Your immune system protects you from a hostile enviroment of bacteria, viruses, yeasts, pollution and allergins.
When you have swollen glands in the neck, under the arm or in the groin it usually indicates that the white blood cells in our lymphatic system (called lymphocytes) are fighting off some infection.
Other white blood cells called leukocytes travel in the blood stream and are responsible for activities from search and destroy operations against bacteria to securing clot formation to help seal an open wound.
The highest levels of vitamin C are found in the white blood cells.
Vitamin C is the single most important vitamin to increase your immunity.
This is because vitamin C primes the white blood cells for action.
Vitamin E is also a natural immune stimulant.
Vitamin A is an anti infectious factor that has been shown to lower the death rates from infectious diseases by 50% in many countries.
The herb Echinacea has a broad spectrum effects on the immune system including activating white blood cells.
TWO PROTEINS BOOST IMMUNE SYSTEM :
Scientists have identified the interaction of two proteins that
appear to play a key role in the body's ability to fight disease.
The proteins are Interleukin 21, or IL-21, and Interleukin 21
receptor, or IL-21R. They are involved in the growth and activa-
tion of red blood cells, white blood cells, antibody-producing
cells and other components critical for a strong immune response.
The discovery was reported in the British journal Nature. The
immunologists and stem cell biologists at ZymoGenetics, Inc., in
Seattle showed key biological roles of IL-21 and IL-21R in regu-
lating the immune system. Advanced biological and preclinical
studies are next on the agenda, the scientists said.
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