoes in order to get the same amount of nutrients. see article
As our lives get busier, it becomes more difficult to supply our bodies with daily required nutrients. This explains rising epidemics of cancer, flu related illnesses and allergic diseases. When we discovered Nutritional Immunology, we were fascinated about the results people experienced after eating more “wholefoods”. Allergies disappeared, chronic conditions subsided and even untreatable (in western medicine) conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, skin diseases improved significantly or stabilized.
"Wholefoods" which are added to the regular diet are harvested in a controlled environment and have the ability to replenish the levels of essential vitamins, antioxidants and other essential nutrients in our blood. Because of their balanced composition these foods can regulate over or under active immune systems and the related diseases can be cured as well as prevented.
That is why it is important to us to inform you about nutritional immunology and the products we all need in order to keep healthy, from a nutritional point of view.
• Each year more than 50 million North Americans suffer from allergic diseases
• Cardiovascular diseases claimed over 945,000 lives in N.A in 2004
• There are 18.2 million people with diabetes in N.A, while an estimated 13 million have been diagnosed and another 5.2 are unaware that they have the disease.
• Arthritis and chronic joint symptoms affect nearly 70 million in N.A.
• 35 million N.A. suffer from depression, severe enough to warrant treatment.
• Prostrate caner new cases 220,900/ deaths 28,900. Breast cancer new cases 212,600/ deaths 40,200 (stat from American Red Cross, 2 003)
• Over 14 million North.Americans. suffer from asthma.
NUTRITIONAL IMMUNOLOGY what is it?
We are born inherently with the best doctor in the world — our immune system. When the immune system is functioning properly, it should serve as a strong defense from most illnesses. Nutrition and proper care of the body can do wonders for the immune system. Regardless of the condition of our health, our bodies constantly require nutrition. When we are healthy, wholesome nutrition can prevent us from getting sick. Similarly, when we are sick, proper nourishment can help us recover from illness.
Nutritional Immunology is the science that focuses on the delicate balance between nutrition and our ability to maintain optimal health. When we eat properly, get sufficient rest, and exercise regularly our immune systems can function at peak efficiency. However, when we deprive our bodies of proper nutrients, our immune system is weakened, making us susceptible to poor health.
Healthful foods contribute to a strong immune response system, which fights disease-causing bacteria. Many people make an extra effort to be aware of nutrition when they are sick, but few take the preventative measures that could have stopped the illness before it started. The essence of Nutritional Immunology promotes overall health regulation rather than trying to repair the problem once it occurs.
With a nutritious and balanced diet many problems we encouter in the western civilisation from cardio vascular diseases to diabetes, especially when we get older, can be prevented and a lifestyle with far more fun and joy can be experienced.
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