Acai For Your Health

A group of medical workers carried out a research in Amazon rainforest and found that the natives show resistance to unbearable heat typical for this region. The natives who spent many time under the sun without cloths had no skin diseases (including cancer).

Besides this, they looked younger and kept energy and health till extreme old age. After analyzing their diet, scientists found that besides products common for this region, the natives consume little known berry called acai.

Scientists claim that berry Acai is most nutrimental and energy product in the world.

The secret of Acai was discovered only in 2004. The initiative of research belongs to Dr.Alex Schauss, who is director of natural and medicinal products research for the American Institute for Biosocial and Medical Research. The researches showed that today Acai occupies leading place among natural antioxidants. Thus, medical and biological research showed that Acai contains most antioxidants than any other edible fruit on the planet.

In fact, this amazon berry contains 33 times more antioxidants than red grapes, 18 times more than mangosteen, 4 times more than cranberries or wild bluberries which previously was considered a champion among antioxidants. Moreover, Acai contains 30 times more antioxidants and 10 – 20 times more anthocyanins than red wine.

Acai healthy properties
1. Acai contains same amount of proteins as cow milk, and with its energy values and fat content Acai even goes before it.
2. Acai contains vitamin A, B1 (thiamine), B2 (riboflavin), B3 (nicotinic acid), C (ascorbic acid), E (tocopherol), D, iron, potassium, phosphorus and calcium.
3. Acai contains fatty acids essential for human body such as Omega-6 and Omega-9 necessary for lowering of “bad” cholesterol in blood, and many other essential asids.
4. Acai contains cyanidine that prevents from development of obesity and diabetes. Latest studies show that Acai would play an important role in cancer treatment.

Preventive Measures Against Influenza

 Prepare healthy drink “80 berries”
Fill three liters of water into a pot, put 40 berries of brier and boil it on a very small fire for three hours. After this add necessary amount of water as it was in the beginning, put 20 berries and boil it again on a small fire for three hours. Add the rest of 20 berries, bring the amount of water to three liters and boil it for three hours again.

What is the effect?
In 9 hours  you will get a concentrate of multivitamin complex and other important micro and macro elements which may compete with tablet vitamins and strengthen protective powers of the body. Besides this, this beverage has a good diuretic effect which helps to quicker toxin release. A man may drink it in unlimited amounts.

Contraindications
People suffering from thrombophlebitis, endocarditis and heart failure should not drink this drink, because berries of brier increase blood coagulability.

Prepare Vitaminic Coffee
Mill berries of brier in coffee-grinder. Put them in a cup and fill it with boiling water. Let it infuse for 10 – 15 minutes.

What is the effect?
Due to small thermal processing in 100g of berries is kept 50 times more vitamin C than in 100g of lemon.

Contraindications
This drink is contraindicated to people who suffer from ulcer disease and gastritis because large amounts of vitamin C irritate stomach walls which leads to aggravation of inflammations.

Myths About Immunity

Do you think your immunity is low because you are often sick? Are you afraid to vaccinate against influenza in virulent season? Probably, you are a victim of common myths believed in society. Now let's try to reveal them!

Myth #1. If you are often sick it means you have low immunity
Cold, influenza, acute respiratory diseases show with running nose, sore throat and high body temperature. The man is sure that he got sick because he has low immunity.

Revealing the myth
It is wrong! When man feels these symptoms, it means his immunity responds to pathogenic microorganisms. Symptoms of cold are systematic and local reactions of our immunity to viral invasion. The disease is manifestation of strong immunity.

Explanation
In human body exists a group of special immune cells called T-killers. They do regularly examine all cells and analyze their receptors. Thus they recognize foreign cells or microbes and viruses and kill them. If patient has no temperature and the disease courses without symptoms common for inflammation – it means patient has low immunity.

Conclusion
If you are sick with influenza and it shows with temperature, running nose and sore throat it is good sign. It means your body fights the infection and immunity works correctly.

Myth #2. Vitamin C strengthens immunity
It is considered that taking vitamin C during outbreak protects our cells and prevents their membranes from distruction, which means it strenghtens the immunity.

Revealing the myth
During a disease viruses affect body cells, destroy their membranes and kill cells. On one hand, vitamin C normalizes cell membranes and help the immunity because it is strong antioxidant. However, vitamin C helps only in big doses – 8g or 16 pills should be taken at once. Otherwise, there will be no positive effects.

Explanation
Vitamin C is powerful antioxidant and it would help the immunity to fight influenza on condition that patient would take big doses of vitamin C which may fatal. Vitamin C is an acid, therefore its big doses may cause ulcer of stomach or kidney failure leading to death.

Conclusion
Vitamin C strenghtens the immunity only when taken in big doses, but it may lead to death.

Myth #3. Vaccine doesn't prevent from influenza
Many people beware of influenza vaccines as they believe that it doesn't prevent from influenza.

Revealing the myth
Patient cannot get sick from modern vaccines because they are safe and are created in such a way as not to infect a person, Vaccine helps human body to work out immune response to pathogenic virus.

Explanation
Vaccine has properties similar to real virus, but it is not contagious. Vaccine imitates viral infection to make immunity fight the virus. Therefore, when a real virus enters the body it faces antibodies produced by body with the help of vaccine.

Conclusion
It is necessary to vaccinate. It is most effective way to prevent influenza.

Antiviral Natural Products. Part One.

