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Mentoring the Mentor

Stuart White, DC, DACBN, CCN Whole Health Associates 1406 Vermont Houston, Texas 77006 713/522-6336 stuartwhite@wholehealthassoc.com www.wholehealthassoc.com 1 www.doctorofthefuture.org

Mentor goals:
To declare what is possible and establish a commitment to that possibility Address personal and professional barriers limiting the ability to serve Evolution of vision/mission/ethics that drive success Create immediate action steps to apply learning and growth Construct the round table of applied trophologists
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Clinical Practice
Opportunity to Transform Lives and Ease Suffering
The healing process is opportunistic in that it waits for chaos as an entry way for wholesome reparative process that begins with a problem The challenge is to assist the patient to shift from a relatedness to the disease process to a sense of fascination with being fully alive, lit up! Initially we help people with their suffering and through detoxification and restorative principles while also reducing the burden of stress imposed by the aberrant lifestyle it is possible to flatten the physiological responses that are called disease Degenerative processes can be reversed, tissues can be renewed and enlivened, and general functionality can be increased all this looks macroscopically like increased energy, better disposition, increased libido, and a more prolific creativity Inthehealingprocesswemustseizethedayandhelppeoplelearnabout the increase in life that they are experiencing while they are healing their disease

Clinical Practice
Opportunity to Transform Lives and Ease Suffering
Especially with chronic severe imbalances, like cancer or autoimmune dysregulation, oftentimes the only way to move through the healing process is with the encouragement of the more subjective aspects of the patients presentationlikefeelingbetter As practitioners if we are not connecting the dots between physiology and state of mind or attitude we are not helping people awaken to the shift from disease orientation to a focus on vitality Indeed as a practitioner often times my confidence in long-term chronic degenerative cases wherein the progress is slow to observe arises from the apparent improvement in quality of life and clarity of mind that is more immediate In a similar way even when apparent improvement is observed in a degenerative condition with no outward elevation of attitude I may feel concerned as to whether profound transformative healing is really underway Indeed there is a difference between healing and therapy, in that with the latter after discontinuity of therapeutic devices everything just goes back to the way it was not the goal

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Fully Alive Dontaskwhattheworld needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
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Revisiting the paradigm of disease

All disease processes are intelligent, directed processes Disease processes equal healing processes All disease process either kills the organism or makes it stronger, either way it brings change

thatwhichdoesntkillusmakesusstronger.Nietzsche

Whensomeoneisdiseased,weremeeting someone dominantly in a state of change

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Change happens!
How can we support the change?

Old paradigm:
Suppress symptoms Suppress change Prolong change Delay evolution

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New paradigm
Support and encourage the change Address any shock resulting from the change Complete the disease process Accelerate evolution

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Eternal truth Wisdom arises through the simple act of giving someone or something your full attention. Attention is primordial intelligence, consciousness itself. It joins the perceiver and the perceived in a unifying field of awareness. It is the healer of separation.
Eckhart Tolle

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7 Pillars of Healing 7 Unified Mechanisms of Health

Endocrine/Hormonal Glycemic Management pH Bioterrain Inflammatory status Immune burdens Circulatory Status Digestive Potency
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7 Pillars of Healing
Endocrine/Hormonal Disruption & Depression Glycemic Management Insulin/Cortisol Dysregulation pH Bioterrain Net Acid Excess Inflammatory Status Cumulative Repair Deficit Immune Burden - Toxicity, Infection & Infestation Circulatory Status Arterial, Venous & Lymphatic Competence Digestive Potency Fuel absorption, waste removal, Immune
modulation

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Foundation

Give me a place to stand on and I can move the world

Archimedes

Endocrine Hormonal Digestive Potency Glycemic Management

Normal
Circulatory Status

Miracle

pH Bioterrain

Inflammatory Status

Immune Burdens

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Clinical Depression
In depression, regardless of the cause (e.g. metabolic, nutritional, social), distortions in thinking (e.g. catastrophizing or all-or-nothing attitudes) are usually present. Selective attention to these distorted thoughts is the norm for the depressed patients. One aspect of treatment is identifying these thoughts, elucidating the nature of the distortion and testing the logic behind the automatic assumption. For a full description of these distortions read Cognitive Therapy of Depression by Aaron Beck et al or Feeling Good by David Burns. Experience has shown that organ functions contribute to the biochemical status that gives rise to healthy or less healthy thinking and cognitive choice making It is possible to move from the organ to the state of mind or from the attitude back to the organ imbalance thus the practitioner never need be at a loss for the potential to help shift the experience Forexamplefearpromotesanticipatoryanxiety(activatingthedorsalraphenucleus which in turn primes the limbic system for panic (locus coeruleus) generating a feedforward cycle via the amygdala and locus coeruleus and HPA axis developing legitimate panic and subsequent depression So anything that can be done to influence these systems and neurological cascades can assist an evolution in state of mind and perception this can be the trick to shift experience to feel differently is to think new thoughts

