AUTOIMMUNE SYSTEM EXPLANATION/

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone, I just receive this article on the Immune system, and since

we had been discussing the possibility of VV or LS being an immune

response, (though it doesn't mention that ) but I thought it was very

interesting and thought you might want to read it. Hope you don't mind.

Also just a little note. The Aloe capsules I take do have the Vit E

also and betaglucans, and they call it their 'Immune supplement' so I

was just thinking that it may be a part of the reason its working so

well for me. Dee

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To: dtroll@...

Sent: Friday, October 01, 1999 3:55 PM

Subject: LEF UPDATES

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THE LIFE EXTENSION FOUNDATION

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AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES

DISEASE THERAPIES PROTOCOL

Autoimmune diseases are characterized by a person's immune responses

being

directed against the body's own tissues resulting in inflammation and

destruction. A wide range of degenerative diseases are caused as a

result.

Immune dysfunction can cause immune responsive cells to attack the

linings

of the joints, resulting in rheumatoid arthritis, or prompt defectively

functioning immune cells to attack the insulin-producing islet cells of

the pancreas, resulting in insulin-dependent diabetes.

A healthy immune system first recognizes bacteria, viruses, and cancer

cells that are not normally present in the body and then attacks and

destroys the foreign agents since a variety of mechanisms are used, in

addition to engulfing. A defective immune system, on the other hand,

plays

havoc throughout the body.

The autoimmune system needs a good nutritional foundation over a long

period of time to alleviate or reverse lifestyle autoimmune dysfunction

and to assist with combating fully developed autoimmune diseases. The

fundamental causal basis for autoimmune system boosting was shown in a

study that was designed to measure the serum concentrations of vitamin

E,

beta-carotene, and vitamin A in patients prior to developing rheumatoid

arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus.

Two to 15 years after the

volunteer patients had originally donated their blood to the serum bank

(1974) the serum samples were assayed for vitamin E, beta-carotene, and

vitamin A. Those patients who developed rheumatoid arthritis or lupus

showed lower serum concentrations of vitamin E, beta-carotene, and

vitamin

A in their serum from 1974. Those who had the lowest serum level of

beta-carotene in 1974 were the most likely to develop rheumatoid

arthritis

later in life. This indicates the long-term importance of maintaining

adequate vitamin status for the prevention of autoimmune diseases.

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