A Healthy Immune System
The key to good health

For many years we at Health Products Guru have been strong advocates of proper nutrition and nutritional supplementation being the key to overall good health.  We also realize that it is imperative that we must also focus on maintaining optimal immune system function to the same end.

When our bodies are, as a whole, functioning properly we are said to be in a state of ease, that is to say without maladies.  Conversely when one or more of our bodies organs or systems are not functioning properly we are said to be in a state of disease.

Our bodies immune system is the front line of defense.  It protects our bodies from environmental contaminants be they biological or chemical.  Over the past decades we have been hearing more and more about viral contaminants.  In fact many of the maladies being treated by conventional medical practitioners today are being blamed on viral contamination which I believe to be only a half truth.

The other half of the above claim in that these viruses are having this effect due to suppressed immune system function.  Our bodies are constantly being subjected to both chemical and biological environmental contamination on a daily basis.  Our bodies have however been designed to cope with these issues and do so quite nicely when functioning optimally.  The problem is that we don’t get the nutrition that we need to keep our immune systems functioning properly from the foods that we eat alone.  In fact the diets of average Americans over the past few decades are the primary cause of the illnesses that are being suffered today.

Most people eat processed and fast foods because they are more economical in terms of time and money.  This, in my opinion is the primary cause of the illness that we see in most Americans today.  Childhood obesity is an epidemic in this country.  More people are suffering with allergic reactions than ever before.  More and more people are succumbing to the common cold and flu symptoms that ever before. And more people are suffering from chronic illness than ever before.

Generally speaking Americans, in terms of health and wellness are a mess.  And we, as a nation, are living longer lives in that condition.  Think about it.  How many people do you know that are presently taking some type of over the counter or prescription medications?  How many people do you know are suffering from some type of illness or disease?  More importantly how many people do you know that are in overall good health?

Many people claim that they simply don’t have the time to prepare healthy meals or that they can’t afford to purchase healthy food products.  Personally I believe these to be very valid points.

The question here is can we afford to be in ill health?

Even if we are fortunate enough to have medical coverage the price for that protection has been and will continue to be on the rise with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.  It simply stands to reason that the best way to avoid these costs is not to become ill and the best way to reach that goal is to keep our immune systems functioning at optimum levels.

Immune System Health

Overview
The immune system is the system of specialized cells and organs that protect an organism from outside biological influences.  (Though in a broad sense, almost every organ has a protective function – for example, the tight seal of the skin or the acidic environment of the stomach.) When the immune system is functioning properly, it protects the body against bacteria and viral infections, destroying cancer cells and foreign substances.  If the immune system weakens, its ability to defend the body also weakens, allowing pathogens, including viruses that cause common colds and flu, to grow and flourish in the body.  The immune system also performs surveillance of tumor cells, and immune suppression has been reported to increase the risk of certain types of cancer.

Natural Killer Cells
Natural killer cells (also known as NK cells, K cells, and killer cells) are a type of lymphocyte (a white blood cell) and a component of innate immune system.
NK cells play a major role in the host-rejection of both tumours and virally infected cells.
NK cells are cytotoxic; small granules in their cytoplasm contain special proteins such as perforin and proteases known as granzymes. Upon release in close proximity to a cell slated for killing, perforin forms pores in the cell membrane of the target cell through which the granzymes and associated molecules can enter, inducing apoptosis.  The distinction between apoptosis and cell lysis is important in immunology – lysing a virus-infected cell would only release the virions, whereas apoptosis leads to destruction of the virus inside. NK cells are activated in response to interferons or macrophage-derived cytokines.  They serve to contain viral infections while the adaptive immune response is generating antigen-specific cytotoxic T cells that can clear the infection.
Patients deficient in NK cells prove to be highly susceptible to early phases of herpes virus infection.

T Cells
T cells are a subset of lymphocytes that play a large role in the immune response.
The abbreviation “T” stands for thymus, the organ in which their final stage of development occurs.
Every effective immune response involves T cell activation; however, T cells are especially important in cell-mediated immunity, which is the defense against tumor cells and pathogenic organisms inside body cells.

B Cells
The human body makes millions of different types of B cells each day that circulate in the blood and lymphatic system performing the role of immune surveillance. They do not produce antibodies until they become fully activated. Each B cell has a unique receptor protein (referred to as the B cell receptor (BCR)) on its surface that will bind to one particular antigen. The BCR is a membrane-bound immunoglobulin, and it is this molecule that allows the distinction of B cells from other types of lymphocyte, as well as being the main protein involved in B cell activation. Once a B cell encounters its cognate antigen and receives an additional signal from a T helper cell, it can further differentiate into one of the two types of B cells listed below (plasma B cells and memory B cells). The B cell may either become one of these cell types directly or it may undergo an intermediate differentiation step, the germinal center reaction, where the B cell will hypermutate the variable region of its immunoglobulin gene (“somatic hypermutation”) and possibly undergo class switching. Other functions for B cells include antigen presentation, cytokine production and lymphoid tissue organization.

