Gift of The World "Propolis" - Part 3

Many factors can also contribute to the general weakening of the immune system:
• Malnutrition (unbalanced diet / poor eating habits that cause a lack of vitamins and minerals)
• Alcohol abuse
• Drug abuse either intravenous or other. (Appears related to associated factors i.e. poor diet, use of infected/dirty needles, poor exercise, stress/depression)
• Medications (particularly the use of anti-cancer drugs, corticosteroids, and antibiotics);
• Radiation
• Exporeto certain environmental toxins, whether naturally occurring or from pollution. These include:
• Cigarette smoke
• Stress/Depression - Research shows that psychological stress can greatly increase your susceptibility to colds and other viral diseases, namely through an increase in serum corticosteroid levels
• Age - Ability of the immune system to respond is decreased at early and old age.
• Decrease ability to heal due to disease or medications (i.e. Diabetes, corticosteroids, immune suppressant drugs), causing constant exposure to infectious agents without natural defense (intact skin)
• Inadequate sleep at the Delta brain wave level. According to a sleep study, we need 4 hours of Delta sleep every night
• Lack of exercise as well as excessive exercise resulting in physiological stress
• Long-term weightlessness

In order to stay healthy, our immune system is utmost important, we tend to fall sick easily when our immune system is weak. Therefore we must maintain certain level of immune system to stay healthy as the findings of medical research said. Royal Manuka Propolis is able to boost and strengthen our immune system. It boosts the count of white blood cells and strengthens the ability to fight other bacteria, viruses and germs. It is therefore used in treating aging, heart disease, cancer and other related diseases.

How Free Radicals are Formed

Some free radicals arise normally during metabolism. Frequently the body’s immune system create cells to neutralize viruses and bacteria. However, environmental factors such as pollution, radiation, cigarette smoking and herbicides can also spawn free radicals.

Normally, the body can handle free radicals, but if antioxidants are unavailable, or if the free radical production becomes excessive, damage can occur. Of particular, importance is that free radical damage accumulates with age.

What are free radicals?

Free radicals are atoms or groups of atoms with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons and can be formed when oxygen interacts with certain molecules. Once formed these highly reactive radicals can start a chain reaction, like dominoes. Their chief danger comes from the damage they can do when they react with important cellular components such as DNA, or the cell membrane. Cells may function poorly or die if this occurs. To prevent free radical damage the body has a defense system of antioxidants.
Antioxidants are molecules which can safely interact with free radicals and terminate the chain reaction before vital molecules are damaged. In a nutshell, this is how you could summarize his theory: The nucleus of an atom is surrounded by a cloud of electrons. These electrons surround the nucleus in pairs, but occasionally an atom loses an electron, leaving the atom with an "unpaired" electron. The atom is then called a "free radical", and it is very reactive. When cells in the body encounter a free radical, the reactive radical may cause destruction in the cell. According to Dr. Harmon's free radical theory of aging, cells continuously produce free radicals, and constant free radical damage eventually kills the cell. When free radicals manage to kill or damage enough cells in an organism, the organism ages. What free radicals can do to our body is 1) Aging 2) Heart disease 3) high Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) and artery clogging and plague formation 4) cancer
Bioflavonoids in Royale Manuka Propolis act as powerful antioxidants, protecting against oxydative and free radical damage.