Seven Pillars always help

Without intricate assessment a number of basic modulations can be introduced that shift the state of mind, without any outward counseling Endocrine pillar support of the HPA axis and individual glands Glycemic Management with cortisol and insulin down-regulation Bioterrain support with mineral repletion reducing acidosis and this promoting parasympathetic nervous states can offset anxiety Inflammatory pillar support and food allergy reduction will shift the cytokine cascades and HPA state of readiness for crisis Immune pillar support liberates the oppressed immune system and cytokine congestion alerting states of reactivity and malaise Digestive pillar support and pre and probiotic encouragement can result in reduction of leaky gut syndrome and subsequent stress generally enhanced gut lining health results in a state of wellbeing that defies the circumstantial conditional world Six of the seven indentified pillars can make a direct contribution to state of mind To see this in practice, and personally as we balance our own physiology, leads to a relationship understanding between the physical and emotional

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SomatoLimbic Relationship
The body is a circuit board for the flow of spirit wherein each organ and system represent specific devices to translate vibrational reality into physical function. When we say chemical imbalances impair psychologically and spiritually it is because we recognize that biochemistry and physiology are the means we have to translate eternal reality (spirit) into temporal expression and experience (body & ego). Each disease relates to a pattern of thinking and difficulty that is as much part of the healing as the physiology. Likewise health creates a pattern of thinkingandwisdom.Wearethefengshuiexpertsofthephysicalbody. Although strictly physical in our approach we are impacting the thinking and emotional development and even the spiritual realization, just as Jesus did in the wilderness fasting for 40 days before he began his outward ministry and many eastern traditions direct as a path to enlightenment. 19

Somato Limbic Relationship

Intrigued HPA Axis In crisis Passionate - Liver - Anger & Frustration Forgiving - Gallbladder - Resentment Connection - Lungs - Grief & Separation Peace - Heart - Troubled Self loving - Spleen - Low Self Esteem Abundance - Pancreas - Complaining Unmoved - Stomach - Triggered & Reactive Quick minded Adrenals Bored Confidence - Kidneys - Fear & Regret Perceptive - Small Intestine - Insensitive Flexible - Colon - Dogmatic Positioning Containment - Uterus - Histrionic Assertive - Prostate - Aggressive Creativity - Gonads - Barren & Unimaginative
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New Product Alert Read All About It!

Epimune Complex released November, 2009 is useful to modulate immune responses, similar to echinacea, changing cytokine cascades impinging on the HPA Axis regulatory mechanisms. This results in a lift in attitude and positive outlook. As well immune responses are amplified resulting in immediate improvement to illness pathogen responses. Is this an immune product or an endocrine product or both? EpicorisdriedfermentedBrewersYeastfedaproprietaryblendofnutrientsand then stressed under anaerobic conditions which provides vitamins, polyphenols and betaglucan that acts as immune modulation Maitake mushroom (Grifola Frondosa ) provides immune modulating compounds called proteoglucans that is shown to modulate receptors on WBC and macrophages Turkey Tail (Coriolus Versicolor) also called cloud mushroom promotes vigor and vitality provides polysaccharides and proteoglucans to encourage gene expression ofcytokinereceptorsofWBCs,increasedpercentofThelpercells,andincreaseof interferon gamma Epimune Complex:
Epicor 500 mg providing dried yeast fermentate Maitake Gold 404 8 mg Maitake mushroom powder 48 mg Turkey Tail Mushroom Powder (Coriolus) 150 mg Calcium Lactate 30 mg Vitamin C from Acerola berries 20 mg Zinc rice chelate 10 mg

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Neurotransmitter abundance Sympathetic/Parasympathetic status Nervous System

Immune tolerance Inflammatory status Immune System

Hypothalamus

Memory / Emotional Hippocampus - context Amygdala Emotional response Psychoneurohormonalimmunology

Biochemistry Endocrine balance Insulin/Cortisol status Toxic burden - Antioxidant status

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Cortex Thalamus

Hippocampus

Amygdala Hypothalamus

Median Eminence Neurohypophysis OVLT

Blood/Brain Barrier

Immune Inflammatory Cytokines

Osmotic electrolytes Hormones especially Cortisol sodium

Nutrients Glucose Amino Acids Fatty Acids

Neurotransmitters Peptides

Blood Solutes

Approach to wisdom
Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms or books that are written in a foreign tongue. The point is to live everything. Live the question now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live your way somedistantdayintotheanswers

Maria Rainer Rilke

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Change the world

It wants to
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Q&A: 1) They have never found a patently closed artery on a dead person. When the basil constriction relaxes, the artery that looks closed, opens up to some degree. All heart function is to some degree being influenced by vaso constrictive states. We have a lot of emotional vaso constriction. 2) There are really only 2 diseases - heart disease and cancer. Both of them are dysregulations of the immune-in

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Inflammatory systems in different directions. When the heart becomes inflamed and sticky, we get plaguing and then we get heart disease. When the immune system doesn't have enough Ca to be able to identify its invaders like cancer, it becomes intolerant and you get sick. These are the 2 directions that the body goes in. The number one treatment for cancer and heart disease is garlic.