Stem Cells
Lastly and perhaps most important to understand is that many cells are formed from the stem cell.  Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth including the above mentioned cells. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell.

How can we help boost our body’s Immune System?

Normalize Flora
Normal flora are the microbes, mostly bacteria, that live in and on the body with, usually, no harmful effects to us. We have about 10 cells in our bodies and 10 bacteria, most of which live in the large intestine.  Subsequently a healthy large intestine is critical for proper immune system health.
One of the most effective ways to help our bodies to maintain a healthy intestinal tract is to supplement our diet with Probiotics.  One of the best probiotic supplements available to day  is R-Garden-s Inner Garden Flora is a combination of eleven carefully chosen bacteria that can help to restore the proper balance of bacteria to your intestines while helping the other friendly bacteria survive and flourish. It is excellent for people of all ages, regardless of health. Inner Garden Flora can be helpful for occasional upsets such as diarrhea, bloating, or gas experienced while traveling. (Children need proportionately smaller amounts of this supplement.).

Detoxification
Intestinal tract cleansing is very important in the production and delivery of beneficial bacteria as mentioned above.  A gentle detoxification cleanse once every 3 months can be of great benefit to overall health and will be of great benefit in terms of immune system support.

Increase Stem Cell Production
One of the most studied adaptogens on the planet, a substance called Fucoidan (extracted from brown sea weed), has been proven, through clinical studies, (available at pubmed.com) to stimulate stem cell production.  Consuming 50mg of fucoidan can stimulate stem cell production in as little as 30 days and 100 mg in about 15 days!

We honestly believe that by cleansing (detoxifying) our bodies, consuming a good (multi-bacterial) probiotic product and stimulating stem cell production are the keys to helping our immune systems to function at optimal levels and subsequently greatly improve our general health and wellness.

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Inner Garden Flora is a combination of eleven carefully chosen bacteria that can help to restore the proper balance of bacteria to your intestines while helping the other friendly bacteria survive and flourish. It is excellent for people of all ages, regardless of health.

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Slender Fx™ Cleanse Fx™ is a proprietary blend of herbs formulated to effectively and gently cleanse the colon.  A healthy colon is essential to nutrient absorption and immune health. Restore balance following a cleanse by reintroducing healthy bacteria to the lower gastrointestinal tract.

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Fucoidan Products

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ZRadical™, featuring 50 mg of pure fucoidan, is an advanced biotherapeutic drink. Combining the best of nature and science, this powerful blend is formulated to support immune, cardiovascular, neurological, and joint health.  All in a great-tasting drink that the whole family will enjoy. Fucoidan is a sulfated polysaccharide and has long been recognized as a key to long and healthy lives. It has been used for centuries for its health-giving properties in Japan, South America, and Europe.

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Do we have all of the information that we need to make informed decisions with regard to our personal health care and that of our loved ones?

One would think, with the advent of the Internet and the subsequent explosion of available information as the net has continues to grow, that people would be making better decisions in terms of their physical health.  The truth of the matter is that many people are suffering from information overload and are having a difficult time discerning good information from bad.

To further complicate matters a government advisory board (the US government), as reported by the NY Times on Wednesday (12/22/11), has asked scientific journals to cease reporting certain information regarding bio-medical experiments which they believe would aid terrorists in creating deadly viruses which could be used to touch off epidemics.

It seems that experiments conducted in the US and the Netherlands scientists have created a highly transmissible form of a deadly flu virus that does not normally spread from person to person.  This particular virus (H5N1) rarely infects human beings has an extraordinarily high death rate when it does.

This virus was first detected in 1997 of the some 600 people who have contracted it more than half have lost their lives due to the infection.  Nearly all have caught it from birds, and most cases have been in Asia. Scientists have watched the virus, worrying that if it developed the ability to spread easily from person to person, it could create one of the deadliest pandemics ever.

“A government advisory panel, the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity, overseen by the National Institutes of Health, has asked two journals, Science and Nature, to keep certain details out of reports that they intend to publish on the research. The panel said conclusions should be published, but not “experimental details and mutation data that would enable replication of the experiments.”  Reports the Times.

Bruce Alberts, the science editor of the publication, stated in his piece that although the NSAB cant force the publications to comply with their request, the well respected journal, Science & Nature, is seriously considering the recommendations of the panel and would more than likely withhold some information from the public in the name of national security.

Is this a form of censorship?  Might it do more harm than good?

