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Volume Two                   Article One                   January 1999

COLOSTRUM and the IMMUNE SYSTEM

Thanks for joining us on Health Chat.

Today we want to talk about the Immune System which is a very extensive system.   For our purposes here we are not going to get very detailed but give a brief overview and then concentrate on the consequences of a weakened immune system and what we as lay people can do to restore homeostasis and resistance to dis-ease.  Remember what we quoted in Health Chat Volume One Article Three from the Government study on Dietary Goals for the United States?  Dr. Phillip Lee from the University of California stated in this report that we as a Nation have come to believe that medicine and medical technology can solve our major health problems.  He pointed out that treatment not prevention, has been the order of the day.  With a weakened immune system comes dis-ease!  And we as Americans to often depend on drugs and pharmaceuticals to solve all our problems.  We are antibiotic freaks because most of us do not understand that there is a lot more out there than just drugs to aid the immune system in fighting disease.  Antibiotics in the long run will eventually pull the immune system down.  Most infections these days are viral induced and there are NO antibiotics for viruses only bacteria.  It is most depressing and frustrating to see small babies on antibiotics month after month trying to fight off infections while all the time their immune system is being destroyed along with the bacteria in the bowel.  In our office we use a lot of homeopathic remedies for infections but never without supporting the immune system with minerals and the product, which is the topic of our discussion today............ COLOSTRUM! 

For the quick overview on the immune system I will pull some information from Guyton's Physiology text.  To start in a very simple approach to the immune system it is very important to maintain  a normal bowel bacterial and pH level.  This first line of defense actually begins in the mouth.  Without covering the Spleen and Thymus we must also mention that they have important functions in the integrity of our immune system.  The Leukocyte (white cell) and the tissue Macrophage system are all lines of defense.  Because our bodies are, today more than ever before, exposed to bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites we are putting a greater stress on our immune system.   Many of these infective agents are capable of causing serious dis-ease if they invade the deeper tissues of the body.  We are also exposed intermittently to other highly infectious bacteria and viruses besides those that are normally present in our bodies.

Fortunately, our bodies have these special systems for combating the different infectious and toxic agents.  The Leukocytes, the macrophage system (frequently but incorrectly called the reticuloendothelial system), and the lymphoid tissue function in two different ways to prevent dis-ease:  (1) by actually destroying invading agents by the process of phagocytosis and (2) by forming antibodies and sensitized lymphocytes, one or both of which may destroy the invader. The leukocytes are the mobile units of the body's protective system.  They are formed partially in the bone marrow (the granulocytes and monocytes, and a few lymphocytes) and partially in the lymph tissue (lymphocytes and plasma cells), but after formation they are transported in the blood to the different parts of the body where they are to be used.  The real value of the white blood cells is that most of them are specifically transported to areas of serious inflammation, thereby providing a rapid and potent defense against any infectious agent that might be present.  Remember this when we talk about how Colostrum helps heal inflammatory conditions like arthritis, osteoporosis and the fibromyalgia/fibromyositis.   Read it again......The real value of the white blood cell.........does what?    So says Guyton and he wrote the text that is considered the Bible in Physiology.

What is COLOSTRUM?    I would say most of you know what colostrum is, others know the word is familiar but can't place it and still others are probably drawing a blank as to what this unique immunological fluid is.  Immediately after a baby is born in the animal kingdom, there is a sudden loss of both estrogen and progesterone secretion by the placenta which now allows the lactogenic effect of the prolactin from the mother's pituitary gland to assume its natural milk-producing role, and within two or three days the breasts begin to secrete copious quantities of milk.  However for the first two or three days the breasts are secreting COLOSTRUM.  Colostrum is there as a survival fluid for the newborn's immune system.  Colostrum (from cows and humans) stimulates the newborn's immune system.  Immunoglobulins (found in colostrum) are able to neutralize the most harmful bacteria, viruses, and yeasts organisms.   Colostrum has a virus antibody that acts against viral invaders.  A wide range of antiviral factors were acknowledged to be present in colostrum by the US Government's Center for Disease Control.

We are going to spend some time in the next Health Chat, covering in some detail the various ingredients in colostrum and how it rebuilds the immune system, how it destroys viruses, bacteria and fungi, how it accelerates healing of all body tissue, how it helps lose weight - burn fat, how it increases bone and lean muscle mass, how it slows down and even reverses aging!  Visit us next week as we conclude our discussion on colostrum and show you how you can have  the highest quality colostrum supplement that is on the market today.........bar none!

So meet us here again next week on Health Chat........... thanks ........and God Bless!          

                                                                                                             .....................Dr. Jack

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