Immune system and inflammation protocol
Your body’s reset switch — macrophage activation, NK killer cell activity, cytokine balance, lifestyle and supplement protocols to pull you back on track #27
People don’t come to a health coach when life is easy.
They come when they’re desperate, stakes are high & the pressure is crushing them
In those moments, they look at me like a medicinal messiah.
But the truth is
I don’t do the healing
It’s their body.
I’m just the signal caller
The commander sending orders.
Their biology fights the war
And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard the same words:
“I can’t afford to get sick right now.”
There’s ALWAYS something on the line, career-making presentation, big meeting,
or even something simple but sacred…
Like showing up to your kid’s football or baseball game, a moment they’ve been waiting for
And then BOOM!!! immune system flips into chaos, cytokine storm.
That fear becomes real. The chance slips away. The guilt of not showing up sets in. And the pain of knowing your body betrayed you when it mattered most.
I’ve been there before. And in that moment, you’d reach for any pill, powder, or stack just to stay in the fight.
That’s why I built the Immune System & Inflammation Protocol.
To teach you the fundamentals of your biology — so you can bend your immune system in your favor when life throws a storm.
This isn’t just about pulling yourself back from the brink.
It’s about stopping the spiral before it takes you down.
Or better yet, preventing it altogether.
But like all great protocols, it only works if you commit.
The clients who trusted it — who went all in — changed their lives.
And now it’s your turn.
To see how powerful your biology really is.
To realize how much control you truly have.
And to decide whether you’ll crumble in that cytokine storm… or rise above it.
The Protocol
For simplicity’s sake, the immune system is divided into two main sections:
the adaptive immune system and the innate immune system.
We’ll begin with the adaptive immune system.
As the name suggests, “adaptive” refers to its ability to learn and remember how to fight specific threats to your body. It develops targeted responses against particular pathogens viruses, bacteria, or even abnormal cells.
Here’s a story from my own life:
When I was about 11, I caught swine flu. I was sick for two to three weeks, but once I recovered, I couldn’t be re-infected. Why? Because my body had built specific antibodies and T-cells to fight that virus.
That’s the adaptive system’s superpower: memory.
Once it’s seen a pathogen, it remembers. It’s like your immune system saying: “Well, if it isn’t you again.”
This is why you usually don’t get the same infection twice. It’s also the principle behind vaccines (though debated): by exposing your body to a harmless or weakened form of a pathogen, the adaptive system builds antibodies in advance preparing you for the real encounter.
The Adaptive Immune System: B-Lymphocytes (B-cells)
Where they are made
Produced and matured in the bone marrow.
What they do
Create antibodies that tag pathogens for destruction.
Provide immune memory, so your body remembers threats.
Coordination
Work hand-in-hand with T-cells (especially T-helper cells).
Rely on T-cell signals (cytokines) to activate and fine-tune their response.
Part of the lymphatic system
Travel: After leaving the bone marrow, circulate in the blood and lymphatic vessels.
Deployment: Settle in secondary lymphoid organs — lymph nodes, spleen, tonsils, and Peyer’s patches (gut).
Action: When pathogens are filtered into a lymph node, B-cells encounter antigens (with help from T-cells or dendritic cells) and activate
How to Increase B-cell Production
1. Nutritional Foundations (Bone Marrow Fuel)
🥩🥚🍲 Practical Immune-Building Meals (Amino Acids + B-Vitamins + Iron + Zinc)
Beef bone broth + eggs + spinach
(glycine, glutamine, methionine + folate, B6, B12 + iron [spinach, eggs] + zinc [eggs])Grilled salmon + lentil & beet salad + sunflower seeds
(methionine, glutamine + folate, B6, B12 + iron [lentils, beets] + zinc [seeds, salmon])Chicken thigh stew with gelatin-based broth + parsley + cabbage
(glycine, glutamine, methionine + folate, B6 + iron [chicken, parsley] + zinc [chicken])Cottage cheese + chia seeds + walnuts + pumpkin seeds
(glutamine, methionine + folate, B6, B12 + iron [pumpkin seeds, walnuts] + zinc [pumpkin seeds, cottage cheese])Lamb chops + sautéed kale + yogurt
(glycine, glutamine, methionine + folate, B6, B12 + iron [lamb, kale] + zinc [lamb, yogurt])
2. Immune-Modulating Nutrients & Compounds
Omega-3s (DHA/EPA) → improve signaling & reduce chronic inflammation by displacing pro-inflammatory fatty acids such as arachonoid acid.
Polyphenols (green tea catechins, curcumin, resveratrol) → support B-cell survival.
Probiotics that Boost B-cell Production
Certain strains have been shown to stimulate germinal center formation in Peyer’s patches (lymphoid tissue in the gut), where B-cells mature and differentiate into plasma cells:
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