Balanced Immune Health

I attended two presentations in the past two days on “cloud computing.” I was slightly out of place;  a nutrition and health communicator wedged into a swarm of IT geeks and computer engineering professors and researchers. But I wanted to learn because my blogging, my health social network building and other communications applications are all done in “the cloud.” That means all my software and data are provided by a web-enabled third party through  limitless computing and storage infrastructure spread around the globe. My computer or my office server possess very little data or applications. It’s mainly for connectivity and the operating system.

I was sitting next to two state economic development officers and two Iowa State University (host of the cloud conference) IT managers. We exchanged typical pleasantries and when it came my turn to tell what I do, I mentioned that I’m involved with a nutraceutical ingredient that has a steadily-building research portfolio showing how it imparts “balance” to the human immune system. What happened next seems to happen more and more, especially in the past 9 months or so. As they asked about their own health challenges and issues, and how immune health impacts them, they started writing down the immune balancer I mentioned (EpiCor) and how to get a hold of it.

The scribing gets especially furious when I tell folks that I, a lifelong ragweed/pollen allergy sufferer, have not taken a prescription or OTC allergy product now for two years. I don’t even mention my skating by two winter crud seasons now with only a scratchy throat and an extra nap here and there. Nor do I mention my baby boomer joints and muscles being able to handle a 6-month season (with 2 more months to go) of disc golf every 2 or 3 days with no inflammation-triggered arm or back strain.

This dialog is one sign of a growing interest in immune balance. This blog is now experiencing a 50- to 70-percent month-over-month increase in views, and is up over 1000 percent since this time last year. Wellsphere, one of the major online health portals, has added this blog to its “Top Health Blogger” roster.  Naturopathic physicians and wellness coaches seem to be seeking out online information on immune balance and the EpiCor ingredient (as has been confirmed to me by one of my Twitter followers). I think the concept of immune balance is forming a new cloud of its own… where information, consumer experience, research and movement of product all converge in a diffused, user-driven platform spreading across the country and in other global geographies. The only difference is that in addition to packets of data being stored and deployed, packets of immune cells are being studied, reorganized and redeployed for better health and quality of life.

Filed under Allergies, EpiCor, Immune Balance, Immune System, Inflammation, My Experience, Prescription Drugs, Sports/Exercise