PartⅢ Script of the Audiovisual Material
Symptoms of Low Immunity
Raena Morgan（RM)：Eric,what are some of the common symptoms of low immunity？Things like lethargy,diarrhea,are these indications？
Eric Weaver（EW)：Yes,especially chronic problems.If you have a low level of immune function,you'll see those individuals will more frequently be ill.There is a condition-primary immune disorders are the body's inability to make sufficient levels of immunoglobulin.
RM：Okay.
EW：That's a very extreme example of the immune system being suppressed for long periods of time,and we know that all of those symptoms are very common in people with low immunoglobulin or insufficient immunoglobulin levels.So that's one of the things we talk about；that's why immunoglobulin is so important.We know from humans that have an inability to make it that raising that level up to an optimal level is critical to our health.
RM：What about allergies,you know,getting the sniffles and getting stuffy？Is that low immunity？
EW：Yes,more frequent illness.Chronic respiratory infections,especially in children,are a good marker of some type of immune deficiency.
RM：Children a lot of times have inner ear problems；it's immune deficiency.
EW：Yeah.Sometimes it's immune deficiency,you know,other times it's just frequent exposure.But if you have the combination of the two and you have an immune system in a naïve situation,which children in daycare with low levels of immunity,of course,are going to be more frequently ill.
RM：So those are all signs that your immune system is under-functioning.(https://www.daowen.com)
EW：Under-functioning.
RM：So then the thing to do in that situation,we don't want to over-stimulate our immune system,but we want to bring it back up to par,right？
EW：Yeah.And I think one of the best means of doing that is to borrow some immunity,you know,especially for a period of time.
RM：Borrow some immunity...
EW：Right.
RM：...and establish good gut health,and then your immune system will be balanced.
EW：Right.
RM：It can be that basic？
EW：It is that basic.If you think about children that shouldn't be naïve and should be breastfed,and if they are breastfed they are more frequently healthy.That's the other side of the coin；you're either more frequently ill or more frequently healthy.Certainly children that are more breastfed are healthier in almost every respect than children that are fed formula.
RM：Thank you so much.