Other than the drastic increase in egg prices and shortages in a number of areas, there isn’t much to report on the black horse until the spring wheat harvest, which I suspect will be rather disappointing to USDA projections due to conditions during late summer and early autumn planting time in 2022. (See updates from September to November 2022 in Black Horse Archives.) With the sudden price shock for a dozen eggs comes some good news though! It seems that egg yolks contain an enzyme that can pervert covid. Say what! Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. Personally, I don’t think so, but it is indeed – increased knowledge. (Dan. 12:4)
YEP…
There’s more than gold in them thar eggs!
Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies (IgYs) block the binding of multiple SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants to human ACE2
From the article:
Abstract
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is still spreading worldwide, and there is an urgent need to effectively prevent and control this pandemic. This study evaluated the potential efficacy of Egg Yolk Antibodies (IgY) as a neutralizing agent against the SARS-CoV-2. We investigated the neutralizing effect of anti-spike-S1 IgYs on the SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus, as well as its inhibitory effect on the binding of the coronavirus spike protein mutants to human ACE2. Our results show that the anti-Spike-S1 IgYs showed significant neutralizing potency against SARS-CoV-2 pseudovirus, various spike protein mutants, and even SARS-CoV in vitro. It might be a feasible tool for the prevention and control of ongoing COVID-19.
Keywords: Chicken Egg Yolk Antibodies; IgY; Neutralizing agent; SARS-CoV-2; Spike protein variants.
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There’s only one thing that I like better than scrambled eggs and that is cheesy eggs with cheesy grits! That’s scrambled eggs with shredded cheddar cheese thrown in when scrambled. Throw some in the pot of grits too! Another is scrambled eggs with chopped green peppers and onion with diced tomatoes and cheddar cheese on a flour tortilla rolled up into a breakfast burrito. Not just for breakfast either!
Guess what?
An egg and cheese burrito a day keeps covid away!
Cheese Boosts Immune System in Elderly
From the article:
Cheese can help preserve and enhance the immune system of the elderly by acting as a carrier for probiotic, or “good,” bacteria, a new study finds.
The research, published in FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, reveals that daily consumption of probiotic cheese helps to tackle age-related changes in the immune system.
“The increase in the proportion of aged individuals in modern society makes finding innovative ways to thwart the deterioration of the immune system a priority,” said lead author Dr. Fandi Ibrahim from the University of Turku in Finland. “The intake of probiotic bacteria has been reported to enhance the immune response through other products and now we have discovered that cheese can be a carrier of the same bacteria.”
Ibrahim’s team believe that the daily intake of probiotic cheese can tackle the age-related deterioration of the immune system known as immunosenescene. This deterioration means the body is unable to kill tumour cells and reduces the immune response to vaccinations and infections. Infectious diseases, chronic inflammation disorders and cancer, are hallmarks of immunosenescene.
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To tackle immunosenescene the team targeted the gastrointestinal tract, which is the main entry for bacteria cells into the body through food and drink and is also the site where 70 percent of vital immunoglobulin cells are created.…
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immunoglobulin
A micro-biological word worth learning about!
And I love chedder cheese!
Cheddar Cheese 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits
Reasonably high in zinc and selenium!
Remember zinc, vitamin C, D3 and other antioxidents?
Note…
selenium – element 34
Genesis 2:7
(KJV) And the LORD God formed man of the dust (H6063 – elements) of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
*H6063 – עפר – ‛âphâr – aw-fawr’ – From H6080; dust (as powdered or gray); hence clay, earth, mud. KJV Usage: ashes, dust, earth, ground, morter, powder, rubbish
>H6080 – עפר – ‛âphar – aw-far’ – A primitive root; meaning either to be gray or perhaps rather to pulverize; used only as denominative from H6083, to be dust. KJV Usage: cast [dust].
pul·ver·ize – [ˈpəlvəˌrīz] – VERB – reduce to fine particles:
The finest particle that anything can be reduced to and maintain its idenity is the atom and are listed in The Perodic Table of Elements!
And Adam was made from 98% of six atoms on the sixth day!
From Missing Links – Chapter I:
…Every element of universal matter exists in one of three basic forms: gas, liquid, or solid, and is either inorganic (not living) or organic (living) in its natural state of existence. All living organisms consist entirely of elements that also exist in an inorganic state. All living organisms, both plant and animal, consist of 98% CHNOPS, which in biology represents these six elements: Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur. All this is pure basic science without having to get into too much detail. It is not science fiction! If it requires an intelligent mind to understand the complexity of how a living organism functions, wouldn’t it require a more superior intelligence to bring inorganic matter into existence, then transform it into organic matter? If so, where and when did it all begin?…
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Notice in the Peridoic Table of Elements the group of seven nonmetal elements. Six of those are CHNOPS! The seventh is selenium.
Many things in scripture are base 7!
Revelation 22:2
(KJV) In the midst of the street of it, and on either (both) side(s) of the river, was there the tree(s) of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree(s) were for the healing (G2322) of the nations.
*G2322 – θεραπεία – attendance (specially, medical, i.e. cure); figuratively and collectively, domestics. Derivation: from G2323; KJV Usage: healing, household.
>G2323 – θεραπεύω – to wait upon menially, i.e. (figuratively) to adore (God), or (specially) to relieve (of disease) Derivation: from the same as G2324; KJV Usage: cure, heal, worship.
>>G2324 – θεράπων – a menial attendant (as if cherishing) Derivation: apparently a participle from an otherwise obsolete derivative of the base of G2330; KJV Usage: servant.
>>>G2330 – θέρος – properly, heat, i.e. summer. Derivation: from a primary θέρω (to heat); KJV Usage: summer.
The Ezekiel 33 Watchman Report 
Luv some eggs in the morning.
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