Step 11. 5 Foods and 5 supplements that stimulate your immune system directly

These 5 foods and 5 supplements don't just increase the general health of your body but improve many important aspects of your immune system.

Simple and inexpensive solutions to helping your immune system function better.  

So far, you’ve heard about a variety of topics from me about the various glands, organs and systems that help protect you from pathogens and foreign invaders.  This is the last of the practical or things you can do for yourself.  I’ve talked about reducing the emotional stress, environmental toxins, consumed toxins, and lifestyle changes.  Today Im going to talk about foods you can ingest that will improve your immunity sometimes dramatically.   

Why practical steps first rather than energy healing.  

Question: Can you run faster uphill or downhill?  By doing all the practical lifestyle changes to help your immune system, it’s like adjusting your personal ramp to a downhill slope. It just makes energy healing much more effective and it takes less of it to achieve your best results.   For example, the results people I’ve worked with improve dramatically each time they take on a healthier lifestyle, even if it is just to meditate for ten minutes a day.  

5 Foods That Actually Change Your Immune Response

These foods and supplements don’t just increase the general health of your body but improve many important aspects of your immune system.  As I’ve mentioned before, your immunity is found in all cells of your body.  For example, the way it detects virus infected cells is that your body has an editing process that destroys the cells that are replicating in the wrong way.  In order to keep up with things like cancer, colds, flus, and other virus issues is to keep your immune system supercharged.  Here are some of the ways you can do it.

 1. Bitter flavors – bacterial and fungal pathogens, exude a bitter flavor in flavor receptors not just on the tongue but in the esophagus, lungs, sinuses and stomach.  The bitter flavors set a chain of biochemical reactions in place that supercharge the immune system.  Studies have shown that those that eat bitter foods have activated immune systems and are sick less often. 

These bitter foods include grapefruit, arugula, radicchio, cranberry, dandelion greens and curly kale.  If you are a supertaster, meaning you are particularly sensitive to bitter flavors (2% of the population), then most green food is bitter including broccoli, most lettuces, brussel sprouts,  even asparagus.  You are luckier than most as your immune system is always supercharged to fight bacteria.

2.  Vitamin C –  You’ve heard people speak of vitamin C but you probably don’t know why.  It increases production of your white blood cells.  It’s better to eat the foods containing them, like strawberries, all citrus, tomatoes, bell peppers, and leafy greens, than to eat the supplements.  Even better is to do both, have your vitamin C supplements with healthy produce. 1 to 2 gm a day, and those under a lot of stress need more, up to 3 gm a day, like marathon runner. https://amzn.to/3hDMajt

3. Garlic contains an organo-sulfur compound called allicin which stimulates certain immune cell types, such as macrophages, lymphocytes, natural killer (NK) cells, dendritic cells, and eosinophils.  These are used to surround pathogens and help move them out of the body.  

4. Ginger reduces inflammation, which is a great support to the immune system, keeps it from being on all the time and wearing out.  It also reduces pain and is rich in antioxidants.

Turmeric

5.  Curcumin or turmeric: it has many amazing properties – decreases inflammation, muscle damage, and preliminary findings show it to be an immune booster and antiviral.  

5 Supplements That Support Your Immune System  

1. Vitamin D – essential to pathogen fighting effects of monocytes and macrophages – white blood cells – decreases inflammation.  Need 20 minutes of sunlight a day on your skin, more if you are above or below the 35th parallel.  The only natural supplement is fish liver oil.  1000 to 4000 IU per day https://amzn.to/3jpGv13
2. Zinc, needed for immune cell development and communication and plays an important role in inflammatory response about 30 mg a day for most. (for example https://amzn.to/32AAyaR)
3. Elderberry extract shows antibacterial and antiviral properties, A review of 4 randomized control studies in 180 people found that elderberry supplements significantly reduced upper respiratory symptoms caused by viral infections  https://amzn.to/2QuYoyT
4. Selenium: enhances antiviral defense against flu strains.  for most people up to 55 mcg daily.  Foods include brazil and walnuts, fresh and saltwater fish, beef and poultry  https://amzn.to/31x8K7L or https://amzn.to/2CC0xli for full spectrum of minerals
5. Licorice contains many substances, including glycyrrhizin, that may help protect against viral infections. According to test-tube research, glycyrrhizin exhibits antiviral activity against severe acute respiratory-syndrome-related coronavirus (SARS-CoV)  Too much can raise blood pressure and be toxic.  I find licorice tea helpful for sore throats and helps fend off things before they arrive. https://amzn.to/2YFMZ3H

Elderberry

Next time, I’m going to talk about the way you can supercharge the energy of your cells as in energy healing.  These are things  you can do yourself and for your children and other family members.  You all have the equipment!

