The Immune System And Disease

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The Immune System And Disease -

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Nobel prize winner Dr. Linus Pauling noted in his book " Vitamin C " --

 

The Common Cold and Flu " , that autopsies performed on people who

had never suffered from cancer, revealed evidence that they had as

many as three cases of cancer during their lives and never knew it.

 

He credited a healthy immune system for automatically dealing with

the disease -- an observation that underlines the importance of the

immune system in eradicating cancer or any other disease that

afflicts humans.

 

Simply stated, the immune system rests with the white blood cells

that are produced in the thymus gland which is centered behind the

upper chest plate, and the bone marrow.

 

The National Cancer Institute, established in 1953, is dedicated to

enlarging our understanding of the vital connection between cancer

and the immune system

and states that " medical science looks forward to the day when

immunological methods will be a standard means of diagnosing,

treating and ultimately preventing cancer and other diseases.

 

An unhealthy diet, stress and emotions such as anger and grief can

be destructive to the immune system, so there is much a person can

do to bolster it and keep it up to strength.

The simplest methods relate to healthy eating and exercise and

shelves are awash with books on these subjects.

 

One of the more popular volumes is " Fit For Life II --Living Health "

by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond. And then there are herbs and other

supplements that also promise to bolster the immune system.

 

One of these is the famous herbal tea ESSIAC. Canadian Nurse Rene

Caisse

discovered it in 1922, and used it over the next 50 years to treat

terminally ill cancer patients with remarkable results.

 

Sheila Snow, author of the book " ESSENCE of ESSIAC " , was an admiring

friend of Ms. Caisse and is the person most responsible for bringing

ESSIAC to enlarged public awareness, beginning in the late 1970's.

 

In her book, Ms. Snow lists some 30 potentially promising

therapeutic activities likely to be found in the tea.

 

They include the elimination of metals and other toxins in the body

and

increasing the production of antibodies like lymphocytes and T-cells

in the thymus gland.

 

So while most users of ESSIAC tend to be cancer patients, the tea

promises to be beneficial for many other conditions.

 

And since it does bolster the immune system, more and more people

are now using it as a preventative measure.

 

The story of ESSIAC and Rene Caisse, plus the full list of promising

therapeutic activities can be found under the heading " What ESSIAC

Promises To Do "

 

http://comboweb.com/essiac/immune2.htm

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