IMMUNE SYSTEM
Infection has a Sweet Tooth
Sugar lowers white blood cell activity
Mark Isaac Thyss
Garden of Healing®
While governments are driving to inoculate people against swine flu this Fall, here's something you can do to help avoid general infections.
Steer clear of sugar.
Within ten minutes of ingesting sugar, the immune system becomes suppressed. In fact, many studies have shown that sugar reduces the ability of your white blood cells to engulf bacteria by 50%.
Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that act as an important first-line-of-defense in the immune system by engulfing pathogens.
Ingesting simple carbohydrates including glucose, fructose, sucrose, honey, and orange juice will hamper the job neutrophils were created to accomplish - eating the bad guys.
Simply put, adding sugar invites infection to dinner - and your body is the main course.
Other effects of sugar on the body:
Increases overgrowth of the candida yeast organism
Increases chronic fatigue
Increases tooth decay
Increases anxiety and irritability
Sugar’s harmful effect on the immune system can last up to five hours, and especially during periods of stress, like the holidays, it's best to avoid it completely.
© 2009 Mark Isaac Thyss/Garden of Healing®. All rights reserved.
