Understanding Immune System Strength

Crazy as it may sound, it turns out there's a simple test that

could say, "Sean, let me see how strong your immune system

is."

And, and if your immune system is strong,

God gave you that immune system to protect yourself.

So you would ask, "Well, how do I know if my immune system is strong?"

Well, there's a simple test called the absolute

lymphocyte count.

It's about a $4 test

that if you measure the ALC, and it's

m- more than 1,500, you're in good shape.

If this-

How do I get this test?

You just go to your regular Quest. It's a CBC w- uh,

it's like how do you measure

anemia? That's the test. The same test that measures your-

So if I've gotten a CBC test, uh, through a normal blood

work makeup-

Correct

... that, so I'm looking for the ALC?

The absolute lymphocyte count. Now let me tell you something disturbing.

There's a paper that just got published by JAMA, in JAMA,

for United States. There's another paper that g-

published by the Copenhagen

group that says

if your ALC is low, meaning less than

1,500,

you have a 1.2 to 1.3 increase incidence of

dying earlier from any cause. If it's less than

1,000, it's like a 200% increase of dying

early. Now, from any cause, whether it be cancer, diabetes,

any cause,

which means that your immune system is the basis of your

longevity.

So the flip side of dying early, I suppose, is living longer.

And

th- the craziness is there's now very high

reputable

papers out there.

So forget cancer. For any cause, from aging,

because the T-cells come from a thing called the thymus.

That's why it's called T-cells, thymus is T.

And as you age,

your thymus becomes fat. It stops making the T-cells,

and your T-cells drop,

and your ALC drops.

So there's now one in five Americans

with an ALC less than 1,500.

So just to be clear, and I, I got 60 seconds left.

If I look this up and I have a

2,000, whatever, ALC, I'm in good shape. If it's below, I'm screwed.

What I didn't hear you say is anything environmentally.

Forever plastics, alcohol-

Yeah

... run more, smoke less.

Yep.

So your, your ALC is affected by all these things.

It's affected by infection, just a regular infection.

It's affected by chemotherapy. It's affected by radiation.

But it's also affected by a lack of sleep and lack of sunlight and

lack of exercise. It's also affected by your microbiome.

So all the things that you do to keep yourself healthy

is as important

because it affects your, the, the level and activity

and strength of your

immune system. And the level and the strength of your immune system

is a reflection

of your natural killer cells and your T-cells.

And your natural killer cells and T-cells are measured by a simple test

called ALC.

So if you want to look at the monitoring of your immune system

to know whether you're in good shape,

um, it's your ALC. Now a lot of people are taking Glip1.

What we worry about down the str- uh, down the line is muscle

weakness. That's a different thing, nothing to do with your immune system.

But, you know, if you don't have activity, you have, you have w- wasting of

muscle mass, and one of the dangers in the elderly are

fall and a broken hip, et cetera. So these are the kinds of things that are,

um, uh, common sense.

Good sleep, good diet,

good activity, less stress, and sunlight,

and just measure your ALC.