Protein ExtremeTM with Immunoglobulin G (IgG) provides a boost to your immune system, helping you fight off infections and stay healthy.
How can a protein boost my immune system?
Protein Extreme with ImmunoLin to build your immune system.
Protein is usually viewed simply as a source of amino acids, the building blocks for muscle, and it is consumed primarily for its nutritional value. However, consistent research points out that certain proteins retain their biological activity when ingested, and regular dietary supplementation with these bioactive proteins improves the body's immunological defenses.
What is bioactive protein, exactly?
Most protein, when heated during the cooking process, undergoes the process of denaturation, meaning that the structure of the sequences of amino acids present in the protein source is altered, and since the structure of a protein determines its function, the protein can no longer perform its function.
A bioactive protein has not been denatured and is involved in every process within cells, depending on the type of protein. Proteins are essential in cell communication, signaling, adhesion, division, and play a vital role in the metabolism, amongst other functions. Immunoglobulins, or antibodies, are an important type of bioactive protein.
What are Immunoglobulins?
Immunoglobulins are naturally occurring proteins that can be found in blood and other bodily fluids of vertebrates, and they are used by the body to identify and fight off intruders at the cellular level, such as viruses and bacteria. For example, slgA, which is a type of immunoglobulin, is the body's principal means of defense in the mouth and digestive system.
Discovered in 1890, immunoglobulins were eventually used as supplements for domesticated animals, improving growth rates and appetite in stressed, immunodeficient animals (Kats et al., 1994),reducing morbidity (Gomez et al., 1998), improving lean tissue accretion and protein efficiency (Jiang et al., 2000), and functioning as a natural replacement for antibiotics as growth promotants (Coffey and Cromwell, 1995).
In 2002, Coffey and Cromwell published a review of 50 studies that had been conducted on immunoglobulins and they proved beneficial in 89% of the studies.
I have HIV/Aids, or am undergoing chemotherapy, can Protein Extreme help me?
While the immunoglobulin found in Protein Extreme has been repeatedly shown to support immune system function in healthy individuals, this may also prove to be beneficial to persons living with immune deficiencies resulting from chemotherapy and diseases such as HIV/Aids.