Improving your Immune System

By Mark Angelo Cummings

It is the 5th cold you have this year and we are only one quarter into it. You are always tired, run down and fatigued. Have you asked your self why? Or are you still in denial?

Your immune system is shut, caput, finished, it is no longer in service. Yeah, I know you do not want to hear it. But, I am going to tell you anyway. You have used up your nine lives, and now you are in desperate need of an immune haul over. It is not normal to feel this way, trust me, there is a better life. When you finally start taking care of yourself, you will see the difference.

Late nights are becoming customary to your life style. Eating on the go, and eating the wrong kinds of food are adding to your failing health. Oh, lets not forget the excess alcohol, coffee, and preservative filled foods you eat, filled with sugar, hydrogenated oils and things you can’t even pronounce.

You can live in your doctors waiting room and come home with a bag full of goodies, prescription haven, or you can do it the natural way, and be rid of your future ailments.

For starters, eliminate all soft drinks, juices, and coffee from your daily beverage intake, and instead consume natures own. Water is the beverage you need, this clear and pure substance will allow your body to rid itself of excess toxins and keep you young and revised. To add variety, you can consume herbal teas, to include green tea for a nice pick me up and it will also improve your metabolism. Eat only natural foods, stay away from packaged, preservative filled alternatives. Your body cannot assimilate what it does not understand. This means if you put in foods that are not real, it cannot break it down and must create substitute receptors to deal with it, bringing on cancer and destruction to your immune system. Learn to eat small portions to prevent excess digestive function that wears down your body. Over digestion creates toxins that will destroy the immune response. Make sure you are in bed by 10 p.m., toxin elimination begins at 11 p.m., if you miss the mark, you will create a toxic over load. Your immune system will definitely be shattered.

I know most of you are saying, how can I change my habits? How can you not? Are you willing to give up your health for your dysfunctional life style, if the answer is yes, then by all means continue forward, but do not expect your body to be kind to you as the years keep pilling on. You are not meant to feel tired and sick, your body is made to keep you feeling vibrant and healthy, but it is up to you to keep it feeling that way. No magic pills, potions or answers, it takes work and dedication.

Eat healthy, get plenty of rest, and do moderate exercise and you will soon find yourself feeling better than you ever have before.

Recipe of the Month :

Salmon Delight

1 lb. of wild salmon

1 cup of cubed pineapple

1 lime

1 garlic clove

1 cilantro bushel

5 scallions

10 cherry tomatoes

Clean and cut salmon into 6 oz portions. Chop scallions, cilantro, garlic, and pineapple into a bowl and squeeze the lime juice, add the cherry tomatoes. Place the fish into a baking pan add contents of the bowl over fish cover it and let sit inside the refrigerator for 6 hours. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 min. Serve over brown rice....

Supplement of the Month :

Vitamin D

This vitamin is considered both a vitamin and a hormone, it’s main function is to create a balanced calcium level and also reduces risk of colon and breast cancer. Food sources of vitamin D are limited to include egg yolks, liver, fish oils. Milk and cereals are fortified with vitamin D, but you should stay away from both. You want naturally occurring, not fortified. Please note that vitamin D is needed for calcium absorption with out it you are creating the risk of osteoporosis. The recommended dosage is 200 iu’s if you are below 50 years of age, 400 iu’s for adults 51 years to 70 years old, above that 600 iu’s is highly recommended.

Mark A. Cummings