Send your immunity’s defenses to BOOT CAMP with 1 simple pill
Most of the time, we don’t even know how hard our immune systems are working to protect us.
We can’t FEEL it… or SEE it…
But it’s there, working TIRELESSLY to keep us healthy and well.
We really only take notice when something goes WRONG… and an infection-causing pathogen sneaks past our defenses and trips an alarm.
That’s when the sirens go off!
In MOST cases… when everything’s working properly… the immune system rallies the troops and unleashes a number of different weapons against whichever “bug” has infected you.
That’s usually when you feel the most “sick.”
But sometimes, that immune response spins out of control… and can actually do more damage than good.
So the key to supporting a healthy immune response is getting the troops ready for battle
But REINING them in under a tight command… without SUPPRESSING them altogether.
It may sound impossible to do – but here’s a potent plant compound that can DELIVER.
An immune response that never gets OVERBLOWN
By now, you’ve surely heard of resveratrol.
It’s the age-DEFYING antioxidant compound found in the skin of red grapes (and therefore red wine). And science that came out of Harvard nearly 20 years ago began to show how this polyphenol could benefit the ENTIRE body.
Not only does it ENERGIZE your cells by targeting mitochondria…
But it also BOOSTS heart health… and helps keep your entire cardiovascular system YOUNG.
Dr. Allan Spreen recently shared show resveratrol can ALSO help stop aging-related damage from SAPPING your brain of your precious memories.
But it turns out there’s something ELSE that resveratrol can do…
And this emerging science couldn’t come at a better time.
It can help shore up your immunity!
Now, what few people understand about the human immune system is that there are actually 2 parts to it:
- innate immunity
- adaptive immunity.
Your innate immunity acts as a kind of “security patrol” for the day-to-day operations of your body… shooing away intruders… reporting anything that seems suspicious… and keeping everything running smoothly.
On the other hand, if a security breach is more severe… the “special forces” of your adaptive immunity get deployed.
Release the hounds!
Your body’s infection-fighting cellular processes are, of course, more complicated than that…
But what you need to know is that resveratrol seems to have the unique ability to REGULATE factors like immune cell activity… gene expression… and infection-fighting inflammation.
Animal studies have shown how resveratrol can STIMULATE your immune cells to try to BURN OUT an infection-causing invader by secreting a pro-inflammatory cytokine called TNF-alpha.
For you, that may manifest as a fever. A body temperature spike is often a sign that your immune response has shifted into OVERDRIVE.
But resveratrol doesn’t just help your body set itself ablaze… and then sit back and do nothing. It sticks around to SHIELD your body from getting consumed by an inferno.
And it does this by activating the NF-κB pathway, which keeps TNF-α in check… and makes sure it doesn’t destroy too many healthy cells in the pro-inflammatory process.
Because what you want is a BALANCE immune response – not one that goes HAYWIRE.
These benefits of resveratrol have shown to start to take hold in animals as quickly as just 24 hours after supplementation… though studies show that it could take a little longer in people.
A 2013 study out of Austria confirmed those findings in human immune cells within 48 hours.
And in a 2017 in vivo study out of Japan, healthy volunteers who took resveratrol showed an increase in Treg immune cells circulating in their bloodstreams after 2 weeks. And Treg cells are CRUCIAL to regulating a BALANCED immune response.
Look for a high-purity form of resveratrol – ideally 99% of pure trans-resveratrol, which will provide some of the best bioavailability you can find.
A patented extract called resVida provides a form of resveratrol that’s FREE of pesticides and herbicides and is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) according to FDA standards.
Look for it on the ingredient label of a resveratrol supplement from a maker you trust.
A wide range of doses of resveratrol have shown to be safe — between 20 mg and 2 g!
But most supplements you’ll find provide 250-500 mg per dose.
Check with your doc to see what a good starting point might be for you.
To an immune response that’s “just right,”
Melissa Young