Apparently these studies, one at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and the other at the University of Wisconsin-Madison — were paid for by the National Institutes of Health.  Now the NIH is a government agency which is wholly supported by our tax dollars and is subsidized by the Department of Health and Human Services.

David R. Franz, a biologist who formerly headed the Army defensive biological lab at Fort Detrick, Md., is on the board and said its decision to intervene, made in the fall, was quite reasonable.
“My concern is that we don’t give amateurs — or terrorists — information that might let them do something that could really cause a lot a harm,” he said in an interview.   “It’s a wake-up call,” Dr. Franz added. “We need to make sure that our best and most responsible scientists have the information they need to prepare us for whatever we might face.”

Ronald M. Atlas, a microbiologist at the University of Louisville and past president of the American Society for Microbiology, who has advised the federal government on issues of germ terrorism, said the hard part of the recommendations would be creating a way to move forward in the research with a restricted set of responsible scientists.
He said that if researchers had a better understanding of how the virus works, they could develop better ways to treat and prevent illness. “That’s why the research is done,” he said.
The government, Dr. Atlas added, “is going to struggle with how to get the information out to the right people and still have a barrier” to wide sharing and inadvertently aiding a terrorist. “That’s going to be hard.”

Basically what we have here is the US Government sponsoring the creation of deadly viruses and then inhibiting the studies needed to prevent and treat the very illness that they themselves have created.  It seems that this H5N1 virus is the result of modifying the genetic sequencing of the H1N1 virus which caused the 1918 pandemic which killed up to 100 million people.

It is believed by many that the same such experiments, being carried out in Mexico by an American based company working on the development of a vaccine for the H1N1 virus, was the cause of the 2009 pandemic due to the virus not being contained within the confines of the laboratory.

Now I completely understand the need to protect our national security.  I also agree that if this information happened to fall into the wrong hands that is has the potential to cause devastating harm to our citizenry and people the world over.  I can even understand, to a point, the need to suppress such information.

What I don’t understand is why the government has taken an active roll in the creation of a new virus to begin with, using our tax dollars to do so, and then impede the scientific community from finding a remedy for the potential danger that they themselves have created.

The bottom line here is that no matter what the reasons the people are on the hook again.  Our very lives may hang in the balance.  We know that the mortality rate of the H1N1 virus has been very low since 2009.  Each year since then, at its seasonal apex, the mortality rate has been at a steady average of between 8% & 9% and the rate of infection has declined.

What we don’t know is what effect this H1N1 hybrid (H5N1), for lack of a better term, will have on our population if it ever does get out into the open.  This in my opinion is something to be very concerned about.

We know that H5N1 has a mortality rate of about 50% (6-7 times higher than H1N1)

We know that the scientific community doesn’t know how to kill the virus.

We know that one of the worlds leading authorities on the subject believes that this government intrusion may cause set backs in the discovery and development of a remedy for the virus and the subsequent infections caused by it.

We also know that certain information is more than likely going to be suppressed and hidden from the public.

How confident are you that the government and or the scientific community are working in your best interest?

Are you willing to put your trust in people who are in the business of creating deadly biological  organisms?

Are you ready to protect the lives of yourselves and your loved ones?

Ladies and gentlemen this article is not being written to put a scare into anyone.  It is a warning shot across your bow.  It is being written to get your attention.  I am not asking you to believe me.  In fact I encourage you to do your due diligence and discover the truth for yourselves.

Two years ago we wrote that the so called H1N1 pandemic was much to do about nothing.  Yes I know that some people did contract the virus and that some even died from it.  I wish with all of my heart that  this truth could be changed.  But it can’t.  The light at the end of the tunnel however is that the number of deaths ended up being a fraction of what the CDC and the WHO were claiming.  Thank God for that!

Last year I wrote an article which broached the idea that there was going to be a paradigm shift in the way conventional medicine was going to look at preventative medicine and that vaccinations were going to be the center piece of this shift.  What was written in this article has and is continuing to come to pass. (See Vaccination The New Preventive Medicine).

In this article I am again sending out a warning to my readers.  Do all that you can do to optimize your body’s  immune system response as so as you can.  It is far better to be safe than sorry my friends.

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How can we effectively do this?

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Take the load off of your immune system!

Antioxidants – The destruction of free radicals will take the load off of your immune system.  We do have the best antioxidant products on the market, bar none!

Probiotics – Most people do not know that most of our immune system function stems from the intestines.  Probiotics are beneficial bacteria which reproduce within the intestinal tract and help our bodies fight off harmful bacteria.

Boost your Immune System

Even if you choose to “take the shot” if your immune system is compromised (not functioning at optimum capacity) the vaccination will more than likely not be effective.  The sole purpose of taking the shot is to introduce a small amount of the virus into your body to trigger an immune system response.  If your immune system is not functioning properly the response and the desired effect with be sub standard at best leaving you vulnerable to the very thing that it was supposed to protect you from.

