(NaturalNews) Wheat is getting roughed up lately by all kinds of people, from gluten free advocates to medical professionals. There certainly is no shortage of ammunition to call out wheat products as dangerous to your health, but do we really know the whole story about this popular grain?
Perhaps it is time to investigate all the features of wheat so you can get a more accurate picture and make better decisions.
The good
Believe it or not, there are benefits to wheat, even though the risks of modern wheat often far outweigh the nutritional value. However, if you source an ancient grain like Einkorn wheat, the health benefits go up tremendously and the downsides are substantially diminished. This becomes even truer when this kind of wheat is used to produce sour leavened bread, as opposed to those produced with commercial yeast.
Some of the nutritional benefits of whole grain wheat include:
Good source of B-vitamins including niacin, thiamin, vitamin B-6, riboflavin, folate, and pantothenic acid
Solid source of minerals, including manganese, selenium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, copper, and zinc
Quality source of protein
Great source of fiber
In order to receive the majority of these benefits through bread, choose an ancient grain and use a sourdough starter to naturally leaven it, which will significantly lower the gluten content and activate food enzymes to make it much more digestible. In fact, research in Applied and Environmental Microbiology found that, when wheat bread is thoroughly fermented, gluten content drops to 12 ppm - a level that is deemed gluten-free!
The bad
Unfortunately, wheat is not what it used to be and as a result of our overconsumption of it, many people have slowly destroyed their digestive systems to the point that they have been diagnosed with various intestinal disorders, including celiac disease.
As a result of the decades of hybridization of ancient grains, today's wheat no longer resembles the wheat our digestive systems were intended to handle relatively easily. This hybridization has resulted in wheat with a much higher gluten content, which has caused symptoms such as gas, bloating, diarrhea, rashes, migraines, fatigue, arthritis, emotional issues, and intense intestinal discomfort.
With wheat flour as the basis of so many products, it becomes very difficult to avoid and has made food options a bit trickier for those who are gluten intolerant.
The ugly
Most people focus on gluten when demonizing wheat consumption, and even though it definitely is a big factor, it may not be as perverse as a very common practice that many are unaware of that's happening across the United States and the United Kingdom.
This practice is the direct application of Roundup (glyphosate) to wheat fields just prior to the harvest stage in order to allow an earlier, easier, and bigger harvest. This dousing of poison directly on wheat kernels has been routine for the past 15 years and was suggested as early as 1980.
Interestingly enough, the incidence of celiac disease has risen substantially and with a significant correlation to the increasing application of glyphosate since 1990. Although some maintain that glyphosate is not harmful, it's becoming clear that it disrupts the proper functioning of the gut and contributes to the permeability of the intestinal wall, which can cause subsequent expressions of autoimmune disease symptoms.
Considering that the gut is often considered the gateway to health, this practice has profound implications for anyone consuming conventional wheat products. This makes going organic and investigating ancient grains and traditional methods of preparation all that more important.
About the author: Derek Henry, B.Kin, is a highly revered holistic health coach and world renowned natural health blogger and educator who created Healing the Body to help people understand the fundamental principles to exceptional health so they can overcome their own health challenges.
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(NaturalNews) Evidence continues to mount that points to vaccines as the "mystery" trigger behind SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome. A recent study published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica, as well as extensive data on vaccination rates and the timing of SIDS cases, suggests that vaccines may be inhibiting the proper development of the hippocampus in some babies, resulting in the various breathing and cardiac failures that lead to SIDS.
Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School inadvertently discovered this after observing that nearly half of all infants in a group who died from SIDS had a unique abnormality in their hippocampus that was not present in infants who died from other other known causes. Based on their observations, it is now believed that this abnormality upsets the brain's ability to regulate breathing and heart rate patterns during sleep, which is when SIDS typically occurs.
Though it is widely known that the hippocampus regulates brain-specific functions like memory, learning and spatial orientation, this central region of the brain also regulates breathing and cardiac function. When a structure within the hippocampus known as the dentate gyrus contains double layers of nerve cells instead of the usual single layers, the resulting abnormality, known as focal granule cell bilamination, can lead to sudden death for reasons that may not be initially apparent.
"The pattern of abnormal changes in the dentate gyrus suggests to us there was a problem in its development at some point in late fetal life or in the months right after birth," explained Dr. Hannah C. Kinney, M.D., lead author of the study. "We didn't see any signs of injury to the brain by low oxygen levels in the tissue we examined, such as scarring and loss of nerve cells."
