There are two main parts of the immune system: innate (99% – driven by nutrition and lifestyle, cellular, non-specific) and acquired (1% – includes highly-specific antibodies to foreign or body proteins; humoral, adaptive). For the most part, they work together but there is almost always a dominant form.

For viruses and cancer, the cell-mediated type (innate) dominates. For bacteria, antibodies (acquired) dominate. It makes no sense then with a viral infection to enhance the antibody levels (the 1%) or to expect cell-mediated boosters to put up an effective response against bacteria. THIS is why the flu shot and vaccinations don’t work – they are only enhancing the 1%. Useless! There are alternatives that WORK!

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