Our patented fucoidan products are backed up by over 900 published clinical studies on pubmed.com.

In fact our fucoidan is proven to stimulate stem cell production within 30 days (50mg per day) and in 12 days when 100mg of fucoidan is ingested.

Note – Fucoidan has also been proven to enhance apoptosis (programmed cell death) that cancer cells have lost.  That is why cancer cells can grow unchecked.  They, unlike normal cells, don’t know when to die.  Fucoidan also inhibits angiogenesis which is the blood vessels which are required for tumor growth.  If you inhibit that the tumors can’t continue to grow.

Fucoidan also stimulates the production of T4 Killer Cells.  Studies have also shown that Fucoidan can lessen the effects of chemo therapy and radiation therapy.  Fucoidan has also shown that it can  ballance triglyceride and cholesterol levels.

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Why is stem cell production important?

As we can see from the above images, stem cell production is essential for both instant and adaptive defense mechanisms within our bodies immune system.  When our immune system is compromised and viral contaminants enter our bodies we don’t have the natural ability to defend and irradiate the invading agent.

With regard to vaccinations we must also consider this issue.  The whole idea of introducing a small piece of the virus into our system is for the purpose of the viral data to be stored in our Th1 & Th2 memory cells.  When the virus enters our bodies at a later time our immune system response is based on the information stored within these cells.

Stem cell stimulation is critical to our immune system response as well as many other functions which occur within out body’s at the cellular level.

This will more than likely be the last article published by our web site this year and it is perhaps the most important.  Please take some time and do your due diligence.  Research H5N1 and determine if this is an issue that you need to learn more about.

We also strongly advise you to consider our recommendations to address this issue.

In the mean time I want to thank you for your interest in our articles and our products over the past year.  I sincerely wish you all and your loved ones health, happiness and prosperity over this holiday season and in the new year to come.

God Bless You All!

Bill Mullins (site owner, administrator and web master)

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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011;94:906–12.

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Supplement use related to decreased premature births, especially in underweight and healthy-weight women

Background  More than a half million babies in the United States—1 in every 8—are born premature each year. Although many risk factors for this serious pregnancy outcome cannot be easily altered (eg, problems with the uterus or cervix, carrying twins or triplets), some choices that women make do affect their risk. These choices include smoking, use of illicit drugs, and alcohol consumption. Poor maternal nutritional status can also increase a woman’s risk. Surprisingly, although use of dietary multivitamin/multimineral supplements is commonly advised to women who are planning to conceive or are already pregnant, little is known about their impact on risks of premature birth and other adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as low birth weight. To help fill this research gap, Danish and US scientists analyzed data from a very large cohort of women to test their hypothesis that dietary supplementation would provide some protection from delivering premature or small infants. The results of their study are published in the September 2011 issue of The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Study Design  Data reflecting dietary supplement use and pregnancy outcome for 35,897 women were drawn from the Danish National Birth Cohort. Dietary supplement use was recorded from 4 wk before (preconception) to 8 wk after (postconception) the women’s last menstrual period. Although the exact composition of dietary supplements was not ascertained, products typically consumed during this period of the lifecycle contain a mixture of essential vitamins and minerals, including folic acid and iron. In this study, preterm birth was defined as delivering a baby before 37 wk of pregnancy. Small for gestational age (a subcategory of low birth weight) was defined as a birth weight in the lowest 3% of what is considered healthy for a particular gestational age. In analyzing their data, the researchers statistically controlled for a host of potentially confounding variables such as maternal age, smoking, parity, and marital status.

Results  Most women (61%) reported supplement use during the pre- and/or postconceptional periods. Regular use of supplements was related to 16% lower risk of premature birth in underweight and healthy-weight, but not overweight, women. Supplement use was associated with a 17% reduction in small-for-gestational-age births, regardless of maternal weight status.

Conclusions  Although they acknowledge limitations to their study (such as its racial homogeneity and lack of precise characterization of the supplements taken), the researchers concluded, “Regular multivitamin use around the time of conception is associated with reductions in risk of preterm births in nonoverweight women and decreased risk of low-birth-weight infants independent of maternal body weight.”

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Excerpt from the study:

Conclusion

This study supports 99mTc-fucoidan as a relevant highly sensitive imaging agent for in vivo detection (vivo detection simply means detection within the living body) of biologic activities associated with P-selectin expression, such as platelet- rich thrombus and a transient ischemic event. With regard to translation to clinical use, because of the large panel of cardiovascular diseases, including atherothrombosis, in which P-selectin–dependent mechanisms are involved, fucoidan could be an efficient imaging agent in cardiovascular pathologies. Moreover, because of the low cost of its preparation and availability, fucoidan seems to over come some of the main limitations of previously reported P-selectin– targeted imaging agents. Click Here to read the full report.

