By Dean L. Jones, C.P.M.<\/p>\n
The human body is more susceptible to bacterial or viral infections and other ailments from a weak immune system.\u00a0 A weakened immune system suppresses the protective functions of cell growth, where prescribed and over-the-counter drug sales flourish to produce limited attempts to prolong cell life.<\/p>\n
More sadly, medical professionals when prescribing drugs rarely explain how to keep the immune system strong to fight off attacks from common bacterium and viruses.\u00a0 The body comes equipped to protect itself; however, excessively eating and drinking the wrong things destroy the very thing to keep it healthy.
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It has been seven years now since learning how to keep my immune system protected<\/span> from common cold and flu viruses.\u00a0 The worst bad habit I have been able to reverse is avoiding the consumption of processed sugary-filled food items.\u00a0 As a result, my body has regularly become unaffected <\/span>and immune<\/span> from annual cold or flu viruses.\u00a0 Take into account; I used to consume a combination of soda, candy, ice cream and\/or a variety of desserts every day. This sort of dietary practice destroys the immune system faster than any other bad thing that you can consume.<\/p>\n Processed sugar reduces the ability of white blood cells to kill germs by 40% and this immune-suppressing effect of sugar starts less than 30-minutes after ingestion and may last for five hours. In contrast, eating complex carbohydrates, such as legumes, grain products, vegetables such as green beans, broccoli and spinach have no negative effects on the immune system.<\/p>\n Processed sugar is as bad as alcohol that deprives the body of valuable immune-boosting nutrients. Alcohol is just like processed sugar, which reduces the ability of white cells to kill germs.\u00a0 Consuming high amounts of either suppresses the ability of the white blood cells to multiply, inhibit the action of killer white cells on cancer cells, and lessen the ability of macrophages to produce tumor necrosis factors.<\/p>\n A number of us have to protect our immune systems by avoiding food allergens.\u00a0 Some substances that we assume as harmless, such as milk, can be considered as a foreign invader.\u00a0 Consequently, a battle ensues in the intestinal lining to foreign invaders and too often food allergens damage the intestinal wall, enabling invaders and other potentially toxic substances in the food to get into the bloodstream and make the body feel miserable. This condition is known as the leaky gut syndrome.<\/p>\n Likewise, obesity can lead to a depressed immune system.\u00a0 Whereas, just like processed sugar, obesity affects the body\u2019s ability for the white blood cells to multiply, produce antibodies, and rush to the site of an infection. \u00a0But, it is hard to look at obesity as the bad guy, when if we did not eat so much sugary filled food items we most likely would never suffer overweight circumstances.<\/p>\n