A press release for the study, which was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is available here: NIH.gov.
More vaccines means higher infant mortality, study finds
How this relates to vaccines was explained in a 2011 study published in the journal Human & Experimental Toxicology. Since SIDS is the leading cause of death among babies between the ages of one month and one year, something common but most likely overlooked during its victims' normal developmental period is clearly to blame, and this common thing appears to be routine childhood vaccinations.
A team of independent researchers looked at the infant mortality rate (IMR) around the world and observed a direct relationship between the number of vaccines given and the number of infant deaths. In other words, countries that administer the most vaccines to children during the first year of life were found to have a higher IMR, while countries that are more careful with vaccines were found to have a lower IMR.
"Linear regression analysis of unweighted mean IMRs showed a high statistically significant correlation between increasing number of vaccine doses and increasing infant mortality rates," explains an abstract from the study, available here: NCBI.NLM.NIH.gov.
Brain abnormalities linked to SIDS develop primarily when children are vaccinated for hepatitis B
Interestingly enough, the SIDS study also revealed that the hippocampus abnormalities associated with SIDS tend to emerge right around the time that babies are vaccinated for hepatitis B. As you may recall, the hepatitis B vaccine is associated with causing seizures and epilepsy in some children, which is often associated with hippocampus abnormalities.
This suggests that, at least in some cases, children who are vaccinated for hepatitis B immediately after birth in accordance with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines experience developmental damage to their hippocampus, which later leads to sudden death.
(NaturalNews) Another mysterious wave of dead sea animals has washed ashore in Peru, the possible consequence of ongoing radiation releases from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan. BBC News reports that 500 dead sea lions were recently discovered on Peru's northern coastline, some 250 miles north of the capital city of Lima, with no obvious explanation as to why this occurred.
The latest of several mass die-offs in recent years, the rotting corpses were found on Anconcillo Beach, located in Peru's Ancash region. Both young and old sea lions were found at the site, which the local governor blamed on fishermen who may have poisoned them while they searched for food at the shoreline. Others like the environmental group Orca, however, say oil exploration is probably the cause.
As investigations continue, a definitive cause of the deaths has yet to be determined. The Maritime Institute (Imarpe), in a government report, denied that oil exploration had anything to do with the deaths. Meanwhile, Peruvian police are reportedly looking into other possible causes of the deaths, including entanglement in fishing nets or the accidental ingestion of plastic.
Fukushima radiation still harming Pacific sea life
But another possible cause that is deliberately being ignored is radiation poisoning from Fukushima, which continues to be a problem in some areas of the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive plumes are still traveling eastward across the Pacific, affecting everything in their path.
Nuclear expert Arnie Gunderson, during a recent episode of Radio Ecoshock, warned that the worst is still yet to come from Fukushima. He reiterated this warning during a subsequent airing of the Nuclear Hotseat show, emphasizing that both soil and groundwater are threatened by these radioactive plumes, which will continue to cause problems for many decades.
"We are not at the peak," he stated, noting that two radioactive plumes are currently traveling up and down the West Coast, one near Canada and the other near Oregon and California. "It's still coming, and it will continue to come as long as Fukushima continues to bleed into the Pacific."
Mysterious animal deaths continue as governments deny Fukushima link
Several months prior to this latest sea lion discovery, at least 200 other sea lions were found dead even further north in the Piura region of Peru. Several dead dolphins and sea turtles, as well as dozens of pelicans, were also strewn among the mysterious marine wreckage, which also went unexplained by authorities.
And back in 2012, just one year after Fukushima, hundreds of dead dolphins were found along another beach in Peru, also without explanation. Each of these events is still technically under investigation, though any consideration of Fukushima is apparently off the table as government authorities attempt to blame other less likely factors.
"[Fukushima is] going to bleed for decades, if not centuries [into the Pacific]," added Gunderson during one of his radio segments. "There will still be a huge residual amount of radiation in the soil and in the groundwater so that the site will continue to bleed into the Pacific a century or more."
(NaturalNews) The following video from Gary Franchi of NextNewsNetwork reveals the shocking admission by the CDC that this year's flu vaccine doesn't work.