Fucoidan (a constituent derived from brown seaweed) is proving to be the nutrient of the age, as we have been stating for well over 2 years.  As you may already know fucoidan has been clinically proven to be therapeutic in the prevention and treatment of many maladies including:

• Prevention of H1N1
• anti-tumor
• apoptosis (programmed cell death)
• anti-inflammatory
• endocytosis suppression
• anti-hemorrhagic
• hair cell regeneration
• weight loss
• anti-thrombotic
• anti-platelet

For those who are unfamiliar with fucoidan there are over 920 clinical studies published on pubmed.com alone, making it one of the most comprehensively studied nutrients of our time.  Our fucoidan products  ZRadical and FucoidZ contain the patented Maritech® 926 fucoidan which is manufactured by Marinova Pty Ltd who is the recipient of the Tasmanian Government’s 2011 Commercialization of Science, Technology and Research (©-STAR) Award for its innovative Maritech™ technology.

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His interest piqued by another laboratory’s discovery that vitamin D could stimulate white blood cells to produce natural proteins that have antibiotic activity, Gill Diamond of the UMDNJ — New Jersey Dental School, Newark, showed that vitamin D could stimulate lung cells to produce LL-37, a natural antibiotic protein, and kill more bacteria. That suggested that , vitamin D might help cystic fibrosis patients. Next, in the new research, he showed that vitamin D has the same effct on gingival cells.

Then, Diamond found that vitamin D also stimulates gingival cells to produce another protein, called TREM-1, which had not been well-studied, but which was thought to be made by white blood cells. He found that it boosts production of pro-inflammatory cytokines.

The new research also showed that vitamin D coordinates expression of a number of genes not previously considered to be part of the vitamin D pathway. Those genes may be involved in additional infection-fighting pathways. A more comprehensive understanding of how vitamin D carries out this regulation at the molecular level — something Diamond hopes to investigate — will enable targeted therapies using vitamin D, he says.

Interestingly, Diamond also found that lung and gum cells appear to have the ability to activate inactive forms of vitamin D, says Diamond. “This means that we may even be able to use vitamin D therapy topically, if that proves true.”

Vitamin D has become a hot area of research in recent years. In addition to infectious diseases, studies suggest that it has protective effects against autoimmune diseases, and certain cancers.

Diamond says that after he began conducting research on vitamin D, he began taking it as a supplement. Since then, “I have had only one cold in four years, and that one lasted only three days,” he says. “Other people I’ve met who have done the same have seen similar results. We are trying to figure out how it’s working, and what other infectious diseases can be mitigated by it.”

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Journal Reference:

1. L. McMahon, K. Schwartz, O. Yilmaz, E. Brown, L. K. Ryan, G. Diamond. Vitamin D-Mediated Induction of Innate Immunity in Gingival Epithelial Cells. Infection and Immunity, 2011; 79 (6): 2250 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00099-11

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“The free radical theory of aging” was first proposed by Denham Harman MD, PhD, FACP, FAAA in the 1950’s.  This theory stood in stark contradiction to the prevailing scientific  opinion of the time which held that free radicals were too unstable to exist in biological organisms.  Dr Denham developed this theory long before anyone in the scientific community had ever invoked free radicals as a cause of degenerative diseases.

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The free radical theory of aging implies that antioxidants such as Vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and Superoxide dismutase will slow the process of aging by preventing free radicals from oxidizing sensitive biological molecules or reducing the formation of free radicals. The antioxidant chemicals found in many foods are frequently cited as the basis of claims for the benefits of a high intake of vegetables and fruits in the diet.

The question is; are we consuming the necessary foods that supply us with the antioxidants which we need to prevent free radical damage through our diets alone?

We’ve all read about the antioxidant superstars—the wild blueberries, acai berries, blackberries, and bing cherries, for instance—that are so effective at squelching the audacious free radicals that bombard our bodies’ delicate cells every day.

But few studies have been aimed at investigating how well our bodies use these antioxidant-rich foods—and whether or not their soaring ORAC (oxygen radical absorbance capacity) scores really translate into practical, disease-fighting capabilities in humans.

The ORAC method, which was developed and refined by ARS (USDA Agricultural Research Service) scientists, measures the capacity of a food to mop up the destructive free radicals that are generated when we engage in such everyday activities as eating, breathing, and exercising. Our bodies also stir up these unstable molecules when we’re battling a cold or a disease—or are exposed to pollution, cigarette smoke, or the sun’s ultraviolet rays.

So, to combat such oxidative assaults, is it enough to just feast on foods that researchers tell us are high in antioxidants?

