Exciting Immune Breakthrough

After 10 years of development, scientists at Sovereign Laboratories LLC in Arizona recently announc ed an exciting breakthrough in immune and anti-viral support. The product, called Viralox® health spray, promises an easy, fun way to help destroy pathogens and keep your body’s immune system optimized to help it protect against environmental poisons and dangerous microorganisms.

There are currently many natural remedies on the market which claim to be good for your immune system. In fact, it seems everywhere we look in the supermarket or health food store there are products touting their immune benefits, from cereal to juice to tea. Then there a vast array of products which claim to “boost” immune function, including vitamins, selenium, green tea extract, probiotics (beneficial bacteria), prebiotics (nutrients which support the growth of probiotics), arabinogalactan (a starch from the larch tree which claims to stimulate the immune system), beta glucans (another starch from oats or mushrooms), and various botanicals, including echinacea, elderberry extract, andrographis, and many others. One of the best overall products is colostrum, the first milk produced by a mother after a baby is born. Bovine (cow) colostrum has been found to be the best for both adults and children past weaning age because it has very high levels of Immunoglobulin G (IgG), a natural antibody which provides systemic immunity, whereas human colostrum contains predominately IgA, which provides only local immunity.

In truth, there is no product which actually boosts immune function. What is needed is a product to balance immune function back to normal levels, turning the response up or down as needed. If we took a product that actually did boost the immune system, and only boosted it, it could make some conditions, such as autoimmune disorders like rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s Disease, multiple sclerosis, scleroderma, Asthma and allergies worse as these conditions are characterized by an overactive immune system that has begun attacking the body’s own tissues. Stimulating the immune system in such a case would only aggravate the condition.

Colostrum is one product that does work to balance the immune system, as do some other products. The PRPs in colostrum, however, seem to be tolerated the best by our bodies. This is what one might expect as colostrum is Mother Nature’s first food for newborns. What could be safer? But colostrum, like all the rest of these products, has one problem that is difficult to overcome, and that is that they all must pass through the digestive tract before they are absorbed into the body. This means that the product must first survive the strong gastric acids and digestive enzymes it encounters. Then it must be absorbed through the intestinal wall in order to get into the bloodstream where it can affect the immune system. At the very least, this means that the product takes time to take effect, and that much or even most of a product is not even getting into the body intact.

This is why Viralox health spray is so unique and effective. It contains a powerful immune modulator called Proline-Rich Polypeptide (PRP), and Lactoferrin called Lactopeptide. Lacto peptide’s molecules are much smaller than proteins with a very simple structure – basically just a chain of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins – that can pass easily through the lining of our digestive tracts and the mucosal surfaces in our mouth and throat. Couple that with the innovative spray delivery system and you have a product that is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream after spraying into the mouth and which takes effect very rapidly.

Lactopeptide acts to modulate and balance the immune system by turning up the response or turning it down as needed to maintain normal levels of function. Lactopeptide is unique in that it is reversible, that is, it can turn the immune system up and then back down (or vice versa) as required. It is the only known immune modulator which has that capability.

A Quick Tour of the Immune System

Our immune systems are an amazingly complex and effective defense system that protects us against foreign intruders, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi, and toxic substances in the environment, such as chemical and particulate pollution in the atmosphere, pesticide and fertilizer runoff in our water, and so forth. A healthy immune system works like a perfectly coordinated team to detect, identify, intercept and destroy or neutralize any danger to our health and well-being.

Our immune system is made up of different lines of defense. The first line of defense are our barrier defenses – our skin, intestinal lining, blood-brain barrier – physical barriers to microorganisms and toxins getting into our bodies. This line of defense also consists of more active mechanisms that remove microorganisms and toxins that get into our airways and digestive system, such as cilia – small, hair-like appendages on the cells in our airways that beat in unison to move any particles which get into our airway out again, mucous in our digestive tract and airways that acts to clean up and flush out any undesirable waste in our system, and various substances that neutralize or destroy dangerous microorganisms we may encounter.