Standout Quotes:

•  "If you can energy heal, why don't you do that to help heal all that?"
•  “These things that I'm going to talk about today will definitely boost your immune system in ways that even you are weren't aware of before.”
•  “Going out for 20 to 30 minutes a day, depending on where you live will give you adequate vitamin D.”
•  “Studies have shown that people that eat those bitter foods have activated their immune system and are sick less often.”

Key Takeaways:

•  People react differently to bitterness. It's on your tongue and in your receptor; It's in your sinuses and throat. As a result of the bitter taste on our tongue, various infections can be identified in the stomach and lungs. So your body goes into overdrive, initiating a sequence of chemical responses that boost your immune system.
•  People who eat bitter foods have a more robust immune system and are less prone to get sick. Eating those meals activates your immune system - It activates macrophages and other white blood cells, as well as all immune system white blood cells. And it puts your Immunity into defense mode. It deciphers the bacteria's communication and destroys them. It will even build a covering for human bodies that bacteria can't breakthrough.
•  If you're going to take vitamin C pills, you should also take the other vitamin C-containing foods. So what it does is boost the production of white blood cells formed in the bone marrow 70% of the time and the spleen 30% of the time. So this is part of your immune system's fighting mechanism.
•  A sulfur-containing compound in garlic is called Allicin. Allicin is a tincture that tastes like supercharged garlic. But it stimulates macrophages, lymphocytes, natural killer cells, dendritic cells, and Eosinophils. As you may be aware, Eosinophils are the body's immune reaction, or inflammatory response, when invaded.
•  Ginger reduces inflammation and helps alleviate seasickness. Also, lowering inflammation aids the immune system, which is on fire when you are stressed. It calms your adrenal glands, which are continuously on in fight or flight mode, and it is high in antioxidants, which is good.
•  Turmeric is beneficial because it reduces inflammation and muscle damage. Some studies have found it to be an immune booster and an antiviral, which is crucial because antivirals are the only thing that will genuinely assist us.
•  Why do billions of people worldwide lack vitamin D? We've been taught to dread the sun because we've been told to use sunscreen outside or risk skin cancer and other issues. That's not the case. You are not meant to bake in the sun for hours.
•  Zinc is necessary for immune cell development and communication. It is essential in the inflammatory response and requires only 30 mg per day. Liquid zinc is easier to absorb and is available from a few manufacturers. Natural sources of zinc include meals and supplements.
•  Elderberry is not a particularly tasty berry. It is well known in Germany and is named Holanda, which is spelled, Hollander. It is prevalent since they are very into natural remedies, yet it is antibacterial and antiviral.
•  Four recent studies involving over 200 people revealed that taking elderberry extract helped persons with upper respiratory symptoms, mainly caused by viral infections, which is a huge issue right now with COVID.
•  Selenium strengthens antiviral defenses, which is necessary because our bodies are susceptible to viruses, which have no medical remedy.

Timeline in the broadcast

• 03:09 Simple and Inexpensive Solutions
• 4:00   What flavor in produce wakes up your immune defenses?

• 05:27 Benefits of Consuming Bitter Foods

• 8:33  Why foods high in vitamin C?

• 09:50 Recommended Daily Intake of Vitamin C

• 10:29 Which strong sulfur containing bulb is it?

• 11:25  Advocacy in Consuming More Garlic

• 12:23 Which common Asian flavoring promotes immunity?
• 13:41 Which common Indian spice boosts your body?

• 14:09 Effects of Consuming Ginger

• 14:53  Which vitamin is most often deficient?

• 15:17 Global Vitamin D Deficiency

• 15:45 The Irrational Fear to Sun Exposure

• 18:07 Which mineral boosts immunity?
• 18:48 Which berry extract does amazing things for immunity?

• 19:35 Studies Involving 200 Participants

• 20:16 Super Supplement: Selenium

• 20:19 Which rare mineral enhances antiviral defense?

• 20:43 Synthetic Supplements

• 21:35 Which common candy flavoring fights off disease?

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