Transcript Effect of Sugar Intake on Phagocytosis

 There are 1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion) cells
in the immune system
 It takes 1,000,000,000 (one billion) cancer cells
to form a barely detectable lump.
 No medical equipment on earth can
detect even 1,000,000
(one million) cancer cells in a patient.
 Therefore, “I think we got it all” can best be
translated, “I can’t see or feel anymore cancer,
so let’s hope the immune system will destroy
that which is probably still there.”
acrophage
 Frontline defender
 Housekeeper
 Herald to helper T cells
Helper T cell
 Commander-in-Chief
 Identifies enemy
 Recruits all other cells
 Stimulates spleen & lymphocyte cell
growth
Killer T cell
 Kills cells invaded by enemy
 Kills cancer cells as they appear
B cells
 From spleen or lymph nodes
 Produce chemical weapons (antibodies)
which hit specific enemy targets
Suppressor T cell
 A third T cell that slows or stops B cells
or other T cells when the battle is won
Memory T cell
 Made during first infection; stays
for years to enable rapid response to
invasion by same enemy
Aspirin Blocks
Important
Mechanisms
Aspirin inhibits the formation of prostaglandin E
in the midbrain. Since prostaglandin E is the
body’s agent to set in motion the fever
response, giving aspirin blocks a fever. Yet a
fever activates several defense mechanisms
and should not be carelessly brought down. If
the physiological mechanisms of fighting
germs are stimulated at the same time a fever
is reduced, the act of bringing down the fever
is a result of lessening toxicity, a thing of the
body’s own doing.
Healthy Immune System-I
Resting pulse
below 80
Daily exercise to
point of sweating
White blood
count below
5,500
Pale urine from
abundant water
drinking
Healthy Immune System-II
Regularity in
all things
Moderate sunning early morning, late day
Warm arms and legs,
summer and winter
A Healthy Immune System
Reduce Stress and Enhance Immunity by
Creative Expression
• Writing
• Music
• Painting
• Lecturing
Increases Lymphocyte Response to Bacteria and Viruses
Reference: Dr. James W. Pennebaker, et. Al. - SMU
Immature Immune System
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Protect it !
Keep warm
No tight bands around body (leaving red marks)
Avoid an unhappy home
Breastfeed - reduces asthma, allergies,
increases IQ
• Slow down maturation
• Avoid drugs, hospitalization
• Keep the mind free from loads
Forms of Stress
• Chemical - allergies and food sensitivities,
contact with environmental toxins
(smoke, fumes, mold, unpleasant odors)
• Mental - physical pain, indecision, worry
about physical condition, noise,
work conditions, marital problems
• Emotional - a serious loss, either
actual or threatened, fear, empty
nest, social factors
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Vinegar, alcohol, aspirin
Sugar, rich foods
Allergens
Coffee, tea & colas
Black pepper
Spices
Drugs
Baking powder & soda
Natural killer cells increase
in number and ability to fight
cancer cells if animals in
experimental studies are
restricted in their food to
approximately 60%.
Food restricted mice have
strong anticancer immunity
and as a result cancer growth
is suppressed and survival time
prolonged in these mice.
Journal of Nutrition, 130:111, 2000
Anticancer foods
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Cabbage family
Garlic
Dark green vegetables
Peaches
Soybeans
All vegetables
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Tomatoes
Citrus
Apples
Spinach
All beans
All fruits
Design Your Diet
• Citrus fruits
• Garlic
• Flaxseed (lignans: anti-
• Parsley
estrogen activity)
• Soybeans (isoflavones)
• Celery & carrots
• Asparagus
A Healthy Immune System
• Freedom of mind –
• Elevated spirits -
freedom from jealousy, anxiety,
remorse, guilt, grief, discontent,
distrust, long hours at work
Courage, faith, love,contentment,
hope, sympathy, rejoicing, trust
• Daily creative expression -
20 minutes in writing,
music, painting, landscaping, lecturing
• Live in the knowledge of truth
• Reduce your stresses
• Avoid drugs
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Sugar
Bacteria
Teaspoonsful of sugar vs. number of bacteria
able to be killed in a half hour by one WBC
• A healthy immune system will usually spot and kill
mutated cells before they turn cancerous.
