As a child I was taught the age-old wisdom, If you can t say something nice, don t say anything at all. Once I entered public schools, being the overly-sensitive child which I was, I had to quickly learn the defensive protection of Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. Truth be told, however, many of my less-sensitive schoolmates words did hurt--I just learned to act as if they didn t. Thus, I began to wear a mask and keep my feelings inside, except of course when they seeped through the corners of my eyes. Of course, there were times when I allowed my feelings on the outside in the comfort zone of friends or family. As an adolescent I began the marvelous process of thinking for myself--trying to make sense of the world in which I was living, idealizing and philosophizing--thinking I knew it all, wondering why there were so many problems in the world which had seemingly simple solutions!. And I, like many teens...

The answer is yes, the northwestern Larch tree can boost the immune system. The fiber that has this amazing immune boosting property is found in the wood of the larch tree and its called arabinogalactan AG . Researchers recently discovered that AG can boost the activity of natural killer NK cells, these cells kill off microbes and cancer cells as soon as it detected in the body. In laboratory tests, AG has shown to prevent cancer cells from spreading to the liver and organs prone to secondary tumor development. Researchers speculate that AG will become part of a supplement list shown to fight cancer in the near future. A study done by the University of Minnesota and Southwest College discovered that AG boosts white blood cell count in health individuals and combined with Echinacea, AG increased the chemical properdin in the blood which helps the immune system fight foreign substances. AG is also known as a prebiotic which feeds friendly...

Crohn s disease is a systemic inflammatory bowel disease IBD of unknown cause, that results in chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract. It can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract from mouth to anus, and can also cause complications outside of the gastrointestinal tract. The incidence of Crohn s disease in North America is 6:100 000, and is thought to be similar in Europe, but lower in Asia and Africa Unlike the other major inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, there is no known medical or surgical cure for Crohn s disease. Many medical treatments are however available for Crohn s disease with a goal of keeping the disease in remission. Many patients with Crohn s disease have symptoms for years prior to the diagnosis. Because of the patchy nature of the gastrointestinal disease and the depth of tissue involvement, initial symptoms can be more vague than with ulcerative colitis. Common initial symptoms of Crohn s disease...