The seat of immunity is the intestine. For many people, immune health depends on avoiding foods which trigger intestinal inflammatory reactions, leading to a leaky gut and the inappropriate entrance of food particles into the bloodstream. From there, it can be a short jump to immune complexes forming in the blood and then a full-blown immune condition.
That's why avoiding foods, especially dairy, legumes, grains and certain veggies, is important for anyone dealing with an immune disease. Eggs are also a likely trigger of immune reactions. Which is why the recent development of immune boosting egg technology is so intriguing.
So-called "hyperimmune eggs" are created when hens are immunized against multiple strains of bad bacteria, that have been found to reside in a diseased intestine. This results in the proliferation of special antibodies called IGYs in the hen and then in the eggs that they lay. From that point, these IGYs antibody molecules, which attach to and kill bad bacteria and other microbes, can be harvested and used as nutritional supplements that have significant immune boosting properties.
These are especially important for digestive health. IGYs antibodies have been shown to improve the symptoms of various inflammatory bowel diseases, leaky gut syndrome and traveler's diarrhea, as well as non-intestinal issues like atherosclerosis, arthritis and gum disease. Because of the relevance of intestinal immunity to overall health and longevity, even if you're not dealing with a specific health challenge, hyperimmune egg can be effectively used as a general all-purpose anti-aging supplement.
