Immune Health and Inflammation
Description
Today we talk will talk about the immune system and how it works via the coordinated efforts of cells, antibodies, proteins, and chemicals to protect our bodies from pathogens, foreign invaders like virus, bacteria and parasites that can make us sick. It can be divided into two subsystems: innate immune system (nonspecific immune system) and the adaptive immune system (specific or acquired immune system). Let's learn how these systems work.
Then let's discuss inflammation in the body. The immune system's job is to defend us from infections that can make us sick. But when the immune system is not quite up to snuff, chronic inflammation can lead to diseases like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.
If we reduce inflammation in the body then we increase our bodies ability to fight via the immune system.
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