Do You Know the 7 Core Processes of Your Body?

Do YOU want to Know?

LINKING you to Valuable Information

PART THREE OF A 7 PART SERIES

PART THREE - DEFENSE

Our body has various processes that stand guard to protect us from infection and cellular injury. Between protecting us against invaders and ridding our body of old dead cells, our immune system has a big job to do. The link below offers a great overview.

Your immune process has evolved over millions of years to protect you from organisms and foreign substances. An imbalance here makes you overreact to exposure to substances your body’s immune system sees as foreign or out of place; that’s what causes inflammation. We want to avoid exposures to the foreign substances and give the things that the immune system needs to send the correct messages to the genes that control inflammation.

Here is a great article on immunity:

https://askthescientists.com/immune-system/?id=13299749&source=copiedlink

Here are all the “Dont’s” to help your immune system- going on the offensive vs. defensive:

https://askthescientists.com/protect-immune-health/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email?id=13299749&source=copiedlink

The Holy Grail on Foods to EAT: MUST READ:

https://askthescientists.com/immune-nutrients/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email?id=13299749&source=copiedlink

Questions to ask yourself:

1. Do I get every cold or flu that goes around?
2. Do I have sore joints that are made worse by modest exercise?
3. Do I get skin rashes for no reason?
4. Am I unusually sensitive to the sun?
5. Do my joints swell?
6. Do I have chronic pain in my hands, wrists, ankles, or feet?
7. Is my grip strength weaker?
8. Am I losing muscle?
9. Do I have chronic sinus infections?
10. Are fungal infections on my body common?
11. Do I have frequent bladder or urinary infections?
12. Chronic intestinal pain or discomfort?
13. Gum inflammation?
14. Chronic leg or back pain?
15. Do I take ibuprofen or Aleve regularly?
16. Frequently prescribed antibiotics?
17. Past diagnosis of mono? Herpes? Candida? Lyme? Cryptosporidium? HIV? Cytomegalovirus? Clostridium.

REFERENCE: "The Disease Delusion". Dr. Jeffrey Bland.

As always, learning about your body is always enlightening but if you find you are answering a lot of these questions with yes’s - not only read on, but you will want to contact your primary care health care provider for evaluation as well.

Eat well and defend away- 4 MORE KNOWLEDGE BUILDERS TO COME. Save your answers - we seek solutions.

Janet