Feelings and thoughts are directly connected to the body and have an enormous influence on well-being and physical condition. Why laughter makes you happy, how happiness hormones affect our body and why dealing correctly with negative thoughts and stress is so important for our health.
The last article described viruses and explained their impact on the human organism. This blog post deals with our immune system and how it keeps our body healthy. Some of these mechanisms are given to us at birth; our organism has to learn another part of the body's own defense system. With the right lifestyle we can strengthen our immune system.
Proteins are made up of chains of different amino acids. These small building blocks are needed for countless metabolic processes in our body. They can be used as a direct source of energy, build enzymes, help the liver detoxify, support the immune system, sometimes serve as precursors to hormones and support the muscles, tissue and skin, hair and nails. These are just the most important examples, which provide a rough overview of the complex and far-reaching functions of amino acids.