Excerpt from Chapter 4 from Thank You for HPV: A Simple guide to healing yourself (Your Immune System (Boost it!))

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HPV is a viral infection, so the answer to booting the virus out is to boost your immune system. Your immune system is like an army of soldiers who are ready and willing to fight for you and protect your body. However, if your little soldiers are not fed properly, they will not be able to do their jobs. They’ll become too weak and sluggish for the task at hand.

Phytochemicals are the main foods that nurture the immune system’s army. Fruits, vegetables, tonic herbs and medicinal mushrooms contain phytochemicals that unlock our body’s immune system, but most people don’t get enough of them.
Phytochemicals often hide in the cellulose fibers of seeds, skins, stems and rinds of the fruits, and vegetables we eat. Many eat the right foods, but throw away the parts with all the medicine! For instance, they eat potatoes and carrots, but peel away the skin, which contains the richest nutrients.
Incorporating these critical phytochemicals is why smoothies made with a 3‐horsepower blender are an important part of this healing protocol. There are 2 companies that offer these types of blenders: Blendtec and Vitamix.

We must break out or “micronize” phytochemicals from seeds, stems, skins, and rinds. A smoothie made with a blender that keeps the healthiest parts of fruits and veggies is so important. Some might think that using a juicer is sufficient, but juicing fruits and vegetables is a waste of time. It throws the fiber away, which is where phytochemicals dwell!

In the last chapter, I share my favorite healing smoothie recipe. One smoothie every day, preferably in the morning, is recommended. I generally have tea in the morning to help my bowel movement, then I do my yoga practice, and then I make my daily smoothie. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of the 3‐horsepower blender and healing smoothies to facilitate healing.