FREE Subscription
The World’s Most Popular Natural Health Newsletter   
 
 
POSTED BY
July 11 2007
How to Supercharge Your Immune System

Gary Null’s video “Supercharge Your Immune System” is based on 25 years of clinical nutrition research and working with thousands of individuals who suffer from immune disease.

In this comprehensive, must-see video, you’ll learn the real causes of cancer, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, allergies and many other forms of immune dysfunction.



Dr. MercolaDr. Mercola's Comments:

A research scientist at the Institute of Applied Biology for over 27 years, Gary Null, Ph.D., has spent his career investigating health issues and searching for the truth. Null is a New York Times best-selling author, the host of the talk radio program, "The Gary Null Show," and a producer of documentary films, DVDs and PBS television programs. Null empowers all who will listen with life-changing facts that promote wellness. Gary has interviewed me for several of his films. He is an awesome leader in the health freedom and education movement and we are fortunate to have his courageous example.

Here are my recommendations to supplement his excellent video for keeping your immune system in top shape, many of which coincide or dovetail with Null’s suggestions:  Of course these are just a summary, but if you want a more comprehensive review please consider my new book Take Control of Your Health, which is loaded with key insights to improve your health and immune system.

Avoid Sugar

Sugar decreases the function of your immune system almost immediately. It is especially imperative to avoid sugar if you feel you are coming down with something, but keeping sugar out of your diet for the long haul will do wonders for your health and make your body stronger. Be aware that sugar is present in foods you may not suspect like ketchup and fruit juice.

Get Enough Rest

Just like it becomes harder for you to get your daily tasks done if you’re tired, if your body is overly fatigued it will be harder for it to fight off disease. Regular rest will keep you strong and ensure that your body has the strength to fight off any potential invaders. Be sure to check out my article on Secrets to a Good Night’s Sleep.

Eat Garlic Regularly

Garlic is a triple-whammy: it’s antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal. Garlic is one food that you should be eating every day. It is important to note that the garlic must be fresh to give you optimal health benefits. The active ingredient is destroyed within one hour of smashing the garlic, so garlic pills are virtually worthless and should not be used. When you use the garlic, compress it with a spoon prior to swallowing it, or put it through your juicer to add to your vegetable juice. If you swallow the clove intact you will not convert the active ingredient, allicin, to its active form.

Don’t Let Stress Become Overwhelming

We all face some stress everyday, but if stress becomes overwhelming then your body will be less able to fight off illnesses. It has been estimated that up to 90 percent of illness and disease is stress-related. If you feel that stress is taking a toll on your health, consider using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), a type of psychological acupressure. EFT is remarkably effective in relieving stress associated with all kinds of events, from work to family to trauma.

Exercise

When you exercise you increase your circulation and your blood flow throughout your body. The components of your immune system are also better circulated, which means your immune system has a better chance of finding an illness before it has a chance to spread. In a sense, exercising helps your immune system to be more efficient in weeding out and acting upon viruses and diseases. You can review my exercise guidelines for some great tips to get started.

Wash Your Hands

Washing your hands will decrease your likelihood of spreading a virus to your nose, mouth or other people. If your immune system is strong, it should be able to fight off the virus if it does enter your body, but washing your hands provides a bit of extra protection. Be sure you don’t use antibacterial soap for this -- antibacterial soaps are completely unnecessary, and they cause far more harm than good. You can read my article on hygiene mistakes for more information.

Related Articles:

Did you find this article interesting?  Interesting Not Useful
Community Comments ( 47 )
Comment on this Article
  
  
Bridestein
[ Joined on 12/06 ] [ Posted on July 10, 2007 ]
8 Points        
   
 
Savvy User
This video appears to be pro-soy as well as anti-meat. I am surprised to see it here.
 [ Reply ]
  
  
KathieJamisonCote
[ Joined on 04/07 ] [ Posted on July 10, 2007 ]
6 Points        
   
 
Savvy User
It just behooves me how many do not get:
'WHAT GOES INTO MY MOUTH COMPLETELY
AND WITHOUT FAIL EFFECTS:
MY WEIGHT,
MY SICKNESS FACTOR,  (with reference to: IMMUNE SYSTEM)
MY OVERALL WELL BEING,
MY HAPPINESS,
MY ENERGY LEVEL,
MY ATTITUDE
AND EVERY OTHER HUMAN FACTOR I CAN THINK OF!"
 [ Reply ]
Mercola
  
KathieJamisonCote
[ Joined on 04/07 ]  [ Posted on July 10, 2007]
5 Points        
   
Savvy User
  Mercola
With that said - eating the foods we were meant to eat - such as mostly organic fruits and vegetables
our bodies become nourished,
our bodies become content,
and the cravings for crap disappear.......
(perhaps not completely, but they sure do decrease and the longer you stay away from foods that harm, the better you feel and the more you don't ever want to eat them again.)

