Health And Fitness Fans: Role of our mind in protecting against disease

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Role of our mind in protecting against disease

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Many people find it curious that although I am a doctor, *sometimes I write about medical topics*, particularly I answer, that a career does not define you, it only gives you a certified knowledge of something, but the limits of knowledge do not exist, and that is why I write more about other topics than about the scientific. # However, this time I want to make a medical publication, **but with a focus that is not only and exclusively medical**. Why? The answer is simple, because we are not only a body, but the psychological aspect is also very important for us to maintain a good state of health. #### I want to share some thoughts with you ##### Thank you so much for visiting my blog.

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#### What inspired me to write about it? # The current pandemic situation, yes, I know what the issue is at the moment, but in a way I think that all the attention is being focused on the problem, on the chaos in countries like Italy and Spain, which does not mean that we should ignore this reality, but I do think that it is necessary to help our organism to become stronger from the mental point of view.

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#### How so? # Well, our immune system, which is the one that defends us from diseases, works well when it has no other occupations. And practically "*everything* starts* in our brain, our mind. If we focus on the problems, and see them above us, we create a stress situation in our body that makes the immune system depressed and makes us more susceptible to disease. So, yes, we have to keep our feet on the ground and know that there is a hard reality but not focus on what will catch us up because we would be facilitating the process for that.

_{[Source](https://institutosalamanca.com/cursos/psiconeuroinmunologia)}

#### Is it possible to improve our immune system with the mind alone? # Let's see, as I said at the beginning, we are not only a body, but it is important that it is also healthy. Our organic defense is done through **antibodies**, and these are molecules composed of proteins, which are responsible for identifying the infectious agents and participate directly in their elimination. That is to say, we must eat well in order to make this possible. But the question I started with was if using our mind we can improve our defenses, the answer is yes, in fact there is a branch of medical science that is the psycho-neuro-immunology, and among other things it is about teaching people with or functioning (through videos) our immune system to protect us and once they know and understand, by visualizing *"act "* indirectly on this system and improve it. **Strengthen** it. >*I will insist, we are not only body, but a set of qualities that being in balance with each other improves our game in this world*. We can as a society, as humanity, advance and overcome this hard reality that we have to live, but we must do it healthy both in body and mind, it is our task to do so. ### Let's think positive, it's the best. ### Thank you very much for your reading.

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