Immune Systems

Our immune system is fundamental to maintaining overall good health; of late there has been an extraordinary amount of media attention given to our immunity and our body’s immune responses.

Much has been made of the vulnerability of various groups to viruses the various forms have been with us for thousands of years; exposure to these viruses is far more serious for some of us and not for others.

There are two types or categories of immunity the adaptive and the innate; the adaptive is as the name suggests immunity that changes and modifies protecting us from the ravages of the current viruses in circulation.

Accrued summary could be if it doesn’t kill you it makes you stronger.

The innate immunity is something that is passed down through the generations, it is what we a born with; these two types of immunity work together or separately to ward off the ravages of invading viruses.

The first line of defence are barriers, our body’s largest organ our skin also the mucous membrane that lines the respiratory tracts (nose, throat and lungs), corneas, gastrointestinal and the urinary tracts.

As we can see a considerable portion of body and organ functions are devoted to maintaining our good health.

Tonsil, adenoids, thymus, lymph nodes, lymph tracts, bone marrow, spleen tracts and blood vessels all play a significant role in respect of our immune response and overall health maintenance.

There are a number of strategies to support our immune system, good food handling practices, general hygiene, exercise, healthy sleep patterns and diet.

Many foods contribute to good health and many others are health compromising; fresh fruit and vegetables tend to contribute to good health and excessively processed fatty and sugary foods tend to health compromising.

Foods like garlic, Manuka honey, bee pollen, Puff Pluss, EchnamunePluss.

“the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step”