REVVING-UP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM - WHY IT'S NECESSARY
As you get older, your immune system - a stalwart, ever-ready army of white blood cells (called T-cells because they're under the command of the thymus gland), which has been instructed where and when to attack and what antibodies their co-fighters (called B-cells because they're made in the bone marrow) should produce - begins to break down due to the decreasing power and size of the thymus gland. This causes not only an ineffectual defence system but often an unwittingly mutinous one.
As you get older, your immune system can turn against you.
With the breakdown of command, dangerous confusion occurs, causing T-cells to mistake friends for enemies. And when this happens, instead of fighting off invaders, they attack you! The result can be any of numerous autoimmune disorders (AIDS among them), as well as such diseases as multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, and arthritis. Because recent research has shown that this breakdown is most likely due to a reduced rate of growth hormone, which is produced by the pituitary gland and necessary to the function of the thymus gland and therefore the immune system, dietary reinforcements and supplements have been deemed indispensible in reversing this degenerative syndrome.
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GENERAL HEALTH
