Can
Bee Propolis Rejuvenate The Immune System?
By Carlson Wade
The immune system, key to protection against
infection, aging and cellular destruction,
has been shown to become rejuvenated through
the use of an all-natural food substance
created in beehives called PROPOLIS.
The first double-blind placebo-controlled
study of this food, Professor S Scheller,
heading a team of four other doctors at
the Institute for Microbiology at the
Medical Academy in Sabrze-Rokitinca, Poland,
found that propolis did have the power
to prolong the prime of life. Professor
Scheller's research published recently,
in part concluded that propolis is able
to directly stimulate the immune system
to release substances that protect against
cellular deterioration … promotes a process
of phagocylosis, the destruction of potentially
harmful foreign bacteria that is otherwise
threatening within the body…stimulated
the formation of antibodies to build immunity
to many diseases.
Professor Scheller's findings offer hope
for extending the prime of life by building
resistance to aging and many illnesses
through the use of propolis to strengthen
the cellular defenses.
Basically phagocytes (white blood cells)
serve as the body's primary defense mechanism
against bacterial infections. You need
an abundance of healthy phagocytes because
they engulf harmful bacteria and secrete
a variety of substances that digest the
invading microbe once it is engulfed.
These same phagocytes are responsible
for influencing the production of antibodies
which will "knock out" harmful bacteria.
Professor Scheller found that propolis
initiates the activity and cleansing action
of these life-saving white blood cells.
Just how important is your immune system?
It helps protect you against diseases
and infections. But, as you reach your
thirties the immune system becomes a bit
weaker. If you let it grow weaker in the
succeeding years, you become susceptible
to many illnesses.
Basically the immune system consists of
a series of humeral and cellular factors
that perform various activities. Where
there is a weakening of different immune
mechanisms, it is necessary to have a
natural supplement that offers the widest
possible spectrum of nutritional activity.
Such a supplement must have an unusual
range of flavonoids or cell-building compounds.
It is propolis that seems to fit this
bill. Propolis not only contains a complex
of vitamins, minerals and enzymes, but
also a unique range of flavonoids in their
original and natural combination.
It is believed that the flavonoids contained
in propolis block the release of histamine
by means of cell membrane lipid stabilization.
This creates inner immunity against many
illnesses. These same ingredients in propolis
guard against the deposition of cholesterine
crystals, lipofuscins (fatty pigment in
the heart muscle, nerves, liver) which
could accelerate aging.
BENEFITS
OF IMMUNE-BUILDING PROPOLIS
The
team of doctors conducted various laboratory,
physical and psychological tests to come
up with their conclusions about the broad
influence of this daily supplement. Their
findings suggest that people can enjoy
good physical and mental health with this
daily supplement. Professor Scheller released
these findings about propolis and its
reactions:
"There was an increase in general physical
performance; also sexual and, above all
intellectual.
"In the gastro-enterological area, we
found a favorable effect on infectious
changes in the mucous membranes of the
stomach and intestines.
"There was an accelerated and intensified
regeneration of injured tissue on traumatically
or infectiously altered tissues.
"There were no unequivocally negative
changes in the white blood picture or
in the liver or kidney values. Among other
things, this substantiates the absence
of side effects of propolis as well as
its non-toxicity.
"In our paper, we particularly studied
the effect on the immune system and documented
further positive effects of propolis on
circulation, metabolism, physical well-being
and infectious diseases."
WHAT
IS PROPOLIS?
When
bees started to gather in hives some 80
million years ago, they had a problem;
the same problem that no doctor likes
to face. How do you avoid bacterial infection
when 50,000 bodies are crawling over one
another night and day?
Nature provided the ideal answer for the
bees. Certain trees, such as poplar, willow,
horse chestnut and birch, exude a sap
which has antibiotic qualities to protect
that tree from infection. Bees gather
this sap, remetabolized it with their
own nectar secretions, and took it back
to the hive. They put this substance all
over the hive so every bee could 'brush'
against it and become 'immunized'.
Many scientists believe a hive to be more
sterile and free from bacteria than a
modern hospital. The tree antibiotic became
a bee antibiotic and was hence named 'propolis'
by the ancient Greeks. Translated, propolis
means 'before the city', or 'a defense'.
For centuries, propolis remained part
of folk medicine, mainly in Europe and
Russia.
Some 20 years ago it was 'rediscovered'
by a Danish scientist, K. Lung Aagaard
and a French doctor, Remy Chauvin. They
worked specifically to standardize the
quality of this natural product. Today
hospitals, clinics and universities in
many parts of Europe, are testing propolis
for the treatment of many illnesses and
conditions of immunity. One report alone,
just translated by two American doctors,
reveals the successful use of propolis
in Russia in more than 70 different studies
during the past 17 years.Currently, propolis
has proven effective in helping to build
immunity and resistance to such conditions
as infections, ulcers, colds, stress,
periodontal problems, pharyngitis and
aging, itself.
The most recent report is that propolis
is being considered by the World Health
Organization as part of its nutritional
and health program. Thus far, nearly all
research on propolis has taken place in
Europe. To help protect against the 'aging
clock' and the interference with your
genetic blueprint, it is necessary to
rebuild and strengthen your immune system.
How to seize a genetic hold of your cells
and tissues? The answer may well be in
propolis, the all-natural product that
has been shown to strengthen the body's
molecules and guard against illness.
"Stimulate the immune system," says Professor
S. Scheller, "and it is possible to control
the aging process and enjoy a long and
healthy life. Propolis holds the key to
this form of inner rejuvenation."
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