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Immune Boost is the Natural, Safe and Effective way to boost your immune system.
It helps protect your overall health by providing a blend of natural citrus oils, clinically proven anti-viral vitamins and a synergistic blend of minerals and electrolytes to maximize the health benefits of your immune system.
Immune Boost is NOT another Sports Bar, with a healthy diet and exercise it's your complete defense to fighting disease!
Immune Boost IS an Incredible Blend of Natural Vitamins, Minerals, Antioxidants!
9 Herbs and Extracts specifically designed and formulated to enhance your body's immune system. Click Here for a listing of
Herbs and Extracts.
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Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body. Approximately 99 percent is contained in the bones and teeth, although the other 1 percent contributes to many processes. Along with growth of bones and teeth, Calcium is essential for muscle contraction, nerve impulse transmission, blood clotting, and metabolic activity.
Benefits of Calcium: Calcium is a natural tranquilizer and helps calm the nerves. It is used to treat “growing pains”, even in adults. Often these pains are more noticeable in the evening. Calcium can help with pain associated with arthritis, rheumatism, structural rigidity, and headaches. Taking this mineral before bed can help with insomnia. Calcium is very important for the cardiovascular system and can be of benefit for blood pressure problems. Calcium can improve bowel regularity and may help indigestion. In many instances, allergy sufferers improve when they add Calcium into their diet. If you are going to spend time sunbathing, or are already sunburned, Calcium will help with prevention and treatment. Magnesium is an essential mineral which tends to be deficient in many people even though they remain unaware of this fact. The bones contain 70% of the body’s supply while the other 30% is located in the soft tissues and body fluids. Magnesium is mainly an intracellular mineral and is responsible for activating many enzymes involved in the metabolism of protein and carbohydrates. In fact, Magnesium is vital for glucose metabolism and creating energy. This mineral works in opposition to Calcium’s role of stimulating muscle contraction. It acts to allow muscles to relax. Acid-alkaline balance is affected by Magnesium as is the regulation of body temperature.
Magnesium is essential to the proper functioning of nerves and muscles and plays a major role in heart health
Benefits of Magnesium: Magnesium helps control the permeability of cells for allowing other nutrients in or out, and so it will help with the overall health of each cell. This mineral is very beneficial for anybody with heart or circulatory problems as well as high blood pressure. Muscle cramps, spasms and nervous afflictions can be treated with Magnesium, and it also helps with insomnia. There is some indication that Magnesium can be used to treat fibromyalgia. In some studies, Magnesium has been shown to boost insulin production. Another study demonstrated it can reduce the frequency of migraines. Magnesium can help with prostate troubles, can be just as effective as Calcium for indigestion, and helps prevent kidney stones. Interestingly, no matter how much Calcium is ingested, tooth enamel will not harden and resist decay unless adequate Magnesium is present.
Potassium has become extremely well known because of commercials for products for re-hydration from excessive perspiration. However most of these drinks don’t contain significant levels of Potassium. Most of the body’s Potassium is found inside the cells, and it makes up 5 percent of the total mineral content of the body. Potassium works with Sodium to maintain proper fluid balance between the inside of the cell and the environment surrounding the cell. Potassium is needed for normal growth, for healthy muscle contraction and energy metabolism. It is required for many enzyme reactions and for the synthesis of amino acids into muscle tissue. Potassium is absolutely essential for a healthy heartbeat as well as muscle contraction. Potassium helps prevent the body fluids from becoming too acidic (this is why it helps in recovery from exercise as lactic acid, a by-product of muscle metabolism, causes muscle fatigue and cramping). Potassium is needed for cell metabolism, enzyme reactions, and to assist the kidneys in eliminating toxic body wastes. Excessive perspiration, urination, vomiting, or diarrhea can cause a potassium deficiency and therefore a sodium excess. Potassium must be replenished in any of these cases.
Benefits of Potassium: The list of conditions that Potassium can help with is extensive. It can be of benefit for most types of cardio-vascular problems, diabetes, and high blood pressure. In fact, several studies have shown that eating Potassium rich foods can drastically lower the risk for having a stroke*. Potassium is good for helping to deal with both allergies and allergy induced headaches. A small amount of Potassium for babies has proven to help decrease colic, and it is effective for people suffering from colitis and/or diarrhea. Extra Potassium is very good to take when fever is present, and it can help detoxify the system both in situations of acute or chronic problems.
Selenium is one of the most deficient minerals in the diet – worldwide. Most soils are Selenium deficient. Refining of grains further reduces Selenium content by another 50% to 75%, and boiling can eliminate another 45% of whatever Selenium is left. Selenium works very closely with Vitamin E for anti-oxidant action to protect the cells, for proper oxygenation of the tissues, and for normal fertility and growth, and is needed for protein synthesis. This mineral helps maintain or restore elasticity of tissue helping to ensure youthful vitality. It is also required for prostaglandin (a hormone like substance) formation to assist with keeping blood pressure normal and prevent abnormal viscosity (thickness) of the blood. Selenium is part of an enzyme system known as Glutathione Peroxidase. Glutathione Peroxidase is one of the most important protective our body makes. It protects the cells from rancid fats, improves immunity, and helps ward off mutagenic changes to the cells. These changes, if left unchecked, can lead to immune breakdown or even cancer.