From the video:
For the first time we can remember, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are going on the record, saying the flu vaccine won't work this year. The warning comes just before the busiest part of flu season, in January and February. Unfortunately, there won't be any refund for any of the patients or insurance companies who spent money on flu shots earlier this fall.
But don't worry. Just when you thought perhaps the CDC could boost their credibility, they found a way to put a sales pitch on the end of their warning. The CDC says if you do come down with the flu, there's a cure. It's just going to cost more money. Money that will end up profiting pharmaceutical giants, GlaxoSmithKline and Roche. CDC officials are urging doctors to prescribe two specific antiviral medications for any patients who come in with flu symptoms.
Just last week, the CDC issued a warning, prompting Americans to take the flu vaccine if they haven't already. Health officials said they had 160 million flu shots on the shelves and ready to go. But just earlier this week, Italy launched an official investigation after about a dozen people died within 48 hours of getting the flu shot. Their national health agency issued an immediate warning, saying DON'T take the vaccine. Here in America, the CDC isn't going that far. In fact, they found a way of turning this failed vaccine into a promotion for yet another big pharma drug.
Here's the news report video:
And here's an original laboratory research report from Natural News earlier this year. I personally conducted the ICP-MS heavy metals analysis of these flu vaccines and have the raw count data to prove it. Mercury particle counts at atomic masses 200, 201 and 202 were through the roof on these laboratory tests.
Don't you find it astonishing that it takes a private ICP-MS laboratory with no ties to government funding, universities or the FDA to finally test flu vaccines and report the truth? (To my knowledge, Natural News is the only news organization in the world that owns a cutting-edge private mass spectrometry instrument and uses it for scientific research in the public interest...)
Flashback: Flu vaccines laboratory confirmed to contain crazy high concentrations of mercury
Mercury tests conducted on vaccines at the Natural News Forensic Food Lab have revealed a shockingly high level of toxic mercury in an influenza vaccine (flu shot) made by GlaxoSmithKline (lot #9H2GX). Tests conducted via ICP-MS document mercury in the Flulaval vaccine at a shocking 51 parts per million, or over 25,000 times higher than the maximum contaminant level of inorganic mercury in drinking water set by the EPA.(1)
The tests were conducted via ICP-MS using a 4-point mercury calibration curve for accuracy. Even then, the extremely high level of mercury found in this flu shot was higher than anything we've ever tested, including tuna and ocean fish which are known for high mercury contamination.
In fact, the concentration of mercury found in this GSK flu shot was 100 times higher than the highest level of mercury we've ever tested in contaminated fish. And yet vaccines are injected directly into the body, making them many times more toxic than anything ingested orally. As my previous research into foods has already documented, mercury consumed orally is easily blocked by eating common foods like strawberries or peanut butter, both of which bind with and capture about 90% of dietary mercury.
Here are the actual results of what we found in the influenza vaccine from GSK (lot #9H2GX):
Aluminum: 0.4 ppm Arsenic: zero Cadmium: zero Lead: zero Mercury: 51 ppm
All tests were conducted via calibrated, high-end ICP-MS instrumentation as shown in these lab videos.
Doctors, pharmacists and mainstream media continue to lie about mercury in vaccines
As you take in the scientifically-validated fact that mercury exists at very high concentrations in flu vaccines, keep in mind that most doctors, pharmacists and members of the mainstream media continue to stage an elaborate lie that claims mercury has "already been removed from vaccines."
Never mind the fact that the use of mercury is admitted right on the package containing the vaccine vial. And now, Natural News has scientifically confirmed the mercury content of flu vaccines using high-end laboratory instrumentation. The existence of high mercury in flu shots is irrefutable.
Anyone who claims mercury has been removed from all vaccines is either wildly ignorant or willfully lying. And anyone who would knowingly allow themselves to be injected with mercury is probably already a victim of the kind of brain damage well known to be caused by mercury.
Insert admits "no controlled trials"
Shockingly, the package insert for this flu shot readily admits the vaccine has never been subjected to scientific clinical trials:
"There have been no controlled trials adequately demonstrating a decrease in influenza disease after vaccination with Flulaval," the package insert claims in tiny text (that no one reads).
This is printed right on the insert, yet no one in the mainstream media will ever report this astonishing admission. This statement, all by itself, is a confession that flu shot marketing is a fraud.