Our second line of defense is made up of the cells and antibodies of our adaptive immune system. This defensive system attacks potentially dangerous intruders with antibodies which are specific for those intruders. In order to do this, certain immune cells called macrophages (a type of hunter/killer cell) first detect the intruders, and then they communicate to other immune cells, called helper T-cells (the T indicates that they originate in the thymus gland in the neck) what the threat is by displaying pieces of the destroyed intruder on their cell membrane. Through a series of events, other immune cells, known as B-cells (the B indicates that they originate in the bone marrow), begin to produce specific antibodies against the intruders. The antibodies stick to the intruders, marking them for other immune cells to destroy. Still other immune cells, called Natural Killer (NK) cells, attack cells in the body which have become infected with the intruders, such as viruses, thus giving the intruders no place to hide. Eventually, if the system works as designed, it will eliminate the threat, and other immune cells, called suppressor T-cells, turn off the immune response to minimize tissue destruction. Still other cells, memory T-cells, retain a blueprint of the intruder’s protein so that if it shows up again, the response will be much quicker.

There are a number of small proteins and peptides (short chains of amino acids, the building blocks of proteins) that control and manage the immune response. These are called cytokines (cyto, from Greek kutos, “cell” or “hollow vessel”, and kine, Greek for “to move”). Cytokines themselves have many esoteric names, such as interleukins, tumor necrosis factors, and interferons, but they all have the same basic function: communication. Cytokines are how cells of the immune system chemically communicate or “talk” to one another. They can turn on B-cells to make antibodies or turn them off, for instance.

There is, however, one class of cytokines that stands out from the others in its unique ability to both stimulate and suppress the immune system, in other words, to modulate the system. That cytokine is known as Proline-Rich Polypeptide, or PRP and it is the prime component in Lactopeptide. It is so named as it has a greater amount of the amino acid proline in its composition than most other proteins and peptides produced by the body. PRPs can be classified into five sub-classes; PRP1 (inactive), PRP2a & 2b (very active interferon modulator), PRP3a & 3b (very active pro-inflammatory cytokine modulator), PRP4 (less active, lower concentration, unstudied), and PRP5 (again less active, lower concentration, unstudied). Colostrum is a rich source of PRPs, and the PRPs are easily separated out from whole colostrum.

Lactopeptide and You

So what can Lactopeptide do for you? Why do we need to support our immune system? Can’t it handle those nasty little bugs and poisons by itself?

Normally yes, it should be able to, although every once in a while the system does get overwhelmed and we get sick. A new germ may come along that knows how to bypass or disarm the immune system, like the virus that causes AIDS, for example, or the new kid on the block, the H5N1 “bird flu” influenza virus that causes a “cytokine storm” that overwhelms our lungs and other organ systems. Or the pollutants in the environment that we are exposed to over a long period of time may accumulate and cause diseases like cancer. In fact, living in the modern world exposes our immune system to stresses it wasn’t designed for.

In today’s world, the environment is becoming increasingly polluted with industrial chemicals, exhaust from cars, trucks and other vehicles, agricultural fertilizers, and countless other sources. The overuse of antibiotics over the last 50 years has given rise to deadlier and more resistant strains of bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microorganisms. In addition, certain lifestyle choices, such as smoking, alcohol and substance abuse, and overeating can also compromise immune function. Stress has a similar effect, and as stress increases, our bodies become less able to fend off harmful substances and microorganisms in the environment. Even strenuous exercise can temporarily weaken our immune system. All of this places a heavy strain on our immune system, weakening and degrading its ability to protect us. It has become increasingly clear that we need to find some way to support our immune system and bolster our defenses against a hostile world.

The Lactopeptide in Viralox helps balance our immune system when it comes under stress. No claim is made that Lactopeptide cures or treats specific diseases or illnesses. Rather it has the unique ability to help modulate the immune system, turning it up or turning it down to return the system to normal levels. Let’s look at a couple of examples of how this works.

First let’s imagine a situation where the immune system needs to be kicked into a higher gear. Picture an athlete who has just completed a marathon race. Marathons place a tremendous stress on all bodily systems, including the immune system. By the end of the race, the body as a whole is very near to shutdown. Likewise the immune system is exhausted and unable to respond fully to any threats. This makes the athlete highly susceptible to infections, particularly upper respiratory infections, for up to a day after the race, depending on his condition and the state of his immune system before the race. His immune system needs to be stimulated to return to more normal levels of function in order to continue to help protect him against infection at this vulnerable time.

