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Max Your Immunity: How to Maximize Your Immune System When You Need It Most
The word immunity has unfortunately become an all-too-common term in our vocabulary, and for good reason. When the pandemic hit, many of the major drug companies created vaccines that offered us “immunity” against this specific virus. Yet, few of us understand that almost all these vaccines work based upon their activating our own built-in systems of defense. It is our very own immunity to these viruses that can make the difference between illness and health. To help clarify what each of us can do to protect ourselves and our loved ones, Pamela Wartian Smith, MD has written Max Your Immunity . Here is a complete guide to understanding and maximizing your natural defenses against various infectious diseases.
Max Your Immunity is divided into three parts. Part One explains how our innate and adaptive immunity systems work. Our innate immunity system is based on our built-in barriers designed to fight or separate us from infectious agents. Our adaptive immunity, also called acquired immunity, is composed of lymphocyte cells that are triggered when a specific pathogen enters the body. These cells learn to identify the invading pathogens and hunt them down. In this section, each component in both systems are clearly identified and explained. Part Two provides ten important things that you can do to increase and strengthen all of these components. And Part Three provides specific nutritional plans to increase your body’s immunity to help defend against the most common health disorders.
By simply having a clear understanding of how our internal defenses work and what we can do to increase our immunity, we can play an important role in maintaining good health. Max Your Immunity can help show you what you need to know to protect yourself and your family.
Max Your Immunity is divided into three parts. Part One explains how our innate and adaptive immunity systems work. Our innate immunity system is based on our built-in barriers designed to fight or separate us from infectious agents. Our adaptive immunity, also called acquired immunity, is composed of lymphocyte cells that are triggered when a specific pathogen enters the body. These cells learn to identify the invading pathogens and hunt them down. In this section, each component in both systems are clearly identified and explained. Part Two provides ten important things that you can do to increase and strengthen all of these components. And Part Three provides specific nutritional plans to increase your body’s immunity to help defend against the most common health disorders.
By simply having a clear understanding of how our internal defenses work and what we can do to increase our immunity, we can play an important role in maintaining good health. Max Your Immunity can help show you what you need to know to protect yourself and your family.
280 pages, Paperback
Published August 16, 2021
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August 16, 2021
‘An optimal immune system is your key to optimal health in today’s world!'
Michigan author Pamela Wartian Smith is a physician specializing in functional medicine and wellness. She is a diplomate of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians and has served as co-director of the Master’s Program in Medical Sciences at the Morsani College of Medicine, and the founder of the Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. She has published ten books on various medical topics and now adds to that impressive list with MAX YOUR IMMUNITY.
Acknowledging that our attention is acute on the subject of immunity as we all cope with the pandemic, Dr. Smith informs us with basic information much needed at this time – and always! She speaks to the lay public in a sophisticated but always accessible manner. “The immune system is composed of specific cells and organs that ward off invaders. Normally it does a wonderful job of keeping you healthy and preventing infections and illnesses by guarding the body against everyday germs and microbes, Unlike many other parts of your body, where cells of various functions are located in areas that can be easily defined, the distribution of immune cells into various organs is more complicated. A great deal of research has recently focused on understanding the individual cells and messengers they use to communicate. In this book, you will learn proven therapies to increase your body’s ability to fight off disease. In addition, you will discover how to restore and increase your immunity without developing an overactive immune system.’
Given that actively therapeutic approach to teaching us physiologic understanding and self care, Dr. Smith thoroughly explains how the immune system works, the lifestyle changes that strengthen our immunity (moderation in alcohol intake, exercise, sleep, hydration, the negative impact of smoking and stress and sugar, gut and thyroid health), and then the herbal and nutritional therapies that are available – and recommended.
Complete, understandable, and full of wisdom, this book gains importance at this particular time. Recommended.
Michigan author Pamela Wartian Smith is a physician specializing in functional medicine and wellness. She is a diplomate of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Physicians and has served as co-director of the Master’s Program in Medical Sciences at the Morsani College of Medicine, and the founder of the Fellowship in Anti-Aging, Regenerative, and Functional Medicine. She has published ten books on various medical topics and now adds to that impressive list with MAX YOUR IMMUNITY.
Acknowledging that our attention is acute on the subject of immunity as we all cope with the pandemic, Dr. Smith informs us with basic information much needed at this time – and always! She speaks to the lay public in a sophisticated but always accessible manner. “The immune system is composed of specific cells and organs that ward off invaders. Normally it does a wonderful job of keeping you healthy and preventing infections and illnesses by guarding the body against everyday germs and microbes, Unlike many other parts of your body, where cells of various functions are located in areas that can be easily defined, the distribution of immune cells into various organs is more complicated. A great deal of research has recently focused on understanding the individual cells and messengers they use to communicate. In this book, you will learn proven therapies to increase your body’s ability to fight off disease. In addition, you will discover how to restore and increase your immunity without developing an overactive immune system.’
Given that actively therapeutic approach to teaching us physiologic understanding and self care, Dr. Smith thoroughly explains how the immune system works, the lifestyle changes that strengthen our immunity (moderation in alcohol intake, exercise, sleep, hydration, the negative impact of smoking and stress and sugar, gut and thyroid health), and then the herbal and nutritional therapies that are available – and recommended.
Complete, understandable, and full of wisdom, this book gains importance at this particular time. Recommended.
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