Across the board, flu shots are heavily propagandized and promoted with the implication that they have zero risks while offering 100% protection. No one in the mainstream media ever questions this claim even though the package insert openly admits the claim is complete hokum and has never been subjected to scientific scrutiny.
No evidence of safety or effectiveness in pregnant women
But that's not all the insert admits. It also says:
"Safety and effectiveness of Flulaval have not been established in pregnant women, nursing mothers or children."
And yet everywhere you go in America, there's a Walgreens, CVS or Wal-Mart pharmacy promoting flu shots for pregnant women. Never mind the fact that flu shot safety has never been established in pregnant women, and never mind the obvious fact that you should never inject a pregnant women with mercury in the first place!
Who needs scientific proof when you've got the full propaganda of the media and the government to back you up? Anyone who dares question the scientific validity of flu shot safety for pregnant women is immediately attacked as being an opponent of all vaccines.
Apparently, the only requirement to be accepted by the vaccine community is to believe in medical fairy tales while abandoning all critical thinking and scientific skepticism. In the vaccine industry, genuine science is simply not allowed. No wonder two former Merck virologists filed a False Claims Act with the federal government, accusing the company of knowingly fabricating its vaccine efficacy data to trick the FDA.
Never proven safe or effective in children, either
Flu shots are heavily promoted for children, right alongside mumps and measles vaccines. But it turns out flu shots are never scientifically tested for safety or efficacy in children.
Check out what the insert for this vaccine directly admits:
"Safety and effectiveness of Flulaval in pediatric patients have not been established."
It's right there in black and white... an open admission. Yet flu shots are aggressively marketed to parents and children as if they were Tic-Tacs. The real beauty of the entire vaccine industry scam is that no scientific evidence is required! You don't have to have any proof, all you have to do is believe in vaccines as a matter of faith.
Never tested for cancer risk
Do flu shots cause cancer? The honest, scientific answer is that these shots are never tested for that. As the insert readily admits:
"Flulaval has not been evaluated for carcinogenic or mutagenic potential, or for impairment of fertility."
Believe it or not, the Flulaval vaccine also warns that no one should be given this shot if they've already received another flu shot at some previous time:
"Do not administer Flulaval to anyone... following previous administration of any influenza vaccine."
And yet, amazingly, people are encouraged to get flu shots year after year, even though the package insert directly warns against anyone taking a series of influenza vaccines.
Admission that flu shots contain formaldehyde and sodium deoxycholate
The same insert that admits this vaccine has never been proven safe in children or pregnant women also openly admits that it contains neurotoxic chemicals.
Per the insert, each dose of Flulaval contains up to 25 mcg of formaldehyde (a neurotoxin) and up to 50 mcg of sodium deoxycholate.
This is on top of the 25 mcg of mercury you'll get in every dose. And remember, this is mercury that's injected directly into your body, so you absorb 100% of this mercury (unlike mercury you eat, where most of it sticks to food fibers and is transported out of your body).
Total admission that flu shots cause seizures, convulsions and Guillian-Barre syndrome
Ever wonder what all these toxic chemicals and heavy metals cause in humans? Flu shots vaccines, it turns out, are already known to cause a huge number of devastating health effects.
Predictably, there is a massive disinfo campaign across the mainstream media, Wikipedia, medical journals and government propaganda agencies (CDC, FDA, etc.) to pretend that flu shots have no risks whatsoever. Yet the insert that comes with the vaccine openly admits the flu shot has been linked with a long, frightening list of serious adverse effects. As this Flulaval insert says (see photo below):
"In addition to reports in clinical trials, the following adverse events have been identified during postapproval use of Flulaval...
Here's a photo of this section of the package insert, complete with the GlaxoSmithKline toll-free phone number:
If you take flu shots, you are being poisoned by quacks
The upshot of all this is that flu shots utterly lack any scientific evidence of safety of efficacy. We don't know if they work at all, in other words, and neither does the vaccine manufacturer. Neither do the doctors or medical staff who administer them. Flu vaccines are injected into people purely as a matter of blind faith in the very same companies that have already been convicted of felony crimes.
GlaxoSmithKline, for example, not only manufacturers this Flulaval vaccine... the company also committed multiple felony crimes and got caught bribing doctors, ultimately agreeing to pay a multi-billion-dollar criminal settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice.
Trusting a flu shot made by a corporation of felons is a lot like trusting the purity of heroin you buy from a street dealer. Both flu shots and street heroin have at least one thing in common, by the way: neither has ever been tested for safety.