ALL THE WHILE - BUILDING BODIES WITH STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEMS THAT DO NOT GET SICK.
(Health Care Problems of our country ----- what ---- pratically solved?)
Mercola
  
Sandra60
[ Joined on 09/06 ]  [ Posted on July 12, 2007]
2 Points        
   
Novice User
  Mercola
It comes to the old adage:  We are what we eat.  Nuff said


Sandra
Mercola
  
boo boo
[ Joined on 05/07 ]  [ Posted on July 24, 2007]
4 Points        
   
Novice User
  Mercola

I think it would behoove you to learn the meaning of the word behoove.

That said, this video pushes soy and discourages the consumption of meat.  If y'all choose to eat that way, be my guest.  But I, now and forever, will eat meat.  Study up on the differences between soy eaters and meat eaters.  A good place to start those studies is right here: www.westonaprice.org  

Mercola
  
jacquelynt7
[ Joined on 06/07 ]  [ Posted on July 26, 2007]
       
   
Novice User
  Mercola

Very very true!!

My mom is a PERFECT example...

She has been fighting Stage IV *** cancer for the past 8 months. The doctors told her she had no hope since it spread to her bones, but she should still do chemo and radiation.

She refused to go that direction and got a Homeopathic Doctor.

They have been building her immune system with Organic food (especially veggies), no sugars, vitamins/supplements, herbs, etc. It's amazing how her own immune system is now fighting the cancer.

Her tumor marker has gone from 369 to only 61 (goal is under 32). The doctors don't even know what to say now!

We want to share her story with anyone and everyone Info@NaturalLifeNaturalYou.com

http://www.Shaklee.net/ladene

  
  
Dekalb
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on July 24, 2007 ]
5 Points        
   
 
Apprentice User

Not only are you what you eat physically, but emotionally, you also are what you see and hear. I could NOT watch this due to the graphic animal abuse depicted. These type of images cause severe BRAIN STAIN. I wish he could have produced the video without them, I really would have liked to seen the rest of it.

 [ Reply ]
  
  
notig
[ Joined on 12/06 ] [ Posted on July 11, 2007 ]
4 Points        
   
 
Savvy User
some good information... some bad in my opinion. This video is really meat bashing. Meat is really helpful for some people. The part where he is in the grocery store and says that he can offer vegetarian sources for any meat you like and its healthier (soy) made me laugh.

I would prefer a nourishing traditions type of supermarket spending spree. Putting people on just vegetables and soy is going to turn them off.

some of the information i liked though was about how your health and your diet are intimately related for instance.
 [ Reply ]
Mercola
  
chirocheer
[ Joined on 08/06 ]  [ Posted on July 11, 2007]
3 Points        
   
Savvy User
  Mercola
I concur.  As a protein type, meat is my friend -- especially red/dark meat.  What a wonderful world it would be if we all had a Nourishing Traditions diet -- every household and every restaurant.  OK, I know my dreaming is far-fetched, but it doesn't minimize my belief that we need to educate people about REAL nutrition (not the FDA's version).  People's very lives depend upon it.
Mercola
  
mume
[ Joined on 08/07 ]  [ Posted on August 16, 2007]
       
   
Novice User
  Mercola

After viewing Dr.Null's video of the imhumane tx of theses animals, wrote to the Can. FDA. THese people want to shut down/over-regulate a local farm (beef, chickens). We have visited this farm and any consumer is invited to see for themselves what the amimals eat AND the steps taken just prior to the animals being killed for slaughter.  They are quietly led away so as not to stress that particular animal, nor his 'mates'.  No cortisol.  But the FDA is not satisfied, as this farm does not conform to their particlular list of rules.  They would rather cows eat things they were never meant to, leading to all kinds if problems think mad-cow. OR have us all ingesting GH and various antiobiotics. The video was a bit shocking, I also wonder where it was filmed but could someone please forward it to the FDA personnel,and maybe with a heavy heart he would like to show it to his children.

mume

  
  
MRL
[ Joined on 05/07 ] [ Posted on July 25, 2007 ]
2 Points        
   
 
Apprentice User

I am not a vegetarian, nor do I think that is how God intended us to eat. I liked some of what Mr. Null spoke about (other than the vegetarian diet and some things about meditation...). I thought it was unnecessary to show those clips of animals being brutalized. Where were they filmed? Most likely in foreign countries where there may be lower standards in the treatment of animals. I know there are many places in this country that have very good standards and practices. How about showing a local dairy or meat farm where the animals are grass fed? How about a free range chicken farm? I believe that footage was put in place to shock us into giving up meat! How about putting the same energy into saving the millions of babies that are aborted every year in this country!!

