The Nervous System

     Most of us have heard the term homeostasis, but do you know what it means?  It is an important idea.  It basically means unchanging.  Homeostasis is a state of body equilibrium or a stable internal environment of the body. The body is in an ever-changing state, but health requires that certain limits are always…

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The Immune System – Digestive Tract Connection

The digestive tract plays a major part in immunity.  We don’t realize how critically important it is to our immune system to keep a healthy intestinal tract.  Our system is bombarded with invaders that enter through our food, water, and drink.  Our body wouldn’t leave us without a good defense mechanism and the digestive tract…

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The Lymphatic System

     The cleanup and defense members of the immune system (antibodies and lymphocytes) travel through the body by lymphatic fluid.  Toxins and wastes are picked up and delivered to lymph nodes and lymph organs to be processed.  This system can’t pump like the heart, so circulation of this fluid depends on gravity and movement.  That…

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The War in Your Body

   The specific immune response differs from the inflammatory response we talked about earlier because it is the body’s response to specific antigens.  An antigen is anything foreign to our immune system, like bacteria, viruses, and allergic substances.  This defense system uses antibodies specifically designed to target and attack one particular invader.  It uses white…

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Nature’s Brilliance

   You probably didn’t realize, or even think about, the brilliant work that goes into creating a scab, making replacement tissues, and healing a bruise or injury.  All this miraculously happens without any conscious effort on our part.  Obviously this process works on the minor invasions just fine.  With a more invasive attack, like a…

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The Body’s Military Forces

     Your body is always working towards optimal health.  It has an internal wisdom that knows what to do in case of injury or invasion of any virus or bacteria.  As long as these injuries or invasions aren’t too overwhelming the body does just fine on its own.  It knows how to make its own…

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