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Strengthening the Immune System

Learning Objectives

  1. Define immunity
  2. Understand the importance of prevention
  3. Understand the history of the study of immunology
  4. Understand the definition of a well-functioning immune system
  5. Understand the definition and difference between “self” and “non-self”
  6. Understand the two types of immune response, humoral and cell-mediated
  7. Understand the importance of the thyroid gland
  8. Understand the specific memory/vaccination theory
  9. Understand the importance of bone marrow
  10. Understand the difference between T Cells, helper T Cells, and B cells, Natural Killer cells and how they interact in the immune responsesponse
  11. Understand lymphokine activity, phagocytosis, monocyte function
  12. Learn the names of the main immunoglobulins
  13. Understand inflammation
  14. Understand the first line of defense
  15. Understand cancer, AIDS, and respiratory disorders
  16. Understand the function of the immune system as a whole
  17. Become aware of the two schools of disease fighting
  18. Understand adrenal gland function
  19. Understand the liver as the producer of major amounts of lymph (Kupffer Cells)
  20. Understand retroviruses
  21. Understand how food toxins mobilize the immune system
  22. Understand the decline in society’s health
  23. Understand changes in environmental chemistry
  24. Understand effects of X-rays, radiation and toxic residue upon body biochemistry
  25. Define heavy metal poisoning and its effects
  26. Define premature aging and its symptomology
  27. Understand nutritional effects
  28. Understand food additives
  29. Define and discuss calories, nutrition and metabolism
  30. Understand protein deficiencies and their effects
  31. Understand enzyme importance
  32. Understand how cooking destroys nutrition
  33. Understand how many food additives are consumed in our diets
  34. Understand diseases linked to diets
  35. Understand the clinical symptoms of toxicity
  36. Understand typical diet deficiencies
  37. Define diagnostic lab tests
  38. Review the nervous system
  39. Understand catecholamine (enzyme transmitter discussion)
  40. Understand how vitamin C affects the nervous system
  41. Understand the connection between vitamin B12, calcium and nerve transmission
  42. Understand the effects of stress on the nervous system
  43. Understand adrenal gland function
  44. Understand connection of biochemical cortisol to brain and emotions
  45. Understand self-actualization
  46. Understand the health effects of different cultures
  47. Understand the effects of bee pollen, soy and fermented foods
  48. Discuss immunoglobulins and allergens
  49. Understand that a weak immune system creates more allergic anti-bodies
  50. Understand the connection between the immune complex and allergies
  51. Define and discuss the difference between immediate and delayed response to foods and airborne allergic materials
  52. Define and discuss food reactions – food poisoning versus hypersensitivity
  53. Understand testing for food allergies
  54. Define IgGs one through four
  55. Understand the methodology of testing
  56. Understand the difference between skin testing versus serum testing

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: How the Immune System Works

Chapter 2: Factors Impacting the Immune System

Chapter 3: The American Diet: A Nutritional Overview

Chapter 4: Nutritional Impact on the Nervous System

Chapter 5: Protective Foods Against Environmental Pollutants

Chapter 6: How Does Stress Impact the Immune System?

Chapter 7: Immune System Malfunction and Diagnostic Tests

Chapter 8: Allergies

Chapter 9: Restoring Health, Boosting Immunity and Energy

Chapter 10: Amino Acids

Chapter 11: Vitamin Supplementation

Chapter 12: Minerals

Chapter 13: Herbs

Chapter 14: New Approach to Weight Management

Chapter 15: Diet Therapies

Chapter 16: Psychoneuroimmunology

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