Immune system

Immune System
Organs involved in the immune system are the spleen, thymus, tonsils and lymph glands.
There are 2 primary causes of over stimulation of the immune system.
1. Emotional and lifestyle stress. Whether physically or emotionally the body thinks it is under attack. The immune system is then alerted to prepare for the invasion. It does not matter if this is real or perceived stress. This tells you right here how powerful our minds are over our bodies. Long term over stimulation of the immune system will weaken the immune system, which in turn suppresses its normal functions. Exercise and yoga are proven to reduce stress, thereby normalizing the immune system.

2. The second is chemical stress. The most common chemical stress that we have a huge control over is nutrition. Our colons are so very important. This is where the good and the bad happen and we would all like it to be all good. The good is nutrients are absorbed in the colon, the bad is this is the way toxins are passed out of the body. If the colon is slow, sluggish or blocked these toxins sit there and are absorbed back into the body. The immune system gets its “alert” that invaders abound and it begins its attack. This unnecessary attack puts stress on the immune system.
The bottom (pun intended) line is eat nutritious food and keep your colon actively doing what it was designed to do.

I have always felt that we get a lot of health problems via our gut. We did not get lyme from there but we can help our immune system be strong to fight lyme back.

Post Edited (PeteZa) : 4/8/2016 9:58:24 AM (GMT-6)

Stress is a killer. Unfortunantly most jobs with "adult" earnings have stress included.

Pirouette - But the adrenals also obviously react to stress. Modern life (well some of it) has more stresses than we are naturally able to take. Put someone on vacation and stress goes down (assuming they get along with the people and everything goes as planned).

Then again, cave man most likely found sabre tooth cats stressfull.

There is some lab that does the neurotransmitter testing, forgot the name. Yes, its intertwined with many aminoacids in the methalation cycles.

I tried sam-E for liver detox gene issues, and it made me depressed. Sam-E is supposed to be the opposite. I found D-Limonene helps liver detox gene issues, so far I like it.

Peteza- I agree with the gut being at the center of our health and antibiotics are terrible for gut.
I know the head doctor at Paracelsus in Switzerand-every single patient gets two test-a stool tests looking at gut bacteria and a dental check looking for infections-root canals. It doesn't matter if you see him for lyme-automimmune or cancer. Hi clinic has a dental clinic attatched.
He told me if you fix those two things the body will take care of rest.

Blueberrymuffin in the olden days a man would take a horse and open his mouth and see the condition of his teeth to determine if he wanted to buy that horse or not. This determined the quality of the horse.

It is strange but some still think if you look into a person's mouth you can tell their health. I was a dental assistant eons ago and honestly, you can tell a lot from gums the health and condition of a person. The dentist I worked for once said "he is going to have a heart attack if he doesn't change his ways." That always stuck with me. And once he said "that kid smokes pot." Call it whatever, but I was young and impressionable. Maybe someone else has scientific data for what that dentist said.

My mom used to work for a dentist and an oral surgeon. My sister is a dental hygienist. Dental health has long been connected with heart health. After all the research I've done, I will NEVER have a root canal. Some people have to take antibiotics before having any dental work done because the bacteria stirred up from the dental work can be dangerous to them.

One of the controversies regarding the lyme tests are due to the fact that some of the bands (I forget which ones) indicate antibodies that are created due to the presence of a type of bacteria that is found in tooth decay and or as a result of detail work. I forget the details.

We have a ton of bacteria in our mouths... one highly recommended therapy is oil pulling - which involves swishing sesame oil around in your mouth, which gets into the pockets between your gums and teeth and helps clean the mouth. I add tea tree oil and oil of oregano since they have microbial properties. I LOVE IT.

-p

Pirouette - do you think swishing with sesame seed oil is better than using coconut oil? And what about using wheat grass for it like one of our members suggested? I actually tried the wheat grass swishing two days ago and drank a little fresh shot of it afterwards and by 8 PM I felt dizzy-like all evening. I do not know if it had anything to do with it or not, but it was the first time trying it. I shall probably test it out again after these stinking leg pains go away.
KickingLyme - how much colloidal silver do you take daily?