Human body protection – immunity - requires nutrition. To keep human body from viruses, bacteria, fungi and other pathogens, immunity should get particular set of elements found in products. Which ones? Let us see below.

Fruits and vegetables
There is a number of fruits and vegetables which are well known bacteria killers for centuries. Garlic and onion were included in everyday menu of Roman army. Horseradish, radish, onion and garlic were taken in travels by Russian sailors. There are lots of such examples in history. It's clear that in remote ages people didn't know about viruses and pathogens but they were observant enough. People who consume those products frequently, do never get diseased. Take advantage of it!

Onion, garlic, horseradish, mustard, radish, chili do release phytoncides, substances with antibiotic properties. They inhibit growth and reproduction of viruses and bacteria. They release phytoncides not only during eating but also in surrounding medium which helps people with unhealthy stomach to just smell acrid vegetables, but the effect in this case will be much weaker. Phytoncides are found in vividly colored fruits such as blueberry, black wineberry, cherry, dark grapes, raspberry. Antiviral effects do increase when those products are combined with other ones rich in beneficial microelements.

Major vitamins that do increase persistence to diseases are vitamins A and C. Vitamin C is found abundantly in citrus, cabbage, wineberry, spinach and other lettuce. Vitamin A and its provitamin called beta-carotene are found abundantly in red and orange vegetables and fruits (carrot, peach, paprika, persimmon).

Yellow berries are rich in vitamins A, C and E. They do activate immunity, prevent infection development in human body and improve skin. Red berries of rosehips contain daily amount of vitamin C, iron, magnesium and carotene. Those substances do increase hemoglobin rate in the blood and strengthen body defenses.

Vitamin C for Immune System

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) increases lymphocites number, movements and activity of neutrophilic leucocytes, increases production of interferon, a substance which has antiviral properties. Vitamin C stimulates macrophages, which makes them increase production of highly active forms and compounds of oxygen thus strengthening anticancerous immunity. It is supposed that at least part of immune-stimulating effects of ascorbic acid are connected with its antioxidant properties.

Under the influence of Vitamin C occurs the increase of body ability to recognize proper and foreign cells which is extremely important in older age when frequency of immunodeficient diseases with age increases dramatically. Therefore ascorbic acid is important medical product for older people with immune deficiency conditions. Other cases when ascorbic acid is prescribed:
- when person was subjected to ionizing radiation and exhausting physical load
- persons after severe surgical interventions, who got in their body an increased intensity of free-radical reactions which resulted in increased risks for development of destructive processes, cancerous growths, viral and bacteria infections.

In this case ascorbic acid is recommended as an immune-stimulant. Dozes of 100 – 300mgs (4 – 5 admissions) of ascorbic acid daily help to reduce the intensity of pathologic processes and prevent from infections. To protect from ionizing radiation the doze of ascorbic acid must be not less than 1g daily (5 admissions).

Commonly ascorbic acid is recommended in cases of increased risks for infectious diseases development. In this case ascorbic acid is admitted after food intake 0,025 – 0,05g three times daily. In a different scheme is recommended to take 0.4 g (4 admissions daily) in first four days, 0.3g daily in next three days and then 0.1g daily in next 6 – 8 days.

Normally human needs 70 – 100mg of Vitamin C daily. Products rich with ascorbic acid are black currant, cabbage, lemons, oranges, lettuces, peppers, tomatoes, turnip greens, rosehips. When you consume these products, remember that heating, contact with metal, freezing and defrosting reduce vitamin C rate in products from 30 to 70%. Moreover, when you smoke one cigarette your body loses 0,025g of vitamin C.

In viral and bacteria diseases also gets activated run-off of vitamin C, therefore it is recommended to consume it in form of tablets. Remember, that your body never accumulates vitamin C, and you should consume products with this vitamin regularly, or at least you should take it in form of tablets.

How To Boost Your Immune System?

We continue to talk about immunity. See the beginning in previous post.

Vaccines may be killed or live. Adaptive immunity after injecting killed vaccine is of small duration (about one year) in comparison with live ones (5 – 8 years). Killed vaccines present of themselves a suspension of microorganisms killed with folmalin, spirit or heating. Live vaccines present of themselves a suspension of live but attenuated microorganisms.

Contraindications to vaccines usage are:
- acute febrile illness;
- passed infectious diseases;
- tuberculosis;
- heart disease;
- serious diseases of kidneys; stomach, etc;
- pregnancy;
- first weeks of lactation;
- allergies.

Signs of low immune system:
- frequent backsets of chronic diseases
- frequent cold-related diseases
- sedentary lifestyle, alcohol abuse, smoking, stress, lack of good rest do greatly lower immunity
- chemical substances have negative effects on immune system. Using of medications for a long period of time may lower immunity, so it is recommended to take preventive measures for maintaining body defenses.

How to boost your immune system?
1) Vitamins. Most positive effects on body have natural vitamins rather than pills.
2) Adaptogens, i.e. medical agents which increase body resistance to negative effects of external environment (ginseng, eleuterococcus, etc).
3) Exercises.
4) Healthy lifestyle.

Take special care about medications which do “boost the immunity”. Remember that those medications are never used as self-acting remedy. They may only be prescribed by your doctor to take it along with basic medication for treatment of concrete disease. Healthy people have no need to take these medications. Chemical balance in human body is too fragile mechanism and self-treatment in this case may lead to negative effects. Taking medications for immunity boosting without prescription of your doctor leads to immunity lowering.