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Episode 2: Are You Immune
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Ty: Welcome back! Thanks for tuning in tonight. Last night we
learned about the cancer pandemic. We learned about the history
of modern medicine. We learned about the ineffectiveness of
chemotherapy, radiation, and surgery at treating cancer. We
learned about the way that environmental toxins compromise the
immune system.
So tonight we’re going to learn more about the immune system,
about the way that it is your own internal army that you can
mobilize to beat cancer. We’re going to learn about different ways
that the immune system is compromised—primary sugar. We’re
going to learn a lot about sugar tonight. We’re going to learn about
how to modulate that immune system to boost that immune
system so that it works the way it’s supposed to.
Let’s get right to it.
Ty: AJ, you talked about unraveling the mysteries here so let’s
look at the immune system. Is that immune system one of those
mysteries that we need to explain and help to unravel so that
people can better get a grasp on how they can control the factors
that might effect that immune system and then down the road
potentially cause cancer. Because, if I understand it correctly, the
immune system is our first line of defense. And with a healthy
immune system it might be awful hard to get cancer if your
immune system’s working properly.
AJ Lanigan: Well, as I’m fond of saying, your immune system is really
the only thing that stands between you and all those things in you, on
you, and around you, trying to get you all the time—cancer included.
Now, the problem with cancer in particular—it’s not like, well, I got a cut
and I got dirt in it or I got a splinter or I just drank some bad milk and it’s
got bugs in it or I ate at the salad bar and whoever prepared it didn’t
wash their hands after the toilet. So I got some kind e.coli. It’s tough for
the immune system to find it, to see it, to recognize it. In fact, there are
only a minute number of immune cells that even have the capability of
surveying and actually recognizing pre-cancerous or cancerous cells.
The largest number of immune cells in your body are known as
neutrophils. When you go get your blood work, just standard ole blood
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