The President's Desk

Our Best Defense

By Rob Watson, President/CEO

At a time when health care reform is imminent and a flu pandemic has begun, immunity is at the top of many people’s minds.

No one is certain about how health care reform will play out. However, if what many people fear comes to pass, it’s a very real possibility that our medical system will become nationalized. If this occurs, and if physicians were to be underpaid as a result of a government sponsored health insurance plan, health care providers might opt out of the program, leaving patients with fewer doctors and choices. The health care uncertainties reinforce the need to keep our bodies as strong as possible and to keep our immune systems in optimal shape.

The H1N1 flu pandemic offers another reason to take steps to strengthen our overall health. The World Health Organization recently declared that the swine flu pandemic is unstoppable and all indications are that it may reemerge during November in Canada, Mexico and the United States. From the beginning of the outbreak, we have refused to jump on all the hype surrounding this issue. We did our research and realized that there is no need for fear. Instead, all evidence points to boosting our immune systems as the key to overcoming this viral crisis.

While we often push immunity concerns to the back burner during summer, the only way to ensure that our bodies will be strong enough to fight any challenges that emerge in the fall is to make immunity a year-long commitment. The fact that immunity is involved in so many aspects of our health—including gastrointestinal and heart health—is reason to put immune system support at the top of our list. Taking control of our immunity lets us take a proactive stance against a variety of challenges and is the reason why we offer several different well-researched approaches to immune enhancement.

If everyone paid more attention to this aspect of health perhaps it would be the only health care reform we would really need.