YOUR FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
ANCHOR POINTE, The Faith and Fitness Podcast
Faith, Diet, Exercise, Attitude, Positive Imagery, Music and Research
























TRANSCRIPT (This transcript is computer generation.  The computer sometimes makes mistakes and doesn't get that we spell Anchor Pointe with an E)
CHARLOTTE  (00:06):
This is the XBHS Radio Network
SKIP OREM (00:10):
From the Nashville Studios of the Xb h s Radio Network. I'm Skip Oram and this is the Anchor Point Podcast.
(00:24):
Welcome everybody to a St. Patrick's Day episode of the Anchor Point Podcast, anchor Point, your faith and fitness podcast for us older folks in our fifties, sixties, seventies and beyond. We're working real hard together to stay fit, stay healthy, to fight off those diseases out there, gunning for us older folks, and ultimately to live long, happy and healthy lives. We do all that by practicing the seven elements of the anchor point, disease, fighting and fitness model, faith, diet, exercise, attitude, positive imagery, music and research. And hi again, everybody. I'm Skip Oram recording this episode of The Anchor Point at the X B H S Radio Studios on Printers Alley here in Nashville, Tennessee. And on today's episode, we're gonna continue to focus on that special network of fighter cells. Those fighter cells inside of each of our bodies. They fight to help us get rid of infections and, and they attack and destroy those more serious diseases that tend to come after us older folks and those fighter cells they reside in.
(01:52):
That very special complex system in our body's is called our immune system, our body's first line of defense in our battle to, to keep us healthy. And if you remember those of you who listened to last week's episode, we talked about how, well, how, how stress can have a negative impact on the immune system because stress, it slows down the immune system and it, it can't work as hard for us. Today we're going to continue to focus on how a positive attitude fuels those fighter cells in our immune system, aspiring them to work hard to fight off those disease carrying cells that try to enter our body. First up though, on this episode of the Anchor Point Podcast, we do this on every anchor point episode. Here is your anchor point, medical news for seniors. We're gonna start with some bad news today. As we grow older, our immune systems, our body's first line of defense, those immune systems become slower to respond and this slower response increases our risk of getting sick.
(03:16):
In fact, flu shots and other vaccines, they may not work as well or as long to protect us because of our older age. That's why more and more there are special doses of vaccines for us folks over 65, and make sure everybody that you take those special doses if they're available. Because of this slow response time in our immune system, our bodies, they heal more slowly. The reason for that is because we're older now, there are fewer of those warrior cells to help bring about healing and more bad news. For us older folks, our immune system's ability to detect and correct cell defects also declines, and this results in us being at an increased risk for cancer. There is good news though. There are ways to decrease some of these risks to our immune system as we get older. Get vaccines to prevent flu, shingles and pneumonia, as well as other vaccines that our doctors might recommend.
(04:31):
Get plenty of exercise. Exercise helps boost your immune system. Eat healthy foods, good nutrition, keeps your immune system strong. Don't smoke smoking, weakens your immune system, limits your intake of alcohol and do everything you can to prevent falls and injuries because a weakened immune system can slow the healing process from injuries. To summarize all this, everybody, the seven elements of the anchor point, disease, fighting and fitness system, faith,