Immune Builder, 400mg, Mushroom Science

Immune Builder is a powerful blend of medicinal mushrooms, all of which are notable for their high content of the immune system supporting, connective-tissue building, and skin youthening molecules known as beta-glucans. The Beta glucans are a specific type of immune-supportive polysaccharide (glyconutrient) similar to those found in yacon, goji berries, kelp, & aloe vera.

Each of the mushrooms in Immune Builder contains beta-glucans with unique shapes, allowing each of them to fit into special receptor sites on different immune cells in the human body. Once the key of a beta-glucan fits into the lock of the receptor site on an immune cell, a specific immune response is generated. Ever beta-glucan has a different shape, and produces a different immune response.

Clearly, immune-enhancing benefits may be linked to diets rich in foods containing glyconutrients (polysaccharides and beta-glucans) from many different sources. The combination of medicinal mushrooms in Immune Builder has been carefully formulated to offer increased resilience to the immune system. These high potency mushroom extracts also offer protection against the of more serious health challenges.

The immune-supporting polysaccharides and beta glucans found in Immune Builder are concentrated through a combination of hot water and hot water/alcohol extraction processes. Every form of extraction, including precipitation with alcohol, requires a heated liquid solution to release the beneficial polysaccharides from the cell walls of the mushroom fruit body and mycelium. The hot water extraction technique has been used for the past three thousand years to make the immune-enhancing polysaccharides found in medicinal mushrooms more bio-available. Extraction methods employing heated liquid solutions are the only ones used when preparing medicinal mushrooms for modern-day clinical use and research.

For maximum benefit, combine Immune Builder with any one of the following superfoods with high polysacchride content: Goji Berries, Fresh, Raw Aloe Vera, and Sun Warrior Organic Activated Barley.

Immune Builder contains the following medicinal mushroom ingredients:
Organic Agaricus blazei fruit body extract - 45% non-linear polysaccharide (beta glucan) - 75 mg
Organic Coriolus versicolor PSP extract - 30% non-linear polysaccharide peptide (beta glucan) - 75 mg
Organic Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) extract fruit body cell wall extract - 18% non-linear polysaccharide (beta-glucan) - 75 mg
Organic Shitake (Lentinula edodes) extract - 20% non-linear polysaccharide (beta-glucan) - 75 mg
Organic MaitakeGold404 - Standardized, Patented Extract derived from Maitake Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) - 100 mg

Notice: If pregnant or breast feeding, please consult a health professional familiar with medicinal mushrooms before using this product. Store at room temperature.

Scientific References:
Vetvicka V, Vetvickova J.
Immunostimulating properties of two different glucans isolated from Maitake Mushrooms (Grifola frondosa)
JANA Vol. 8 No. 3, 2005, 33-39

Mler CI, Kumagai T, O'Kelly J, Seeram NP, Heber D, Koeffler HP.
Ganoderma lucidum causes apoptosis in leukemia, lymphoma and multiple myeloma cells
Leuk. Res. 2006 Jul;30(7):841-8

Ng ML, Yap AT. Inhibition of human colon carcinoma development by lentinan from shiitake mushrooms (Lentinus edodes)
J Altern Complement Med. 2002 Oct;8(5):581-9

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to treat, diagnose, cure, or prevent any disease.