'immune system' Posts
If you want more energy, better sexual stamina, increased circulation and immune response…plus a variety of other benefits…you should really add a quality ginseng to your diet. This ancient root has been studied for its beneficial affects on so many illnesses and maladies it’s hard to even begin…from brain health to heart health to cancer-fighting qualities and much more. And it’s one of the best natural energy boosters you’ll find anywhere.
Continue Reading March 12th, 2011
UPDATED November 27, 2010
by Christopher Van Buren
The number of green superfood powders that have sprouted up lately is astonishing. Now there are more than 150 brands on the market and they all have different formulas and offer different health benefits. But not only are there numerous products…but the number of herbs, veggie powders, grasses and grains used in these mixtures is nearly endless. So this article is your first stop for making some sense of this chaos. Here, you’ll get a bird’s eye view of the green drink market and what you should look for in a product. See the list of related articles at the end to take your investigation to the next level.
Continue Reading November 27th, 2010
UPDATED August 24, 2008
In this third installment on green superfood powders, I’ve prepared a handy comparison chart that shows the ingredients of several products side-by-side. This makes it easier to compare and contrast the different products. Although this completes my series on green superfood powders for the time being, I will update these various comparisons and listings as needed, so check back from time to time to see the new additions and updates.
As for the chart, you can view it in pdf format (Adobe Reader required) or download it using this link: Green Superfood Comparison Chart or the link in the right column at the bottom of the list of green drinks.
I’ve also created a quick-view Green Drink Price Comparison Chart. When viewing this chart, remember that this only shows the price and does not compare the quality. You can see this chart using the link: Green Drink Price Comparison Chart. More to come.
Send me your comments and additional information about green drinks you want added to the chart (use the response form on the About page).
August 24th, 2008
If you’ve read a few of the posts in this blog, you’ll see that I’m a fan of certain super foods and health formulas. There are certain health supplements (or non-supplement enhancement products) that I think benefit just about anyone who might adopt them. One of these is a good green superfood drink. A good green drink is made from freeze-dried plants and vegetables (and often fruit or fruit juices) and is actually a food product — not a supplement, like a vitamin or mineral supplement. Green drinks are basically food in concentrated, powdered form. The best ones use organic ingredients and combine a variety of food sources, which may include the following super ingredients:
Continue Reading August 14th, 2007
With all the noise about the immune system and its importance to our health and longevity, it can be difficult to boil things down to the best practices, therapies and supplements for giving our immunity a bump and keeping it healthy. So I’ve compiled this little list of best practices to make it easier. Remember that these are just a few of the most noteworthy practices and supplements I’ve come across in my studies and that these should probably be done in concert to assist the immune system on various levels.
Immune system support has a few main components: Insuring proper nutrition, assisting the thymus, restoring proper homone levels, stimulating blood health (especially the production of T-cell and B-cells), and combating damage to cells from excess oxidation. So here are some great ways to do those things:
- Increase the antioxidants in your diet by taking vitamins C and E and by eating plenty of deeply colored berries, fruits and vegetables.
- Supplement your diet with one or more superfoods, such as pure, unsweetened cocao; spirulina with chlorella; and bee pollen with royal jelly.
- Take DHEA supplements to restore hormone depletion from excess cortisol (caused by stress, and stimulants like caffeine).
- Take one or more of these herbal remedies: Echinacea/goldenseal; olive leaf extract; Panax ginseng; astragalus; mistletoe extract.
Well, that really boils it down to the essentials, doesn’t it? That’s what I’m here for.
Next topic.
September 19th, 2006
Antioxidants are not just for older adults trying to slow the aging process. Antioxidants combat the negative effects of oxidation in your system — a chemical process that occurs when your body converts food into energy. The negative effects include the production of free radicals, electrons that fly off of atoms and into cell walls, causing diminished cell functioning which leads to aging, sickness, heart disease, and countless types of ailments. If you smoke, drink, eat too much, or consume or breathe harmful toxins (such as those in many food products and household chemicals), you increase the amount of free radicals and speed up the damage they do.
Antioxidants buffer the cell walls from free radicals and even inhibit the creation of certain free radicals. Used in combination, they are perhaps the single most important natural cure in existence. Everyone should increase their intake of antioxidants! Here’s how:
- Drink more green tea.
- Drink an antioxidant-rich juice. You can make your own from berries and carrots or buy one of the pre-mixed concoctions, such as “Berry Young Juice” from Young Living. There are others.
- Eat more antioxidant-rich foods, such as tomatoes, dark green leafy vegetables, deep-colored fruit, nuts (especially walnuts and hazelnuts), and pure cocoa powder (not sweetened or processed). An excellent pre-mixed antioxidant-rich food is “Maharishi Amrit Kalash.” Other combinations of Indian and Ayurvedic herbs are also available.
September 7th, 2006