“Not necessarily“, according to Ronald Prior, a chemist at USDA’s Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center in Little Rock, “to be clear about which foods offer the best antioxidant delivery system, we need a better understanding of how our bodies absorb and metabolize the many phytochemicals found in richly colored fruits and veggies“.

As I have written many times in the past it’s all about bio-availability.

It’s not how much of a particular nutrient you consume that is important rather how much of it gets utilized by our bodies!   Click Here to read USDA Article. …It’s is all about “the delivery system”.  Even a natural fruit such as wild blueberries, for example, which score very high on the ORAC scale before consumption but the end result (the amount of antioxidants produced in the body) is inadequate  because the predominant phytochemicals in blueberries  (anthocyanins) aren’t readily absorbed or perhaps are unstable in the body and are degraded in the gastrointestinal tract before they are absorbed,” says Prior.

In some cases more is better!

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The Bottom Line

If you make the decision to use antioxidant supplement products do your due diligence.  Many of the products on the market today are indeed fine quality products.  In the area of actual antioxidant activity found within the body after consumption however  most of these products tend to fall short in terms of actual therapeutic value.

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As with all disciplines you only need to be proficient at those you practice.  In the case of health and wellness people often simply wait until they become ill and even they defer to their doctors.  They do not take the time to learn about what it takes to achieve and maintain health.

Most experts in the field of nutrition agree that almost all illnesses are caused, either directly or indirectly, by poor nutrition.  The foods that we eat or lack there of, as well as the quality and the quantity of those foods are directly related to our overall health.  Lack of proper nutrition makes us susceptible to any number of malady’s.  These illnesses are a result of one simple cause.  Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

The perfect illustration of this fact can be seen when looking at the aids epidemic.   The important lesson that we learn here is that people do not die from the aids virus directly rather from a secondary illness  allowed to ravage the body because it’s natural defenses could not protect it or destroy the invader once it has penetrated our natural defenses.  Our bodies are placed under stress daily by being subjected to  environmental contaminants both chemical and biological.  This is true of everyone that does not live in a bubble.

We all need to smarten up as people and a culture and learn the facts about our bodies and our health.  We need to learn about how our body functions and the important roll that nutrition plays in those functions.  For example in the case of immune system health there are a few things that we can do to insure that our natural defenses are maximized.  As mentioned in previous articles we at Health Products Guru honestly believe, in terms of proper nutrition, that the body needs nutritional supplementation because we do not get the nutrients we need from the foods we consume.

We also believe that a person can take 4 simple steps today that will greatly improve their immune system function.  The first is to begin to detoxify your body.  It is critical to optimal health to be sure that there are no foods left in the digestive tract to putrefy and release toxins into the body.   Secondly you must eat the right foods in the qualities that we need to maintain health.  This includes vitamin and mineral supplementation. Third, we must be sure that the foods that we consume are being broken down into bio-available nutrition.  Lastly we must give our body what it needs to assure that the now bio-available nutrition can metabolized.

In terms of supplementation this adds up to taking vitamin & mineral supplements, both digestive and metabolic enzymes (to break down foods & improve metabolism) eat as much organic food as you can (to insure better nutritional value of the foods that you do consume and to avoid adding toxins such as pesticides into your body) and use a safe digestive tract cleansing product.  We believe that simply adding to your digestive enzyme intake will aid this process in a gentle but effective manner.  It is important to
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We left off, in the first part of this article, with opening up the idea of juicing to extract the desired enzymes from foods that are hard to digest in their whole form.  This is actually a very logical approach to resolving the problem of getting enzymes into our bodies from natural sources that are difficult to digest.  Juicing also offers you a way to quickly and easily consume the large quantities of fruits and vegetables required to meet daily requirements.  There is one flaw in this logic however.

Scientific studies have shown that the fruits and vegetables available in today’s marketplace are lacking, if not devoid, of much of the nutrients present in the produce grown some 50 years ago.  It is believed that today’s produce is grown in soil depleted of, or having less concentrations of, the minerals necessary to produce crops with the same nutritional value as were grown when we were children.  Also worthy of consideration is the fact that much of the fruits and vegetables available today have been genetically engineered and may not have the same nutritional value found in the produce of years gone by (there is not enough available research on this issue to draw an informed conclusion one way or the other).

What all of this adds up to is the simple fact that even though juicing these products does make them easier for the body to use it does not guarantee that you are getting the desired nutrients into your body.
The best option available to you as a consumer, to assure that you are getting the desired nutritional value from your fruits and vegetables, is to purchase only organically grown produce.  As most of you know this can be  quite costly especially if you have a large family.  Weather you can afford to go the organic route or not I believe that using a high quality therapeutic enzyme supplement is the only way to go.  By utilizing enzyme therapy you can guarantee that you are getting the necessary enzymes, in the proper quantities, to assure that your body will break down and utilize the nutrients when they are needed, at the cellular level.

