Sonoran Bloom Nopalea

I've been writing about inflammation, its causes, and how to fight it. My articles typically involve sharing information I found when doing searches on Google. I receive weekly health and wellness newsletters that contain important information regarding your health. As part of my passion for healthier lifestyles, I like to share that information with you.

There has never been a more important newsletter than the one I received this past weekend. It's by TriVita, and is written by Brazos Minshew, TriVita's Chief Science Officer. The article is called Important Health News - Protect Yourself from the Flu. As we all know, unless you've been living under a rock, the H1N1 flu virus is attacking Americans at an alarming rate.

Is there a way to protect your self from the H1N1 virus? According to Mr. Minshew, when it comes to fighting the flu we need to focus on three pathways, transmission, infection, and inflammation. In his article, he explains his theory. However, I'd like to focus on the third pathway, inflammation. Below is an excerpt form his article. To read the complete article, copy and paste the link at the bottom of this article into your web browser.

Inflammation

We will begin at the ending: Inflammation from the immune system that incapacitates - even kills - people when they have the flu. MOST IMPORTANT: The flu kills people not by transmission or by infection, but by an inflammatory immune system response called the "cytokine storm."

Our immune system is designed to neutralize and excrete any non-self protein it finds. That includes the influenza virus. The size of the immune response needs to be equivalent to the strength of the invader.

Think of this as a building on fire: small fires are extinguished by local fire fighters. Some fires are so big that fire fighters from other departments have to be called in to help. So, fires are designated as "one-alarm,""two-alarm,""three-alarm,"and so on. At a certain point, our immune system pulls all of the alarms and immune system fractions from all over our body rush to put out the fire, so to speak. However, this is a case of fighting fire with fire. Cytokines are inflammatory. They kill viruses and bacteria by creating inflammation.

The cytokine storm is responsible for all of the symptoms we feel: fever, body aches, nausea, diarrhea, etc. It is also responsible for filling the lungs with mucous (pneumonia/pneumonitis) which is often the fatal trigger in influenza, SARS, Hanta virus, bubonic plague, etc.

To survive we must modulate the cytokine storm so that it does its job but doesn't overwork and kill us. We make it work smarter, not harder. So we don't use Vitamin C or Echinacea or anything that "boosts"the immune system. We use immune system modulators so we get exactly the right response. Quercetin (Betalains in Sonoran Bloom Nopalea are quercetin bioflavonoids), green tea polyphenols (found in Energy Now!) and ginseng (Panax and Eleutherococcus found in Adaptogen 10 Plus) all balance the immune system and decrease the cytokine storm.

I know this may sound somewhat like an advertisement for TriVita products, well yes, and no. In my opinion, it's a way to protect yourself from the H1N1 virus. I believe we need help prevent the spreading of this terrible virus, and one way to do is is to protect yourself from getting it.

Mr. Minshew mentioned Sonoran Bloom Nopalea is his article. Nopalea helps to fight inflammation naturally, through betalains, a very effective anti-inflammatory fighter which is found in the Nopal cactus.

To learn more about Sonoran Bloom Nopalea™, click on the previous link.

Jeffrey Sloe
440-725-3729
jeff@internetmarketingadvisors.net
TriVita Independent Business Affiliate, 12871028
Sonoran Bloom

Sources:

http://www.trivita.com/trivita-mailings/wwr/2009/October/20091031/0146-flu-pf.html?tref=12871028&sid=4385

The above information presented herein is intended for educational purposes only. These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA and are not intended to diagnose, cure, treat or prevent disease. Individual results may vary, and before using any supplements, it is always advisable to consult with your own health care provider.