Boosting Your Immune System: Cancer Prevention, Treatment, and Enhancement Strategies
The Immune System's Crucial Role in Fighting Cancer
What have you done to strengthen your immune system today? The fact all people do not develop cancer is a testament to the effectiveness of the immune system. Everyday tens of thousands of potentially cancerous cells may develop in our body, but our immune system is a vigilant guardian, constantly patrolling and striking down trouble makers.
Dr. William Li on How the Immune System Combats Cancer
Let's let the world-renowned holistic doctor and best selling author, Dr. William Li describe how the immune system takes action against cancer:
Evidence Linking Weak Immune System to Increased Cancer Risk
Do you need more evidence that the immune system prevents you from developing cancer? Take a look at this Multiple studies have shown the relationship between immunosuppressive drugs and the increased risk of cancer. For instance, people that require an organ transplant must take immunosuppresive medication for the rest of their life so their body does not reject the implanted organ. Unfortunately, the immunosuppressive drugs contribute to making these people 3-4 times more likely to develop cancer.
Another example are people who use immunosuppressive drugs to get relief from rheumotoid arthritis, they also may have a significantly increased risk of developing cancer because their cancer fighting immune system is weakened by medication.
For those who develop cancer, it is observed in many studies that the cancer itself is able to progress to active disease because of its ability to evade and suppress the immune system.
Key Players in Immune Systems Fight Against Cancer
A healthy immune system is critical to preventing and beating cancer, but which parts of the immune system are responsible for this task? Let's recognize three key cancer fighters:
◉ T cells: These specialized immune cells can recognize and destroy abnormal cells, including cancer cells.
◉ B cells produce antibodies that can mark cancer cells for destruction.
◉ Natural Killer (NK) cells: True to their name, there are natural born cancer killers, able to detect and eliminate tumor cells in a variety of ways.
Nutrition's Role in Enhancing Immune Function Against Cancer
For those seeking to strengthen these three cancer killing immune system fighters, the world's Library of Medicine contains over 1 million studies that focus on the immune system. In there you can find a tremendous amount of evidence that Nutrition and natural substances have the power to improve the functioning of T Cells, B Cells, and Natural Killer cells.
The problem is these medical journals are usually geared towards readers who have a deep education in biology.
NutriLiv App: Your Guide to Evidence-Based AntiCancer Immune-Boosting Nutrition
The NutriLiv app bridges this gap by taking the information from the world's library of medical articles, and creating an evidence based catalog of foods, supplements, tinctures, and aromatherapy that can be searched based on anticancer and health optimizing features. Let's walk through an example in the app, here you can search for natural items that strengthen the cancer fighters in your immune system. NutriLiv delivers a list of items that are a fit, you can then select one to view the specific anticancer and health optimizing properties that have been observed in studies. If you would like to read the summarized details from the medical journals, they can be accessed in the lower section. As well as links to the source studies.
Each item has a NutriPoint value that is calculated based on the anticancer and health optimizing properties observed in studies. You can log consumption of items to track your progress toward meeting your goals.
Using NutriLiv for In-Depth Information
We will use the AntiCancer Nutrition app, NutriLiv, to take a deeper look:
NutriLiv: The AntiCancer Nutrition App
◉ Allowing users to search for foods, supplements, and natural extracts known to inhibit cancer cells from accessing glutamine and glucose
◉ Providing clear item profiles that break down how each item is known to kill cancer cells
◉ Offering detailed evidence of how items block cancer from glutamine and glucose
◉ Enabling users to track their anticancer nutrition progress
Every time you eat, it is an opportunity to hit the disease with nutrition that is known to have anticancer capabilities. NutriLiv can help you use the latest evidence to win the battle.