Digestive Enzymes breakdown food particles for storage in the liver and muscles.  This stored energy is later converted, when needed,  for the body to use  by other enzymes called Metabolic Enzymes.  The presence of both of these enzymes are essential for the body to function at optimal levels and carry out critical functions.  Iron, for example, is concentrated in the blood by enzymes to help the blood to coagulate and stop bleeding.  Uricolytic enzymes catalyze the conversion of uric acid into urea.  Respiratory enzymes facilitate the elimination of carbon dioxide from the lungs.  Enzymes also assist the kidneys, lungs, colon and the skin in removing toxins from the body as well as utilize the nutrients ingested to construct new muscle tissue, nerve cells, bone, skin and glandular tissue.   All of these bodily functions depend on the right types of enzymes being present in the body at the right time and at the correct levels to insure optimal utility.

I hope that you are  beginning to see the importance of the presence of enzymes in your bodies and how they contribute to your health.  Conversely I hope you see that enzyme deficiency prevents your body from working properly at the cellular level and subsequently makes you vulnerable to physical maladies.  This has been found to be true especially true in the elderly where the body’s production of enzymes has slowed.  Think about this for a moment.  Enzymes are essential for digesting food,  stimulating the brain, providing cellular energy and for repairing tissues and cells.  If the body’s production of enzymes has slowed and we don’t get the proper enzymes from food sources what might we see as a result?   Weight gain, diminished thought processes, lack of energy, organ failure and prolonged healing time to name a few.  These are all symptoms of the body not functioning correctly.  Some might also see these symptoms as signs of aging.

I’m not saying that enzymes are a fountain of youth.  I have however seen remarkable results in overall health by people of all ages who incorporate enzyme therapy into their diets.  Just some food for thought.

Pun intended!

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In the 1930′s, when enzymes first came to the attention of biochemists, some 80 were identified; today, over 5,000 have been discovered.  Enzymes fall into one of three major classifications. The largest is the metabolic enzymes, which play a role in all bodily processes including breathing, talking, moving, thinking, behavior and maintenance of the immune system. A subset of these metabolic enzymes acts to neutralize poisons and carcinogens, such as pollutants, DDT and tobacco smoke, changing them into less toxic forms, which the body can then eliminate. The second category is the digestive enzymes, of which there are about 22 in number. Most of these are manufactured by the pancreas. They are secreted by glands in the duodenum (the upper part of the small intestine) and work to break down the bulk of partially digested food leaving the stomach.

For the purposes of this discussion the enzymes we will be considering when planning our diet will be the ones found in the third category.  Enzyme research has revealed the importance of raw foods in the diet. The enzymes in raw food help start the process of digestion and reduce the body’s need to produce digestive enzymes.  Why raw foods?  When food is heated, wet heat such as boiling (118 degrees Fahrenheit) dry heat such as baking or broiling (about 150 degrees), the enzymes are destroyed and no longer function as an aid in the digestion process.

A diet composed exclusively of cooked food puts a severe strain on the pancreas, drawing down its reserves, so to speak.  If the pancreas is constantly over stimulated to produce enzymes that ought to be in foods, the result over time will be inhibited function. Humans eating an enzyme-poor diet, comprised primarily of cooked food, use up a tremendous amount of their enzyme potential in the outpouring of secretions from the pancreas and other digestive organs.  Studies have shown that a lack of digestive enzymes in our diet’s cause shortened life span, illness and lowered resistance to stress.  These studies also shows that both humans and animals on diets comprised of mostly of cooked food have enlarged pancreatic organs while other organs, notably the brain, actually shrink in size.

Naturally one would think; “ok, all I need to do is start eating raw fruits and vegetables and problem solved”.  Wrong!  First of all many raw vegetables are difficult for the body to digest.  The cruciferous vegetables, for example, (Broccoli, Brussels Sprout, Cabbage, Collard Greens, Kale, Horseradish, Rutabaga, Turnip, Chinese Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli Rabe, Daikon, Bok Choy, Radish, Spinach) although packed with , vitamins, and minerals they are also noted for their high cellulose content.  Most mammals do not have the ability to break it down and absorb nutrients from it easily, including humans (1). Cruciferous vegetables also contain oxalic acid, which is mildly irritating to the body. Humans have to excrete the acid through urine and feces.

Other vegetables such as those in the legumes, tubers and squashes are equally as difficult to digest in their raw state due to their high cellulose content.

