Digestion and The Immune System
and Aloe Vera MPS
By John C. Pittman, M.D.
Poor digestion results in two primary
problems:
- Food is not broken down into the elemental building
blocks necessary for the body to rebuild itself and
generate energy for metabolism. At a cellular level, toxins
are not removed from the cells, sufficient nutrients are
not moved in to the cell, and not enough energy is produced
for cell functioning. This affects all cells including
the immune system cells such as white blood cells, which
then lack the fuel and the oxygen to carry out their normal
function.
- Even more significant is that maldigestion results in
food remnants in the gut causing several pathological
reactions. First, there is irritation of the intestines,
causing increased permeability of the cells in the
intestinal wall. Undigested protein can then leak across
into the lymph system and then into the general
circulation, with the immune system reacting to contain the
foreign invaders. The immune system becomes overtaxed and
runs down. Oxygen and fuel gets used up; the immune
cells wear out faster and do not reproduce in sufficient
numbers.
Undigested food remnants can also
become a breeding ground for candida and several types of
parasites. Candidiasis produces toxins that cause increased
digestion dysfunction, food allergies, fatigue and a host of
other problems. Ultimately, this causes the immune system to
become even further depressed. The inflammation in the
intestines causes further damage by causing reactions that
produce oxidative free radicals as waste by-products. Then
negatively charged oxygen molecules begin to chop holes in cell
membranes in an attempt to grab a positive charge. This results
in further damage to the intestinal walls and ever increasing
permeability. The leaky gut syndrome increases with more food
particles going into the blood.
Research has shown that Aloe
mucopolysaccharides have a remarkable ability to normalize all
of these damaging processes, which has the effect of
enhancing the immune system function through improved
digestion. Aloe mucopolysaccharides act as a potent
anti-inflammatory agent, stopping the damage and leakage of the
intestinal wall, thereby taking the stress off the immune
system.
Aloe mucopolysaccharides have direct
anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-fungal/yeast and anti-parasite
effects. Chronic yeast growth can be controlled so the normal,
healthy flora can then thrive more easily. Furthermore, the
macrophages, monocytes, antibodies and T-cells are stimulated.
Phagocytosis (when large white blood cells engulf particles) is
dramatically increased to ingest foreign proteins, such as the
HIV virus. Aloe mucopolysaccharides increases the number and
intensity of all immune cells in the body.
The key to integrating healthy
digestion with a healthy immune system is the oral ingestion of
Aloe mucopolysaccharides.
Whole-Leaf Aloe Vera - Digestion and The Immune System
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