Benefits of Selenium: Selenium had a myriad of uses. It helps protect against many things. Selenium can help counteract the ill effects of pollution, certain heavy metal toxicities, and improve overall resistance resulting in less colds and flu. It helps in recovery from exercise and can increase stamina and improve structural elasticity for better flexibility. Through its anti-oxidant action, Selenium can help prevent or treat joint problems. Through similar mechanisms, this mineral can help with cardiovascular problems. It will help decrease LDL cholesterol (the bad kind) and increase HDL cholesterol (the good kind). Selenium has been shown to reduce hot flashes in menopausal women, and can fight dandruff. Selenium will assist the body in fighting allergies, and overall, is an excellent nutrient for any life extension program.
Zinc although a trace mineral, it is second only to Iron in terms of quantity contained in the body. Zinc has a huge number of important functions and is an ingredient of more than 300 enzyme systems. It is involved in immunity, wound repair, protein and carbohydrate metabolism, normal growth, fertility and reproduction for both males and females, normal vision, and even in cell reproduction. Zinc is also a component of many hormones, neuropeptides, and hormone receptors. Consequently, it plays a role in the division and individualization of cells, programmed cell death (needed to eliminate old or defective cells so they don’t duplicate), DNA and RNA function (genetic coding) and the permeability of cell membranes which determines what does or does not get in through the cell wall. Zinc is a component of insulin, required for blood sugar metabolism. A healthy prostate requires Zinc, and males deplete Zinc during sexual activity as semen contains high levels of Zinc. This can be a problem if not replenished through diet or supplements. A Zinc deficiency can manifest as loss of sense of smell or taste, as white spots on the fingernails, and stretch marks on the skin.
Benefits of Zinc: Zinc is a free radical scavenger protecting cells, cell membranes, and genetic material from damage. Zinc and other anti-oxidants can help prolong the health of individual cells and therefore the entire system. Zinc increases resistance to infections and viruses. It stimulates the thymus gland (the master gland of immunity), increases the production of antibodies in response to infection, and even boosts the activity of a kind of white blood cell known as a natural killer cell. This mineral will also interfere with the replication of viruses in the body and may help prevent viruses from entering into the cell. Zinc is commonly used to decrease the duration and severity of colds. For anyone suffering from blood sugar problems, Zinc is invaluable in helping to regulate sugar levels and potentizing the action of insulin. Taking Zinc can speed up the rate of healing for external wounds, and will also help decrease the prevalence and severity of acne.
Chromium An essential trace mineral, Chromium levels in the blood are at 20 parts per 1 billion parts of blood. In spite of this minute ratio, many people are deficient in Chromium, often due to its lack of concentration in our food supply. A diet high in sugars and refined carbohydrates only serves to worsen this deficiency. Chromium is vital for metabolizing sugar as it makes insulin more effective. Stimulates activity of enzymes involved in glucose metabolism, and helps bind glucose to cell walls in preparation for transport into the cell for energy production. Chromium is also involved in protein metabolism.
Benefits of Chromium: Chromium can help with both balancing and stabilizing blood sugar levels which allows for efficient energy production. This is integral to the health of every system in the body as everything depends on a steady supply of energy provided by the food we ingest. Ample energy is needed not just for performing physical tasks, but for internal repair, digestion, and healthy immunity. In fact, the body will siphon internal energy reserves whenever it is faced with fighting off a foreign invader.
Vitamin C is probably the best known nutrient, Vitamin C is used up rapidly by the body and must be continually replenished through diet. Vitamin C in food is quickly destroyed by exposure to light, heat, and air, so supplementation is often necessary. Vitamin C has countless roles, including that of helping protect the body from the onslaught of bacteria, viruses, and toxins it is faced with on a daily basis. Proven to help prevent colds, Vitamin C also helps to lessen allergies by strengthening and detoxifying mucous membranes. Also, this nutrient is essential in the production of adrenalin, the so-called “stress hormone”. Excessive stress is known to weaken immunity, so Vitamin C indirectly improves immune response through this mechanism.
Benefits of Vitamin C: Vitamin C is utilized by every cell in the body, and has been proven to be beneficial for virtually all health conditions. An interesting aspect of “C” is that is can act as a natural anti-histamine. By disarming the body’s histamine response, Vitamin C can greatly diminish both cold and allergy symptoms without any side effects. Used on a regular basis, Vitamin C can help lessen the occurrences and severity of colds and allergies.
Citrus Bioflavonoids occur in literally 1 out of every 2 plants in existence. In citrus fruits, they are found in the white pulpy material which is edible. In fact, there is 10 times more bioflavonoid content in the pulp of citrus fruit than in the strained juice. Also known as Vitamin P, Bioflavonoids make Vitamin C work better, they also are vital for keeping collagen healthy which therefore helps fortify all internal structures. At a smaller level, Bioflavonoids help strengthen and regulate the permeability of capillaries.
Benefits of Bioflavoniods: By their positive effect on capillaries, Bioflavonoids help protect against infection. They are excellent for lessening allergy symptoms as well as those that arise from the common cold. Because they are needed fro capillary integrity, Bioflavonoids help stabilize blood circulation and also are beneficial for excessive bruising.
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