As I was contemplating my upcoming summer trip to New Orleans, I decided to look at and analyze myself some. As you might have noticed, I am quite the bleeding mole. I have an incurable form of cancer. I have to be extremely careful and never smoke, drink, eat, or do any of the other things that can make you a walking cancer.
I think that it is important to be aware of these things. We are always under the impression that we are immune to our bodies, but the truth is that the immune system is always in a state of flux. It doesn’t always work right away. In fact, it can be quite dangerous. If you are ever under the influence of a drug or substance, you are at risk for a rapid decline in immune function.
Cancer is actually a disease caused when the immune system begins to attack its own cells, usually by producing antibodies. In other words, our immune system is constantly trying to protect us from something that is actually harming us. This is one reason why people with cancer tend to have much more trouble fighting off infections and tumors. Because our immune system does not work right away, it is much more likely that we will eventually succumb to another disease.
The idea that our immune system is constantly at work, attacking our own cells, is a little ridiculous, especially when we know that it is doing this from the moment we are born. Our immune system is constantly working to help us avoid some kind of disease or illness. It is not like there is some constant battle going on between our immune system and cancer. If that were the case, the people who die from cancer would also be the ones who are most likely to die from something else.
Cancer is actually the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the danger of our immune system. We have immune systems that protect us from a whole range of threats, from smallpox to HIV. But when we are exposed to these threats by other people we have not yet developed, our immune systems are basically like a “bleeding mole”. We get attacked, but we are not completely immune.
This is one of the reasons why it’s important to get your immune system up to snuff as quickly as possible. The last thing we want is for a new cancer to turn up in our family and then cause us to die of a heart attack and that would kill us. We also want to be able to handle anything that might cause us to get sick. A good immune system is absolutely essential to our well-being.
It’s not just a question of getting your immune system up to snuff. It’s also important to work on our diet and eat a healthy diet. We won’t be able to get everything we need as we age if we don’t get our immune systems up to snuff.
I know, I know. If you don’t have a healthy diet and you don’t have a healthy immune system, you are going to get sick more easily. I have heard a number of stories of people who have gotten sick from eating bad food. It happens. I am not saying to eat healthy, but eat healthier. I am not saying to avoid it, but avoid eating it when it is convenient for a snack.
I would personally avoid foods that are considered toxins, but I don’t really have a personal experience that is as shocking or as common as the one I’m about to talk about. I know people who have gotten sick from eating too much raw garlic or raw eggs, but I’ve never heard of anyone getting sick from eating too much raw broccoli or raw green beans.
Most of us are prone to one of two things. We either eat the wrong foods or we eat foods that are just not really good for us. We may even have a weakness for foods we cant eat without feeling sick, or we may have a weakness for foods that are actually cancerous. And this is one of the reasons we should be cautious about what we eat, because we are all in the same boat.