The Center of Disease Control’s (CDC) primary function is to compile statistics about deaths caused by hundreds of different disease entities. Last year’s report shows, the total number of reported deaths (from all causes) was 2,426,264 people. They list flu as the number 8 cause of death, stating that 56,326 of these 2,426,264 deaths (or 2.32%) were cause by the flu. Sounds scary, doesn’t it?However, on page 34 of this report, we are able to discover the real truth; the problem stems from the fact that the CDC lumps both flu and pneumonia deaths together. It turns out that only 849 of the reported 56 thousand deaths, or only 1.5% of them, are actually attributed to the flu. The remaining 98.5% of them died of pneumonia.
Virtually all of us carry the bacteria that “cause” pneumonia within our throats at all times. It’s an unsettling truth…we are all germ condominiums. And yet, very few of us ever develop pneumonia. Why is that? The reason is that our immune system is designed to protect us from bacteria.
Immune Cells are very high maintenance. They must operate at very high metabolic rates, enabling them to respond quickly to each attack. And like every other high-activity cell, they must reproduce much more frequently and accurately to replace those damaged and exhausted warriors. To fulfill this recurrent demand, we must have optimum levels of nutrients in our blood AT ALL TIMES.
Things that we eat, drink and inhale can depress our immune system. It is well know by all of us that alcohol, second-hand smoking and sugar can depress our immune cell activity. This is why supplementation provides such dramatic support in strengthening our immune system.
High Cholesterol levels can also suppress immune function. Research has shown that there is an inverse relationship between cholesterol levels and macrophage (White blood cells or WBCs)—the higher your cholesterol levels climb, the lower your macrophage activity. Besides our skin and mucus membranes, WBCs are our first line of defense against attacks from viruses and bacteria.
Stress is a major contributor. Stress-induced decline in health is directly associated with stressed production of stress related hormones. Studies investigating the blood levels of couples experiencing marital conflict revealed a direct relationship between high cortisol levels and dramatic decreases in immune function.
Cortisol can also damage other organ systems in the body, leading to not only depressed immune function, but also memory loss, heart disease, high blood pressure, elevated blood glucose levels, osteoporosis, and other degenerative diseases. Although short-term cortisol release is an important part of our fight-or-fight mechanism, long term exposure leads to decline in health and eventual disease.
The Nutrition solution
The alternative approach to preventing the flu involves several overlapping processes; rebuild your immune system, restore your digestive tract, removing toxic substances from your environment.
We recommend you to take:
- Good multivitamin (Vita Lea) because it has all the essential nutrients your body needs.
- Energizing soy protein because it is an essential building block for the repair and growth of healthy cells
- Nutriferon because it’s a blend of natural plant extracts and induce natural production of interferon
