The Thymus Is the Training Center for Immune Cells
– The Importance of Zinc Supplementation

Thymus is an important lymphoid organ of the body and is closely related to immune function. It is the place where immune lymphocytes differentiate, develop, and mature. In the past, people treated the thymus the same as the appendix and thought it was a trace organ in the process of evolution. However, with the progress of immunology in recent years, people have realized the important role of the thymus in human immune function and praised it as the "King of Immunity".

Immune cells generated from the bone marrow must go to the "training center" of the thymus to receive education in information transmission imprints. The cortical part outside the thymus induces lymphocyte precursors into large lymphocytes, while the medullary part inside the thymus induces them into small lymphocytes. Members coming out of this training center include T lymphocytes, B lymphocytes, lymphokines, and immunoglobulin E receptors on the surface of immune cells.

The thymus is not only a "training center" but also the "general manager" that directs and coordinates the immune system. The hormone secreted by the thymus can enhance the body's immune function. The higher the thymosin concentration in the blood, the stronger the immune function, which plays an important role in preventing cancer, resisting infection and delaying aging.

During the Second World War, when the Western medical community mistakenly regarded the thymus as a useless organ left over from evolution, a French veterinarian named Sandberg had a unique insight and believed that it was a central defense organ, with extremely important immune function. Based on this idea, he conducted an experiment and injected five guinea pigs with tuberculosis bacteria. As a result, they all fell ill. Then he extracted the thymus from the calf's pancreas, crushed it and mixed it with distilled water, and injected the thymus extract into the five sick mice. Surprisingly, all five guinea pigs survived.

Encouraged by this experiment, Sandberg conducted another. A cow had a large malignant tumor in her belly and the cancer had metastasized to her brain. The cow lay dying, eating nothing. He injected thymus extract into sick cows. Unexpectedly, the hopelessly sick cow stood up the next day and began chewing feed at the edge of the trough. Overjoyed, Sandberg injected it with thymus extract for several days. A few weeks later, a miracle happened. All the tumors in the cow disappeared without a trace.

There are more than 90% of various trained immune cells in the thymus. They have powerful defense functions and can kill any bacteria and cancer cells. They can also convert some cancer cells into normal cells.

On the basis of these experiments, the attending physician at a hospital in Annecy asked Sandberg to treat three critically ill leukemia patients in the hospital. Sandberg also injected them with thymus extract. After the third day, the blood picture showed a significant improvement trend, and the patient's overall condition was also greatly improved. After further treatment, the patient's condition is getting better and better. Afterwards, Sandberg went on to use thymus extract to cure more than 100,000 patients with "incurable diseases." Sandberg died in 1989, but he left behind effective methods for treating disease.

The thymus training center can train more than 90% of T lymphocytes, thymosin, and thymic factors. It used to be thought that after adulthood, the thymus gradually shrinks and seems to have no use. However, shrinkage does not mean failure. Training in various ways can delay atrophy and reactivate its function.

In the late embryonic and newborn stages, the human thymus weighs about 15~20 grams, and then gradually increases in size, reaching 30~40 grams in adolescence. After puberty, the thymus gradually atrophies and degenerates with age, manifested by a gradual decrease in thymocytes, an increase in interstitial cells, and a large number of fat cells. At the age of 40, the thymus has shrunk to a very small size, and at the age of 60, it is difficult to see the thymus under X-rays. The process of thymus atrophy gives people the illusion that the slow atrophy of the thymus is irreversible, just like aging.

Jane Pa, a well-known authority on health care and nutrition in the United States and a famous writer for the New York Times, said: "The decline of the thymus can be prevented and reversed! The vitality of youth can also be returned. The former style can also be reproduced. Yes, as long as you take some zinc supplements.”

Dr. Fabris of the National Center for Aging Research in Italy found that when a pair of old cats were fed a low dose of zinc, the old cats' thymus recovered by 80% and secreted thymosin again! Even the reduced interferon was restored.

French aging researchers were surprised to find that even the immune systems of very old people could be improved after taking zinc. They gave a group of elderly people aged 73 to 106 years to take 20 mg of zinc every day. As a result, the activity of thymosin increased by 50% within 2 months, and the reduction of interferon was restored without any side effects.

The average person taking 15~30 mg of zinc daily is enough to restore the function of the immune system. For people over 75 years old, taking more than 50 mg of zinc daily can basically restore the function of the thymus!

Zinc also plays an important role in anti-cancer, that is, it participates in nucleic acid metabolism and protein synthesis, which is very important for the differentiation of cancer cells into normal cells. High doses of zinc deprive tumors of copper, thereby inhibiting the formation of blood vessels in tumors. Take approximately 30 mg of zinc with a meal or 3 times daily with food. Zinc is also involved in the metabolism of sugar, lipids, vitamin A, etc.

When taking zinc, it is best to take it with a vinegar-containing drink to promote zinc absorption.

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Why is it that by the age of 50, most of the thymus is replaced by fat, making it the weakest gland in the human body? Good-quality fatty acids are required to produce thymus hormones, but large amounts of lipid waste in the human body can damage the function of the thymus. The thymus is an active gland and requires sufficient collagen to maintain its sound structure. Once collagen is lacking, the structure of the thymus shrinks and is replaced by fat cells, resulting in a decline in thymus and overall immune function.

To comprehensively improve immunity, we must first rejuvenate the gradually atrophied thymus. Removing lipid waste from the lymphatic system is absolutely essential. Taking rhubarb and panax notoginseng can accelerate the elimination of lipid waste accumulated in the thymus. If you take extra virgin coconut oil at the same time, the effect will be even better. Drinking vegetable juices with green papaya and pineapple, and taking digestive enzymes (Plant Enzymes) can remove bad and oxidized fat more quickly. To rebuild the tissue structure of the thymus, you must supplement enough collagen, so you must take "Appetizing Collagen Soup" or Collagen Peptides with vitamin C.