The Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association and Transfer Point Beta Glucan.
In an independent study released from the University of Louisville, Transfer Point beta glucan has been shown again to be America's number one immune system support product.
This study has been published in The Journal of the American Nutraceutical Association. It is the leading peer-reviewed journal on nutraceuticals and nutrition.
JANA is published quarterly. Health care professionals, researchers, naturopaths and many others consider it the bible for identifying safe and effective dietary supplements for their practice and/or personal use.
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The study, titled "An Evaluation of the Immunological Activities of Commercially Available Beta 1, 3 Glucans" authored by Doctor Vaclav Vetvicka, PhD,
Professor at the
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Doctor Vetvicka tested a large
variety
of immune support products. The study also included a large variety of other products claimed to support proper immune system support function.
Doctor Vetvicka used a wide
variety
of biological reactions to
identify
the immune enhancing effects of the various products tested. These tests were;
To review the results of this independent test on beta glucan and other products click here.
Phagocytosis[1] is the engulfing and ingestion of bacteria or other foreign body invaders by phagocytes. Phagocytes are the white blood cells of the immune system who's primary responsibility is to destroy diseased cells or invaders in our body.
Phagocytosis is a primary response of the innate immune system of the body. Without proper and effective Phagocytosis we would succumb to disease and/or infection.
Splenocytes are spleen cells (e.g. lymphocytes, granulocytes, other immune cells). These cells play an important role in regulation of immune responses, including CD4 and CD8. The amount of surface markers helps determine immune response characteristics.
Cytokine are a non-antibody proteins produced by leukocytes and non-leukocytic cells that can be a "communication line" between cells and can influence the behavior of cells in the generation of an immune response. Cytokines include interleukins, lymphokines and cell signal molecules, such as tumor necrosis factor and the interferons. They can trigger inflammation and respond to infections. They help regulate the immune system. The quicker Cytokines are synthesized the more effective the response rate of the immune system to a threat upon it.
A antibody is a product of the immune system that helps the immune system recognize and fight infections and other invaders in the body. The faster the response of antibodies to an infection or invader the more effective the immune system response will be against it.
To review the results of this independent test on beta glucan and other products click here.
Many products that claim to support proper immune system function do not even provide proof of their actual claim. Others use a single test result to make the claim, usually the rate of increase of Natural Killer Cells, which is a single component of the immune system. This theory is flawed because it is only looking at one response characteristic. The immune system is a complex system comprising of many components.
A proper test to establish effective immune support would be to compare more then one component for immune system response. These are the tests that were performed at the University of Louisville and a wide variety of immune system support products.
The independent test results showed that Transfer Point Beta glucan products out performed all the competitors. To review the results of this independent test on beta glucan and other products click here.
References:
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagocytosis
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