Boost the immune system the natural way

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Boost the immune system the natural way

Copyright 2005 McEvoy

Since Dr Koeppel, one of the leading experts on

immunology and biochemistry at a leading Swiss

pharmaceutical company released a paper on the use of

nucleotides and RNA for human health applications. Much

information has been sought regarding these valuable

building blocks.

In part one of this series we will explain what a

nucleotide is and how it links in very closely with our

DNA. The beneficial implications of supplementing the

daily diet with these naturally derived conditionally

essential dietary building blocks, that are know as

nucleotides will be explained in part 2

Where do nucleotides come from?

As any good nutriontist will tell you, any thing that the

human body needs can be obtained from food. Foods that are

naturally high in nucleotides are listed below.

• Liver

• Tripe

• Lean Meat

• Fish

• Mushrooms

• Fungi

• Yeast extract

However to boost your immune system from nucleotides we

must take them in a more concentrated form, this will be

covered in more depth in the next article.

Part 1. Understanding Nucleotides and DNA

Dr Koeppel states that nucleotides are the building blocks

that are necessary for making new DNA and RNA.To help us

understand this better; we need to think back to high

school when we learned about the double-helix of DNA.

Remember the spiral-appearing ladder with the different

colored rungs? That is a model of the DNA that makes up the

genes and chromosomes found in us all. DNA is a very large

molecule, and the rungs of the DNA ladder are made of a

combination of two different nucleotides. The nucleotides

are molecules, called guanosine and cytosine, that pair up

together, or adenosine and thymidine, which also pair up

together. Adenosine and guanosine are called purines.

Cytosine, thymidine and uradine are called pyrimidines. RNA

is similar to DNA, except that the molecule uradine

replaces thymine in that pair, and RNA is an intermediary

between DNA and protein. A gene is a discrete sequence of

DNA nucleotides, and genes are what make up our

chromosomes. So, it makes sense that genes are made of DNA.

While all of this sounds very technical, what you need to

understand is that nucleotides are molecules that are

essential to the creation of new DNA and RNA molecules

which are then used by new cells of all kinds. This is

important because nucleotides, either by themselves, or in

combination with other molecules, are involved in almost

all activities of the cell (and therefore, the body).

What is DNA in layman’s terms?

Deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, which makes up the genetic

material in cells, is comprised of units called

nucleotides.

Conclusion

Nucleotides can be simply described as the nutritional

building blocks of new cells. There are 5 key

nucleotides, which form the crucial building blocks of DNA

and RNA, and are therefore essential for ongoing new cell

production and system repair.

In part 2, we are going to explain how nucleotides are

involved in many of our body’s vital functions, and more

importantly how by supplementing our diet with nucleotides

we can help to boost our immune systems

About the Author:

Dave Mcevoy: A great resource for nucleotides is Nucell

Active for more info visit http://www.nucell.co.uk or to

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