immunity

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1201164/

A fascinating article that is unfortunately not getting any coverage in mainstream media (MSM). The review is published in BMJ, which is both surprising and also gives it that much more weight. That may be a reason why it is not being covered by MSM - because it argues not only in favor of...

I’m starting this thread to add to as more develops on memory T Cells in relation to covid19. The idiots are trying to justify mass tracking and immunity passports based solely on antibodies when we should now be testing for T cells. We all have living experience of COVID19’s exaggerated...

The mainstream media and our rulers were pumping herd immunity as goal at the start then a myth and now here we are close to herd immunity according to this research. It’s clear covid19 is a political exercise, the narrative in the media is will try to claim it was stupidity from politicians as...

Population Distributions of Thymic Function in Adults: Variation by Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Status http://www.self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/mongoloid

Multiple anti-B cell and reduced antibody effects of progesterone. Progesterone-based compounds affect immune responses and susceptibility to infections at diverse mucosal sites | Mucosal Immunology

A rather timely study, which demonstrates once again the crucial role energy plays even in "non-metabolic" diseases such as viral infections. At this point, even mainstream medicine admits that every function of the organism requires energy, so it would be plausible to expect an organism with...

@md_a did this originally(Ray Peat Interview - Ray Peat On The Coronavirus, Immunity, & Vaccines 2020-03-18), I'm just posting it here -- Ray Peat on the Coronavirus, Immunity, & Vaccines Date Recorded: 2020-03-18 John Barkhausen: What do you think is going on right now (about COVID-19)? Ray...

The title of the popular press article is kind of the reverse of mine - i.e. cancer cells evade treatment by blocking energy production in immune cells (T-cells). However, my title still holds since the actual study did show that restoring energy production in T-cells restores the effectiveness...

Just posting this to keep people aware that after mocking Linus Pauling for half a century mainstream medicine now seems eager to embrace his therapies of cancer using high-doe vitamin C. Unfortunately, it appears even staff writers at ScienceMag are unaware that therapies with vitamin C have...

I once copied this transcript from the LIGHT website that is no longer accessible. My notes say, that I did change something, but I actually don't remember if I verified it. ----- Vaccines & Immunity 2 - KMUD, 2014-07-18 transcribed by L-I-G-H-T, changed by Giraffe HD - Andrew Murray RP -...

As most of my readers know, cortisol is a highly catabolic steroid and one of the main agents (estrogen being another) responsible for thymus atrophy with age. These catabolic effects of cortisol can be blocked by progesterone, DHEA, pregnenolone, and even DHT (but not by testosterone). The...

A great new study demonstrating the crucial role of vitamin D in maintaining proper immune function. The study demonstrates that maintaining normal levels of vitamin D is strongly protective against gut infections by Salmonella-type bacteria. Interestingly, the authors claim that vitamin D is...

There is a very famous theory in reproductive biology still considered the dominant one in its field. Namely, males have to accept a trade-off between androgen levels and immunity. It is known as the immunocompetence handicap hypothesis (ICHH). Higher androgen levels, the theory goes, allow the...

Recently, I posted some threads in regards to immunosuppression and cancer. Here are two that provide a good overview and tie together the immunosuppressive effects of PUFA, estrogen, and cortisol with the protective effects of vitamin A, E, D, progesterone, etc. PUFA Are Immunosuppressive...

A great study that corroborates my recent post on avoiding sunlight being as bad for health as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day. After all, without sunlight there won't be much vitamin D synthesis and supplementation is not effective for many people due to variety of factors including excess...

Several great studies, which quickly illustrate the connection between PUFA, immune system, estrogen, cortisol, cancer and the protective role vitamin A/E play as well as their likely mechanism(s) of action. As I mentioned on one of the first podcasts with Danny Roddy, the role of PUFA as...

As most readers of this blog know, the current recommendations of the American Dermatology Association (ADA) call for pretty much no sun exposure of any skin areas unless those areas have been "protected" by sunscreen. The same recommendation applies to tanning beds and makes not distinction of...

Yet another trick that old dog aspirin knows. While it may not actually be potent enough to cure the infection by itself (as the study shows) it potently reduces the infectious burden, which may allow patients to resume normal living habits and survive as if they did not have an infection at...

Peat has touched upon his views of the immune system in several articles, mostly related to autoimmune disease. In his view, the role of the immune system is not so much to "attack" foreign pathogens that threaten the organism, but is more akin to sanitation workers who clean up trash and other...