The best thing we can do, faced with these unavoidable health threats, is to strengthen the immune system of our body to guard against harmful influences - which of course include viral and bacterial threats. Fortunately, there is a natural supplement that has proven the most effective agents to support the human immune system.
Beta glucan is a supplement derived and purified from the wall of yeast cells from common baker (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). Research has shown that critical cellular components of the human immune system - macrophages, neutrophils and natural killer cells (NK cells) - have specific receptors for the beta glucan macromolecule. It seems that nature "designed" beta glucan to provide support for our immune system.
The positive test results
Studies confirm the efficacy of a properly refined beta glucans (referenced below) originated with laboratory experiments. For example 90% of people exposed to very high levels of E. coli survived when their innate immune systems were primed by 1-3, 1-6 beta glucans. 0% survived in the control group.
In another test, 80% survived exposure to high levels of Staphylococcus aureus as opposed to 0% in the control group.
In another test, wherein the beta-glucan is administered in combination with antibiotics after exposure to bacteria, the number of bacteria needed to actually create infection was increased by about 2000 times.
A recent study showed that human beta-glucan supplementation significantly increased the number of immune cells that were actively engulfing and destroying one or more foreign particles or intruders. After 10 days of treatment, the number of phagocytic cells increased dramatically from 37.3% to more than 50%.
These results show that taking beta glucan to enhance the human immune system to defend the body against a challenge. How beta glucan
1-3, 1-6 beta glucan provides protection against diseases by enhancing four key immune responses.
First, prepare the main elements of the immune system - macrophages, neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cells - to defend the body against a variety of foreign challenges (called pathogens). These cells are primarily responsible for the destruction of pathogens and tumor cells.
Third, beta glucan enhances the ability of these innate immune cells to engulf or "swallow and eat" pathogens.
Finally, beta glucan enhances the ability of natural killer cells to release chemicals that kill pathogens.
Not all beta glucan supplements are created equal
Biothera is a biotechnology company, a world leader in research on beta glucans, and is the manufacturer of a patented source of 1-3, 1-6 beta glucans, WGP. It is their beta glucans that is being tested by the US Government as a protective measure against nuclear radiation.
The study shows that Biothera beta glucan needs to be highly purified in order to be effective. Essentially, the outer layers of the yeast cell needs to be removed to expose the beta glucan, so that it can bind to the receptor sites of the innate immune cells.
The purification process should also remove proteins and yeast residues. These can cause adverse effects in many people, and also reduce the overall effectiveness of the beta glucans. Who should take beta glucan?
The general answer is that anyone who wants to maintain or improve the effectiveness of your immune system. This includes any person who experiences daily stress (which lowers the immune response), and people who are susceptible to infectious diseases, or experiencing slow and incomplete healing.
Beta-glucan can be taken as a daily supplement, because the viability of the immune system varies from day to day due to direct and indirect environmental conditions. When the immune system is suppressed, weakened, or under stress, we will be more prone to illness.
Moreover, the billions of innate immune cells which protect us have a life span of only one or two days, while daily intake of beta glucan will help to support the immune system on a constant basis. After all, the challenges to the immune system are constant, so we need to give constant support.
The research evidence for beta glucans is solid - but it can be used synergistically with another natural nutrient - beta sitosterol.
How beta sitosterol work
The beta-sitosterol vegetable food extract is an example of a group of molecules called sterols. It is a natural immunomodulator that regulating certain aspects of immune function while down-regulating others. Beta-sitosterol is present in an amount of plant foods and especially seeds and nuts.
Beta sitosterol increases the activity of natural killer cells, which suggests their cell depletion under-active. This contributes to an overall degradation of the innate immune system. Thus, a diet rich in sterols can "calm" the autoimmune response and improve the overall immune response.
All natural and safe
Food derived nutrients are, in principle, normally safer than artificially created pharmaceutical molecules, precisely because they are natural and have mostly been consumed for centuries. Since 1-3, 1-6 beta glucans is derived from baker's yeast, is, at first sight, safely.
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