We also know that flu shots contain neurotoxic chemicals and heavy metals in alarming concentrations. This is irrefutable scientific fact. We also know that there is no "safe" form of mercury just like there is no safe form of heroin -- all forms of mercury are highly toxic when injected into the body (ethyl, methyl, organic, inorganic).
The only people who argue with this are those who are already mercury poisoned and thus incapable of rational thought. Mercury damages brain function, you see, which is exactly what causes some people to be tricked into thinking vaccines are safe and effective.
Technically, you'd have to be stupid to believe such a thing, as the vaccine insert directly tells you precisely the opposite.
Share this story, spread the truth
Share this story with everyone who needs to know the truth about flu vaccines. This message needs to get out. Every fact stated in this article is 100% true and verified. The quotes from the Flulaval package insert are on-the-record statements from GlaxoSmithKline.
And for the record, I am not an opponent of the theory of vaccination. What I'm against is the continued use of toxic heavy metals and chemicals in vaccines. I'm also opposed to the wildly fraudulent marketing of vaccines. If any other product were marketed with the same lies and deceptions as vaccines, they would be immediately charged with fraud and misrepresentation by the FTC. But somehow when the vaccine industry commits routine fraud, everybody pretends it isn't happening.
Even with all the marketing fraud taking place, if the vaccine manufacturers would stop poisoning the population with vaccine additives (by removing mercury, formaldehyde and other chemicals from their products), nearly all opposition to vaccines would rapidly disappear.
(NaturalNews) The drought in California has unfortunately become a way of life for the majority of its residents, with many of them resorting to showering in portable stalls located in parking lots and getting on board with drinking recycled sewage water.
The latter specifically pertains to San Diego, where a plan has already been put in place to recycle 15 million gallons by 2023 and 83 million gallons daily by 2035. While surveys have shown that three out of four residents are in favor of the plan saying that it's beneficial for the drying state, some say it ranks high on the gross scale, conjuring up bathroom behaviors and all the related visuals and odors.(1)
For those leery of the plan, it turns out that there's another thought to add to the list of worry: pharmaceutical pollution.
Quite simply, this issue takes into consideration the fact that the pharmaceuticals that people ingest are ultimately released in the urine stream. Part two to that is the fact that some of it isn't released via urine but comes from individuals opting to flush drugs down the toilet. Either way, they're making it into sewage plants.
Drinking recycled sewage water may mean ingesting prescription chemicals
The question, therefore, becomes a health matter. Are San Diego residents, where the sewage will be recycled for drinking water, harming their health by consuming a resource that likely harbors pharmaceutical pollution from commonly used drugs?
Consider the fact that several studies have already found active pharmaceuticals in drinking water throughout the United States. American Water Works Association Research Foundation and the WateReuse Foundation tested 19 drinking water treatment plants that provide water to more than 28 million Americans. They discovered metabolites and pharmaceuticals present in ALL tested areas. In a separate analysis, an Environmental Protection Agency-funded review found there to be 54 active pharmaceutical ingredients and 10 metabolites in treated drinking water.(2)
Throughout the United States, it's estimated that 7 out of 10 people take at least one prescription drug, mainly for management of a chronic condition. In fact, about 20% are on at least five prescription medications, and over half of Americans ingest two.(3)
Also this is what's reported; sadly, we all know that abuse of drugs exists, a problem that likely increases these statistics. A report from the San Diego Prescription drug abuse task force that outlines drug overuse deaths, for example, shows that the death rate from drugs is 12.4 per 100,000 people, or 9% of the entire state. That same report also notes that, in California, about 6.2 kg of pain killers are used per 10,000 people, which they note is enough to "medicate every single American round the clock for a month."(4)
Specifically, the most common pharmaceutical chemicals found in drinking water are those related to antibiotics and hormones. In essence, a slew of drugs, ranging from anti-inflammatories, antidepressants and antihistamines to antibiotics (including for veterinary use) and nicotine, creates pharmaceutical pollution that makes its way to drinking water.(2)
Efforts to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in drinking water: will they really work?
