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Immune System Support
🕑 Added 2021-05-07 04:19:09 +0000 UTCALL simple carbs (primary focus on refined, this means ZERO sucrose in all forms, including bread/cereal/pastries, alcohol, etc.) create excess glycolysis wastes, especially with a sedentary lifestyle or low energy expenditure, which crashes the methylation cycle and energy metabolism, then all gene expression and immune processes. This creates an inflammatory breeding ground for bacteria, viruses, parasites, etc. (high NADH, low NAD+ ratio)
EAT WHOLE FOODS CONTAINING THESE NUTRIENTS or SUPPLEMENT IF NECESSARY:
Magnesium in wild caught seafood, hemp seeds, and leafy green vegetables soaked/washed in a magnesium chloride-water solution. All fish and bivalves are an excellent source, and heart of any animal for organ meats. Hemp seeds/hearts and properly prepared green veggies if aversive. Magnesium chloride or glycinate (glycine supports glutathione production) (can be consumed oral or topical) for supplement.
Zinc in organic grass-fed red meats, wild-caught fish and bivalves, hemp seeds/hearts for plant foods. Zinc glycinate as supplement is best for biological support at this time because both zinc and glycine are used in endogenous antioxidant production, as well as supporting liver function and digestion. A balance between zinc and copper is essential to the function of the immune system.
Copper in bioavailable forms found in bivalves/shellfish and organ meats, such as liver. Cacao is another excellent source. See above for reasoning, don't go overboard, especially with the liver because too much copper or retinol can impair the immune system. Food sources only.
Vitamin C in organic grass-fed liver or spleen, low glycemic index fruits (citrus, berries, melons). Ascorbic acid, sodium ascorbate, liposomal vitamin C for supplement, whichever suits individual biology. IV vitamin C had been used as a prophylactic in the beginning of 2020 in hospitals, but oral is better than none at all.
Vitamin E in wild caught seafoods again. Supplement mixed tocopherol/tocotrienol content, avoid industrialized vegetable/seed oil base. Styrian pumpkin seed oil and red palm oil are also excellent food sources for vitamin E.
Selenium in wild caught seafoods and brazil nuts (limit to 1-2 daily). L-selenomethionine for supplement form.
Vitamin D from daily morning sunlight exposure (noon is best time for highest D production) and wild caught seafoods. Cod liver in its own oil is an excellent food source for vitamin D. See Sun Protection post for best times.
B VITAMINS from organic grass-fed red meats, liver is more concentrated form of bioavailable forms of B vitamins, dairy/kefir, fermented vegetables. Nutritional yeast is another option. Supplement activated B complex dependent on MTHFR genetics. This supports methylation cycle and mitochondrial function. Thiamine and niacin deficiency is being shown to be associated with high symptomology in viral infections, which contributes to the hypoxia that can be commonly experienced. (think insulin resistance/diabetes, hypertension, poor lung function, etc.) Focus in B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, biotin, folate, B12, inositol, choline. Best food sources for inositol are goat dairy/kefir and eggs for choline. Sunflower lecithin can be supplemented in place of eggs for choline.
Lysine from kefir or yogurt, preferably of the goat variety. The probiotics will also be of benefit to the immune system, but lysine is an amino acid that sets its function entirely.
HERBAL MEDICINES:
Astragalus membranaceus (immunomodulatory)
Uncaria tomentosa (Peruvian Cat's claw) (immunostimulant, increases WBCs)
Nigella sativa (black seed) oil (immunomodulatory, bronchodilatory, anti-inflammatory)
(check for interactions if on medications)
DON'T forget the quinones to support redox status:
Thymoquinone from Black seed oil
Coenzyme-Q10 (COQ-10)
Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)
Vitamin K2 MK4/MK7 (menaquinone)
Cinchona bark
Aloe-emodin from Aloe
Emodin from Japanese knotweed and Fo-ti
Vitamin D/sunlight exposure, vitamin K2, curcumin/turmeric, berberine, ginseng, etc. can help to inhibit ACE2.
Decrease blue/artificial light and EMF exposure. If you are able to, step outside in nature and ground with sole to earth. Leave phones at home or on airplane mode, at the very least. Unplug WiFi connection before sleep.
Stress management is vital here. Disengage from media if stressed. The fear induction feeds into immune system suppression. Start focusing on prevention.
GET DAILY SUNLIGHT AND FRESH AIR, it was essential in the treatment of the Spanish flu in the 1900s.
