Lymphologist Mike Bond admitted, “The lymphatic system was a mystery to me at one point until, kicking and screaming, I attended a training that turned out to be fascinating.” Here are some bullets he shared recently:
· The lymphatic system is the immune system. It’s a major player in keeping us 1)healthy, 2) free of inflammation and 3) free of disease.
· Blood is in vessels, cellular space is inside cells, and everything else is interstitial space.
· The lymphatic system gets rid of anything cells can’t use: crud, crap, debris and junk.
· Our cells use the food, and there are leftovers. What the body doesn’t use, the lymph system cleans up.
· The lymph system has a peristaltic action that brings everything up near the collar bone where it reenters the circulatory system and becomes a portion of the blood. This allows the liver and kidneys to process and reuse what the body can make sense of and refuse or eliminate what the body can’t make sense of.
· The lymph system is to your body what the oil filter is to the car; both need to stay clean to do their jobs.
· One study of Stanford medical students asked, ‘Out of 4 years, how much time did you study this system?’ The average was 15 minutes.
Find Mike’s whole presentation on ElaineBrewster.org > podcast March-4-2022