To help prevent the problem, many areas have programs in which people return unused medications to proper authorities so they can be disposed of safely. While California has been one of five US states to participate in such an effort, unfortunately it's been shown that such involvement only transpired once and that was in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006.(2)
Others advocate urging medical professionals to consider what Christian Daughton of the US Environmental Protection Agency calls "eco-directed sustainable prescribing (EDSP)." EDSP is a twofold process that involves reducing the dosage and frequency of prescriptions and, secondly, taking into consideration the ways the drug works in the body and whether or not its excretion impacts environment. Mainly, the way a drug is metabolized -- which depends on factors such as a person's genes and drug solubility -- indicates whether or not the drug remains in its active form in the urine stream.(5)
Head of Glasgow Caledonian University's branch of the noPILLS research project, Ole Pahl, is on board with such an idea, yet notes that it's not without complexities. "The science behind excretion profiling is relatively straightforward, and it could be considered -- alongside toxicity, bioaccumulation potential and environmental persistence," he said. "But the social aspects, are, I feel, very complex."(5)
When greed and paybacks are often at the heart of Big Pharma, none of us have to be rocket scientists to know that the likelihood of medical professionals giving consideration to, much less cutting back on, prescriptions is highly unlikely.
(NaturalNews) Many herbal compounds act to reduce inflammation and enhance our body's immune system. Two of the most well-researched anti-inflammatory, immune-strengthening herbs are turmeric and green tea. These are great components to add to your daily regimen to strengthen your immune system and protect against colds, flus and the development of chronic disease.
Some foundational principles to keep the immune system strong include avoiding sugar and environmental toxins and reducing stress. Additionally, getting regular exercise and having good sleeping habits is extremely important as well. Finally, incorporating immune-boosting herbs such as turmeric and green tea will provide the extra push that the body needs to overcome major weather changes and other stressors.
Turmeric:
The orange Asian herb turmeric has been traditionally used for centuries by Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. Curcumin is the most powerful active anti-inflammatory compound within turmeric. Curcumin has been shown to be a powerful suppressor of chronic inflammatory mediated disease processes.(1)
Many Asian cultures use turmeric in nearly every meal. They rave of its anti-aging and medicinal benefits. Western medicine has just begun to research it its components at a very deep level to better understand turmeric's remarkable health properties. Over 500 studies have appeared in the mainstream literature demonstrating curcumin's cancer-protective effects.(2)
Turmeric is a powerful healing tool. The curcuminoid compounds boost levels of the bodies most potent antioxidants including glutathione, superoxide dismutase and catalase. These molecules are critical for the body to limit oxidative-stress-related damage to the vital organ systems.
Curcumin regulates tumor suppressor pathways and triggers mitochondria-mediated death in the cancer tissue. Curcumin is anti-angiogenic, which means that it shuts down the ability of cancer cells to develop the extra blood supply that these cells use to fuel on. This effect makes cancer cells more vulnerable to pharmacological treatments such as chemotherapy and other cancer control drugs.
For optimal curcumin absorption, it is necessary to combine the turmeric with good fats such as coconut oil or milk or olive oil. You will also want to add a dash of black pepper for the piperine molecule that enhances curcumin uptake.
For individuals with chronic inflammatory diseases such as cancer, it is recommended to supplement with high-dose curcumin. Find one that is made with piperine in an enteric coating that protects the nutrient from stomach acid for optimal absorption.
Green tea:
Green tea is a common Asian drink that has picked up popularity throughout North America. As a trendy drink, many are searching out green tea as a healthy alternative to coffee and other warm drinks. Research has shown that green tea is rich in polyphenol antioxidants that have extraordinary health benefits.
A November 2005 issue of Antiviral Research demonstrated how EGCG inhibits the flu virus from replicating in a cell culture.(3) Scientists found that it blocks the hemagglutinin enzyme in the virus, which inhibits its ability to infect other cells. It also suppresses viral RNA synthesis by altering key properties of the viral cell membrane.(4)
ECGC has been shown to suppress pathogenic viruses such as Epstein-Barr, herpes simplex, HIV-1 and the influenza virus. Green tea contains high levels of L-theanine which has been shown to activate human gamma-delta T lymphocytes to proliferate and make interferon gamma (If-G). If-G is a potent antimicrobial cytokine that is the first line of defense in the blood stream against infection.(5)
Green tea also contains small amounts of alkylamines which are also present in pathogenic organisms. When we drink green tea, the alkylamines present act as relatively weak antigens that don't fully activate the immune system but get it in a ready state. This primes the immune system against bacterial and viral invaders.(6)
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