How Does Sleep Help Your Immune System?

  Written by Maggie Chandler May 15, 2024 In our 24/7, always-on-the-go modern world, productivity is often king, and longer workdays are treated like a badge of honour. But there are only so many hours in a day, and after a certain point, you need to get your rest so you can stay healthy. Although […]

How to Reach Peak Immune Function (hint: It’s not boosting)

Dr Isaac Eliaz December 10, 2023 With all that we’re facing in today’s world, many people are searching for the most powerful immune-boosters to ramp up their defenses.    The truth is optimal immunity requires fine-tuned precision — not blunt force. For long-term health and vitality, the immune system needs to maintain a complex and delicate balance […]

Top Nutrients for Immune System Support

People take supplements to improve or optimize their health. So what happens when you look at the label, and the ingredient list is filled with unrecognizable additives? Your immune system is a complex collaboration of organs, cells, and proteins that work nonstop to keep you healthy. The majority of immune cells can be divided into […]

NAC and the Flu

Flu season is upon us. The CDC says flu hospitalizations are already the highest they’ve been in over a decade. They estimate between October 1 and November 5, 2022, at least 2.8 million people in the US contracted the flu, and at least 1,300 died from it [1]. While you may not be able to […]

Clostridia Difficile – The Role of Toxin A and B Pathogenicity

Theories of Aging One of the current ideas on aging is the free radical theory. Excess free radicals primarily from reactive oxygen species damage DNA, protein, and lipids. This ongoing free radical damage is called oxidative stress which is linked to mitochondrial dysfunction and ongoing inflammation. These three cellular mechanisms are involved not only in […]

The Benefits of Eating Dirt

We live in a sterile world of hand sanitizers and processed food. Parents have forgotten the five second rule where if a food falls onto the floor, it is safe to eat if picked up within five seconds. Children have their hands washed before they eat, after they eat, after they play outside. The result […]

Inflamm-Obesity: Obesity is more than a Caloric Imbalance

Obesity rates have escalated in all populations over the past decades. According to NHANES data from 2014, one in three American adults and one in six American children are obese. An additional one in three adults in the U.S. are overweight. Since obesity is associated with seven out of ten leading causes of death including […]

Metabolic and Immune Effects of Strenuous Exercise

Everyone knows the benefits of exercise. It fosters a healthy lean body and a positive outlook on life. With the ever-increasing threat of obesity and its subsequent health consequences, everyone is encouraged to exercise.  Recommended exercise is 30 to 60 minutes of activity daily and unfortunately many people are unable to meet this goal. While […]

Beyond the Th1-Th2 paradigm for Immune System Balance

Introduction: Th1-Th2 theory: Allergies and autoimmune disease paradigm The reigning theory for T helper cells in the immune system has been differentiation into Th1 and Th2 cells. This change was thought to be permanent and irreversible. Cytokines signal naïve CD4 cells to form one specific type of T cell. Following differentiation, the T helper cells release specific […]

Why are Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases increasing in developed countries?

For the past several decades there has been a significant increase in allergies ranging from food reactions to asthma along with an increase in autoimmune diseases such as Type 1 Diabetes and Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. This rise has been especially noticeable to parents and pediatricians as the number of children suffering with these issues has increased. […]

Why we are more prone to getting sick in the winter?

Tech Support Team Colds appear more prevalent when it is cold out. However, in terms of infectious illnesses, it is the germs that make us sick, not cold weather itself. We have to come in contact with rhinoviruses to catch a cold and we need to be infected with influenza viruses to contract the flu. Rhinoviruses […]