Sometimes the immune system needs to be suppressed in order to return to normal levels. Let’s say there is a young woman working in a very dusty place all day. By the end of the day, her nose will probably be running and her eyes will be red and itchy. What is happening is that her body recognizes the dust that it’s breathing in and that is falling onto her sensitive corneas as a foreign substance that needs to be removed. The way to remove it is to call out the immune troops. Certain immune cells in her airways send out signals to attract other immune cells to the airways to help clean them out. Other immune cells secrete histamine which increases the permeability of the blood vessels in the airways to allow immune cells to enter the tissue spaces to help clean up the dust. Mucous cells are stimulated to secrete more mucous to flush the airways out. Other cells are stimulated to eat any dust particles that get past the cells lining the airways. In the eye, the tear glands secrete tears, which are loaded with immune substances like lactoferrin, a natural antibacterial, to wash the eyes out. The blood vessels in the cornea become more permeable due to the release of histamine by certain immune cells, allowing other immune cells to more easily enter the tissue of the cornea to protect it. This causes the eyes to become bloodshot and itchy. However, this sort of reaction by the immune system tends to make us feel miserable. So in this case, the immune system needs to be suppressed somewhat to return it to a more normal level so that we’re not so miserable.

In the case of the athlete, Lactopeptide would modulate the immune system up, stimulating immune cells to become more active and to in turn secrete cytokines to power up the system and increase the system’s ability to protect the athlete. In the case of the dusty room, Lactopeptide would modulate the immune system down, suppressing the activity of immune cells and causing them to secrete inhibitory cytokines to power down the system, thus relieving the runny nose and red and itchy eyes. In other words, the same substance, Lactopeptide, can do both jobs.

Viralox and Kids

Anyone with children knows that when they are in school or when the weather turns cold the likelihood for missed school days and illness rises. The increase in ear infections in young children has been on the rise for decades, at least partly due to more children being placed in day care and increasing their exposure to other children who may themselves be sick. Children also do not have as well developed immune systems as adults, so they need all the protection they can get.

One way to build up a child’s immune system is through proper nutrition, making sure the child gets plenty of juice, fruit and vegetables in the diet. Good nutrition is essential to proper immune function. But when their systems are facing the additional stresses of bad weather and exposure to sickness in the classroom, they need more help. This is what Viralox can offer through its unique modulating action. It can provide that extra measure of protection that will let parents have more peace of mind regarding their child’s health.

Viralox is especially designed to be easy and fun for children to use. No pills to swallow or nasty liquids to gag on; just a pleasant tasting spray that they can learn to take themselves.

Douglas Wyatt is the inventor of Viralox health spray and Lactopeptide and founder of Sovereign Laboratories. He is famous worldwide as the person most responsible for introducing colostrum for human use. All of Sovereign Labs colostrum products are manufactured in the only plant designed solely for the collection and processing of colostrum. This facility is FDA registered, USDA inspected, cGMP, Kosher and Halal Certified.

Thousands of grasses fed cows from Southwestern US farms supply the fresh colostrum that is then processed into a pure white powder for use in nutritional supplements, and extracted liquids for Viralox. The cows live under strictly controlled conditions where their dietary intake can be monitored to maintain the highest quality possible. Since the cows live in the Southwest, they calve all year round, unlike most dairy cows which live in colder climes and only calve once a year. This means a continuous supply of fresh colostrum for Advanced Protein Systems products.

Constant laboratory monitoring of the final product using state-of-the-art laboratory tests ensures the consistently high quality of the colostrum. Sovereign Laboratories colostrum has the highest percentage of active immunoglobulin of any colostrum product available. Lactopeptide for Viralox is extracted from this colostrum and then goes through a patented proprietary process which gives it a stable shelf life of over two years, far longer than raw colostrum or Lactopeptide would last.

So the bottom line is for optimum anti-viral anti-pathogenic activity and immune function, you would be well advised to use Viralox.