BOOST YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM AND BEAT THE BUGS

They're everywhere—on your skin, in the tub, on the kitchen sink. They're lurking between the

fingers of the person you shook hands with, floating in the air, and even lounging in the fruit

salad. And they're looking for you, tracking and hunting you down in order to make you their

next victim. You can't hide from them.

No, you're not paranoid. This is the reality. Disease bugs are everywhere, even thriving several

feet under the Antarctic ice and within boiling natural springs. But don't be too terrified. Over

millions of years of evolution, the human body has developed a good relationship with many of

the bugs on this planet. Hundreds of different bacteria now live in harmony with your body, as

permanent residents in your gut, helping to break down some foodstuffs and even helping to

make nutrients such as the vitamin biotin. And any bugs that are your enemies have quite a

challenge to overcome: the highly evolved and powerful human immune system. Even

considering the wonderful way in which the immune system fights off invaders, some bugs will

find ways to penetrate the defenses. A major premise of The Common Cold Cure rests on ways

to boost the power of the immune system in order not to give these bugs the opportunity to make

an effective landing on your respiratory tissues. If they do land and try to get a foothold, your

strengthened immune system can swiftly give them the boot. And if by great persistence they do

start making inroads, many of the nutrients discussed in this book will batter them unconscious.

Let's start with learning some basic facts about our natural defenses and how we can help them

to function better.

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