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“The bacteria metabolize flavonoids and produce a compound called desaminotyrosine (DAT) which helps produce interferon, a signaling molecule that activates the immune system. This helped protect the lungs against damage from the flu virus.”

“When infected by a pathogen such as a virus, the body mounts an immune response and produces antibodies against the invader. Antibodies bind to specific sites on the viral surface known as epitopes and signal the immune system to destroy the virus.”

“FTA: >Patients who need a bone marrow transplant and children who are born without a functioning thymus could all benefit. >Ways of boosting the thymus could also help elderly people. The organ shrinks with age and leads to a weaker immune system.”

“The authors posited that the protective effects of vitamin D are attributable to the vitamin's capacity to maintain cell junctions to reduce the risk of infection; enhance cellular innate immunity; or modulate the renin-angiotensin-system. Link to full study.”

“FTA: > An imbalance in our metabolism can trigger inflammatory processes in the body and activate the immune system. In a recent study, researchers have been able to show that this applies even to newborns and children under one year of age, and is correlated with the development of respiratory diseases in early childhood.”

“This balanced diet that removed grains, dairy, processed foods, and sugars (except for honey). It is great to see some physicians embracing using diet to treat ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease instead of steroids, which suppress the immune system and don't actually treat the underlying issue including microbiome imbalance among other things.”

“Preventing toxic proteins originating in blood from entering the brain As the blood-brain barrier breaks down, whether as a part of aging or neurodegenerative disease, immune cells, inflammatory cytokines, toxic proteins, and red blood cells gain access to the brain from the blood and contribute to cognitive dysfunction.”

“Evidence from a new study suggests that body composition influences declines in fluid intelligence, and these declines may be related to immune system activation. Body composition describes an individual's body fat and lean mass.”

“The microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA), the bidirectional relationship between the microbes that inhabit the human gut and the nervous system, plays critical roles in neurological, hormonal, and immune function, influencing multiple aspects of health.”

“FTA: > Researchers have discovered that antibiotics have an unwanted impact on the microorganisms that live in an animal's gut that's more broad and complex than previously known. A study has helped to explain these processes, which are now believed to affect everything from the immune system to glucose metabolism, food absorption, obesity, stress and behavior.”