 [ Reply ]
  
  
saynotoquacks
[ Joined on 04/07 ] [ Posted on July 25, 2007 ]
2 Points        
   
 
Savvy User

I don't have time to watch the entire video, but I've watched Gary Null for years on PBS.  One thing I wish he would talk more about is the dangers of prescription drugs.  He could have saved my life if he had mentioned the conflicts of interest in the FDA.  Also, he didn't stress mercury fillings enough.  These are the two major sources of toxins in most people's bodies.  Not that the others aren't bad, but these are the absolute worst.  Also, he's a vegan, and I don't think nature made us to be vegans.  We have the teeth and digestive systems of omnivores.

 [ Reply ]
  
  
N. C.
[ Joined on 11/06 ] [ Posted on July 24, 2007 ]
2 Points        
   
 
Novice User

I thrive best without meat. Meat has its place. I haven't eaten meat in years and don't need it. The stuff makes me sick and I hate the taste of it.

 [ Reply ]
  
  
Danelledawn
[ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on July 25, 2007 ]
1 Points        
   
 
Novice User

do any of you actually subscribe and read Mercola.com weekly newsletter???  have any of you ever heard of Dr. Mercola's "Metabolic Typing Test" or his improved, better yet "Nutritional Typing Test & Diet"?  Try reading his new book Take Control of Your Health.  Or take a 5 minutes of every day and actually browse the website.  There is a tremendous amount of awesome information on there.  I get his newsletter twice a week and come across something different every time I open my email.  Dr. Mercola's website is full of common sense nutritional information.  Meat... bad for some, great for others... It's called nutritional typing, there is no one person who is the same.  I couldn't go a day with out some sort of meat... I eat eggs every single morning.  I tried my hardest to switch to mainly veggies and fruits and low-fat turkey/chicken and was absolutely miserable.  Feel bad about eating venison, beef, fish!?  Not I... A being higher than us systematically created this earth (I wouldn't claim Christianity as my only source of belief...) with the design for his creation (humans) to respect and USE the natural resources he has provided us with.  People thousands of years ago Thanked GOD (or whom ever they believed in... it's the same "God" everywhere) for providing the success of a meat kill. Unethical treatment of animals, yeah, let's stop it... Not killing and eating a deer because you saw it running around in a field when it was a bambi and cute, uh... give me a break.  For sport, not so much, but for survival... it's worth it.  And in this economy, it only makes sense to go out and "collect" your own food.

www.mercola.com/metabolic_typing.htm

Read this for helpful personalized "diet" that works with your own individual body.

www.mercola.com/index.htm

Here's the main page for Mercola.com... read this, it's more informational than these vital notes!

Thank God for Dr. Mercola!!!

 [ Reply ]
  
  
Health 1
[ Joined on 03/07 ] [ Posted on July 25, 2007 ]
1 Points        
   
 
Novice User

Hyper or hypoimmunity can be traced back to the efficiency of various food staples we ingest. This involves break down, bioavailabilty, which results in energy. Scripturally there are refs. made to the importance of adequate sleep in order for cellular rejuvenation to take place. Refs to the right food intake and exercise are also mentioned. Stress is a major contributing factor to the depletion of balanced immune function and is also mentioned scripturally. IScriptures also refer  to dry bones. We now know, that stress will contribute to the leaching out (so to speak) of Ca, while the needed ratio of 700mgs are replaced by going back to one's bones and teeth to replace the amount needed 24/7. This takes place in order to have smooth muscle transaction and vital support for the nervous system, among other biochemical needs.

Common sense (I think) is what indicates that, what we eat, drink, or how we think and act, as well as, how much we exercise and the importance placed on rest, will account for the result(s) as to how our temple will ultimately perform, when we need the reserves readily available.

Blessings to all

Dr. Trudy

 [ Reply ]
Mercola
  
N. C.
[ Joined on 11/06 ]  [ Posted on July 25, 2007]
       
   
Novice User
  Mercola

Most people can't collect their own food. We all don't own guns and bows and arrows. Vegetarianism is much much cheaper. I know I have lived both lifestyles. However despite cost, if one does thrive better on meat or just likes meat then of coarse listen to your body.

  
  
Naturopath VIcky
[ Joined on 06/06 ] [ Posted on July 24, 2007 ]