Is there a light at the end of this tunnel?  There is, albeit a dim one.
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Leafy green vegetables such as , Loose Leaf, Romaine, Red Leaf, Green Leaf, Iceberg (Crisphead), Summer Crisp, Butterhead (Boston or Bibb), Cos, Imperial, Lollo Ross, and Round lettuce. Endive.  are the most ideal vegetable that humans can consume.  Digestively, we are well suited to eating leafy greens, and they do not cause the digestive problems brought on by the cellulose and starch in many other vegetables. They are low in calories and high in nutrients and minerals. They contain a small amount of fatty acids in a state suitable for use by the body.  At least a head of lettuce or other leafy greens should be eaten daily. This will only make up a small percentage of your calories (around 100 calories for a head), but a decent amount of your food mass, and provide you with numerous nutrients that your body cannot do without.

Raw diets that overemphasize these greens will likely fail because not enough calories will be taken in, and the diet would be unsustainable over time. Equally, a totally fruitarian diet with no greens will also likely fail without the important nutrients in greens.   Leafy greens combine well with all fruits and vegetables with the possible exception of melons for some people.

Vegetables that are really non-sweet fruits (Bell Peppers (Green, Red, Yellow, Orange, etc), Tomatoes, Cucumbers)  While these are technically fruit, they are considered vegetables for all intents and purposes. Without the high cellulose and starch content of many other vegetables, but with plenty of water and a great nutrient mix, they are ideal vegetables along with leafy greens.  They should be eaten regularly, and are excellent additions to salads. The only exception to this is green peppers. Green peppers are merely bell peppers which have not ripened yet and so should be avoided like all other unripened fruit. They mix well with all fruits and vegetables with the possible exception of melons for some people.

Celery is an excellent food that digests well with almost anything else. It contains the necessary mineral sodium, which is present in a ratio that can be easily accessed by the body. Sodium is critical, along with the mineral potassium, in managing the body’s electrolyte balance.  Electrolytes create electric osmotic pressure which helps the body to move fluids through the cell’s membranes. It can be eaten with any other fruit or vegetable.

Now I’m sure that many of you have thought at one time or another while reading this; “I can juice the veggies that are high in starch and cellulose, problem solved”.  Wrong Again!

But you will have to wait for part two to find out why.

1.  David G. Barkalow, Roy L. Whistler, “Cellulose”, in AccessScience@McGraw-Hill, DOI 10.1036/1097-8542.118200. Retrieved 15 March 2008.

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We all know that the presence of vitamin D in our bodies is important for a variety of reasons notably for the absorption and utilization of calcium & phosphorus by the intestinal tract, to enable normal mineralization of the bone, reduce cancer risk and may play a role in the prevention or treatment of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, hypertension and multiple sclerosis.

The question here is what is the best source of vitamin D?

Science seems to be divided on the answer to this question especially in the area of supplementation. There are some scientists who believe that our diets are deficient in vitamin D and that supplementation is necessary. Others say that the recommended dosages for adequate vitamin D supplementation are inadequate (Michael Holick, M.D., and a group of other nutrition experts writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (March, 2007, 85(3);649-650.) Still others claim that vitamin D supplementation suppresses the immune system (Trevor Marshall, Ph.D., professor at Australia’s Murdoch University School of Biological Medicine and Biotechnology).

In the absence of a clear scientific conclusion where should we turn for the answer to the question at hand? Personally, when I am conflicted, having no clear choice I always chose to err on the side of safety and turn to the body’s built in mechanisms. The body produces vitamin D naturally when the skin is exposed to ultraviolet rays. In my opinion this is the most natural method of assuring that vitamin D is present in the body. Many studies show that most people meet their vitamin D needs through exposure to sunlight. The factors that affect UV radiation exposure and research to date on the amount of sun exposure needed to maintain adequate vitamin D levels make it difficult to provide general guidelines. It has been suggested by some vitamin D researchers, for example, that approximately 5-30 minutes of sun exposure between 10 AM and 3 PM at least twice a week to the face, arms, legs, or back without sunscreen usually lead to sufficient vitamin D synthesis and that the moderate use of commercial tanning beds that emit 2-6% UVB radiation is also effective. Individuals with limited sun exposure need to include good sources of vitamin D in their diet (milk or fish) or take a supplement.

It is important to note that vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, food, and supplements is biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for activation. The first occurs in the liver and converts vitamin D to 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], also known as calcidiol. The second occurs primarily in the kidney and forms the physiologically active 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D [1,25(OH)2D], also known as clairol. For people who suffer from some kind of dysfunction of the liver or kidney further supplementation may be necessary for the body to hydroxylate the vitimin. If you do suffer from inadequate liver or kidney function and desire to optimize the way your body uses vitamin D you should consult your physician.

Conclusion: Until there is a clear consensus on weather vitamin D supplementation is beneficial or harmful I suggest letting your body produce it’s own vitamin D from sunlight as it was designed to do.

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