• Exercise boosts strength of natural killer cells.
• Walking boosts the immune system and helps the body
destroy viruses.
• Non-exhausting workouts spark immune system.
• Moderate exercise can shield you from disease.
• Vigorous exercise provides biggest boost.
• Vigorous exercisers get sick less often.
• Exhausting exercise weakens immunity.
o Physical activity speeds the
passage of waste and reduces
colon exposure to cancercausing compounds.
o Exercise helps maintain low
levels of insulin which may
stimulate the growth of colon
cancer
Consumer Reports on Health, February 1999
The more estrogen in a woman’s body
during her lifetime, the greater her risk
of breast cancer
Exercise indirectly lowers the release
of estrogen
Exercise can reduce body fat, another
source of estrogen
Consumer Reports on Health, February 1999
Regular exercise
reduced levels of
testosterone;
testosterone appears
to fuel the growth of
prostate cancer.
Consumer Reports on Health, February 1999
Astragalus – Polysaccharides stimulate WBC activity and
boost production of antibodies and interferon (a natural
anti-viral agent).
Goldenseal – Anti-microbial properties and antibiotic
substance (berberine) fight infections.
Elderberry– Antiviral; increases blood circulation and
promotes sweating, detoxifies cell tissues.
Echinacea – Antiviral and antibacterial action. Boosts immunity
by raising: T cell and neutrophil levels; macrophage
phagocytosis, antibody binding, natural killer cell activity.
Grapefruit Seed Extract – Kills or inhibits growth of
bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoan parasites.
Diseases Increasing WBCs
Name
Approx. healthy % Diseases Causing Increase
Neutrophils
60
Acute bacterial infections, surgical
wounds, bruising, childbirth, meat or
milk diet, exercise, fever, leukemia
Lymphocytes
40
Viral diseases, antibody formation,
leukemia
Monocytes
1-5
Chronic inflammation
Eosinophils
1-5
Allergies
Basophils
1-2
Leukemia
Plasma Cells
Platelets
0
Adequate
Cancer of the bone marrow,
chronic inflammation
Hemolytic disorders
Its Effects
on Immunity
“As people age, they tend to become
more susceptible to infections.”
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Changes in T Cells
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constant, but there are
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Overall decline in T-cell
function with increasing
age
Capacity to produce
interleukin-2 (which
stimulates proliferation and
differentiation of other T- •
cells) declines
Why?
Thymus atrophy occurs
Diminution of thymic
hormones
T cell response to new
antigens declines. Most T
cells have had prior antigenic
exposure (memory T cells);
explains why elderly people
respond to antigens
previously encountered, but
not to new antigens
Response to antigens is more
sluggish
(Terpenning & Bradley: Why Aging Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Infection. Geriatrics Feb 1991)
Scarlet Fever: England & Wales
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Mean annual death rate
of children under 15
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96% decline before
sulfonamides 1865-1935
1 50 0
Rates per 100,000 inhabitants
1 00 0
Sulfonamides
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1860
18 7 0
1 8 80
1890
1900
19 1 0
1 92 0
1930
1940
1950
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Poliomyelitis:
Dominican Republic
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2.6
From 1980-1983
Poliomyelitis morbidity
rate declined naturally
98.5%
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1.6
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EPI Introduced
(OPV Vaccine)
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1980
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1982
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1986
19 8 7
1 9 88
1989
Whooping Cough:
England & Wales
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1200
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Mean annual death rate
of children under 15
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1000
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Immunization
Generally
Available
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600
98.5% Decline before
pertussis vaccine generally
available
1868-1953
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Measles: England & Wales
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Mean annual death
rate of children
under 15
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Virtual 100% decline
1855-1965
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Rates per 100,000 inhabitants
1 8 60
18 7 0
1880
18 9 0
1900
Immunizations
Begun
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19 1 0
1920
19 3 0
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1950
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• Leads to tooth
decay
• Lowers disease resistance
• Promotes constipation
• High calories & low food
value = weight gain
• Causes vitamin B
losses; affects
mental health &
emotions
• Leads to CHD and
mature-onset diabetes
• Damages appestat,
leading to overweight
• Causes liver damage
similar to alcohol
• Clogs the system