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
remember to be careful if you decide to use colon cleansing products.  Check the ingredients carefully and be sure that they work in a slow steady and safe manner as opposed to taking a fast acting laxative product for example.

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