The Silent Gatekeepers of Your Immunity Many People Don’t Know OfThe Silent Gatekeepers of Your Immunity Many People Don’t Know Of
Immune Health

The Silent Gatekeepers of Your Immunity Many People Don’t Know Of

Our tonsils are soft, oval-shaped nodes, neither flesh nor fat, that stand like bodyguards at the place where the outside enters our insides.
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By Yuhong Dong M.D., Ph.D., Makai Allbert
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This is part 1 in “The Miraculous Immune System”

In this series, we’ll explore the true power of our immunity, the organs that work tirelessly to protect us. We’ll also provide practical ways to protect these vital gifts from the divine.

Our tonsils are soft, oval-shaped nodes, neither flesh nor fat, that stand like bodyguards at the place where the outside enters our insides. They work tirelessly to protect us against viruses and germs that enter through the air we breathe and the food we eat.

Most people only know that sometimes doctors remove tonsils to resolve a problem, such as chronic tonsillitis. Rarely are the potential consequences of this procedure described and neither is the essential role the tonsils play.