Foods and herbs for resisting disease and fighting infection

Foods and herbs for resisting disease and fighting infection
Back when I was a kid the toy section in most department
stores sold kaleidoscopes. These were cylindrical shaped
tubes through which you could look at one end. At the
opposite end were a few pieces of colored glassy that when
turned council form an infinite number of geometric
patterns.

In some ways, your own immune system is much like this
apparatus that I enjoyed in my childhood. With only a
limited number of weapons, it puts up an almost endless
variety of defenses against diseases.

Personal immunity is threatened whenever there are antigens
in the system. Antigens are viruses, bacteria, cancer
cells, fungi, protozoa, particles and anything else that
might challenge the integrity of personal immunity. In
fact, antigens are the very reason that an immune defense
exists at all.

The immune system employs different methods of fighting
these antigens. One way is for some immune cells to "eat"
antigens; these specialized white blood cells are called
phagocytes. Another way is to cut a hole in the surface of
the bacteria's cell. This then destroys the bacteria by
permitting water, sodium, and other substances to leak in
and out of the cell, upsetting its homeostasis or state of
steadiness. Poison can be used to kill antigens. Or a cover
can be slapped over that part of the antigen which does the
damage (The toxic sited).

There are different types of white blood cells, each with
its own name, size, shape, and function. Besides a variety
of phagocytes and leukocytes, there are also a number of
different lymphocytes originating in the lymph glands of
the body: T-cells, natural killer cells, helper cells,
suppressor cells, and B-cells. But behind these immune
troops is further backup in the form of the complement
system, immunoglobulins, interferon, and interleukin.
Everything that I've just mentioned forms your defense
network. And as antigens float around in your system trying
to form some pattern of disease, your immune system like
the kaleidoscope mentioned earlier is forming endless
arrangements to stop this process from ever happening.

Garlic to the rescue

In keeping with my medical friend's recommendation, I wish
to share with you something about garlic. Garlic, as most
herbalists know, is outstanding for high blood pressure.
But no one seems to understand exactly how it works within
the body to accomplish this.

That is, until now. I've fin ally figured out how the stuff
works so well for hypertension. Now high blood pressure, as
everyone knows, is induced by stress. And stress, of
course, is caused by people. Therefore, it stands to
reason, that if you eat lots of garlic, it will make the
people go away, which in turn relieves the stress. And when
this sequence of events happens, then blood pressure
returns to normal.

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