Epimune Complex Research: Effective and Comprehensive Support for Immune Function

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Epimune Complex Research: Effective and Comprehensive Support for Immune Function
Open-label, pilot study 30 days: 2 Epimune Complex capsules per day 25 subjects: 20-57 years of age; 15 men and 10 women; 18 Hispanic/Latino, 5 Caucasian, 2 Asian Trend increase in salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA) Overall increase in multiple immune markers Statistically signicant increase in red-blood-cell zinc Statistical and clinically signicant increase in leptin

To assess the effect of Epimune Complex consumption on immune markers, Standard Process designed an openlabel pilot study. This type of trial does not use a control group (open label) and is used to identify areas for further research (pilot study). While an open-label pilot study does not result in clinical recommendations, it is a great way to identify interesting ndings for further examination. Sponsored by Standard Process and managed by a contract research organization, this Institutional Review Board-approved study examined how Epimune Complex affects both the white blood cells of the immune system and surrogate markers of their activity. Subjects had blood drawn at the beginning of the study and again at the end. These samples were tested for a number of biomarkers thought to indicate immune function and activity.

Primary Objective: Assess Effect of Epimune Complex on Immune Markers: Salivary IgA Complete blood count (CBC) Immunoglobulin E (IgE) Cluster of differentiation (CD)4/8 CD19 Cytokines Red-blood-cell zinc

Ingredients in Epimune Complex EpiCor: contains a variety of active compounds such as beta-glucans, mannan-oligosaccharides, nucleotides, amino acids, and vitamins Mushroom powders: whole food powders of the mycelium of Grifola frondosa (maitake) and Coriolus versicolor (turkey-tail) mushrooms MaitakeGold 404: contains polysaccharides found in the mycelium of maitake mushrooms Calcium lactate: highly digestible calcium that supports numerous actions in the body (involved in cell signaling) Zinc rice chelate: highly bioavailable and needed throughout the body (plays a structural role in proteins and helps protect cell membranes while inuencing cell communication, hormone release, and cell death, among other actions) Acerola: a rich source of vitamin C, which supports the immune system through peripheral means (supports mucosa, cell function, skin, blood vessels, and other tissue via its role in collagen synthesis and antioxidant activity; may help re-form other vitamins, like vitamin E)

Results
The information presented below is excerpted from the unpublished research report. Salivary IgA: As an antibody, IgA acts as a sentinel for foreign matter. The report states, In this study, Salivary IgA increased by 11.4% after 30 days of exposure to the test product [Epimune Complex]. This increase from baseline did not reach statistical signicance. 1 Overall increase in multiple immune markers throughout immune system: To begin to identify exactly how Epimune Complex interacts with the body, this study examined white blood cells and the immune systems communication molecules, cytokines. The report states, The Epimune Complex product appears to increase immune markers in the humoral and cellular immune system. Red-blood-cell zinc: The report states, In this study, RBC Zinc increased by increased by 26.4% after 30 days of exposure to the test product [Epimune Complex]. This increase from baseline was statistically signicant (p = 0.014). Future research is needed to determine if raising this particular marker of zinc is supportive of overall health.2 Leptin: The report states, In this study, leptin increased by 36.9% after 30 days of exposure to the test product [Epimune Complex]. This increase from baseline DID reach statistical signicance [p = 0.036] and has potential implications for the management of satiety as well as in immune function regulation. This nding, which is both statistically and clinically signicant, was an interesting surprise and requires more research to determine the mechanism of action.3
1. This nding is consistent with the results of a study based on one ingredient (EpiCor) where salivary IgA trended up at four weeks and became statistically signicant at eight weeks: Jensen et al. 2008. The Open Nutrition Journal, 2:68-75. 2. Zinc is an important cofactor in many processes associated with immune system function in general. In red blood cells: Zinc may support cell membrane strength. (ODell, BL. 2000. J Nutr. 130(5):1432S-436S) Zinc may provide protection from oxidative damage. (Wood, M. October 29, 2002. United States Depart. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service) 3. Leptin is a protein involved in communication between the body and the brain regarding fat storage and metabolism.

More research on these ndings is needed, but this pilot study provides valuable insight into how Epimune Complex works with the human bodys natural immune response.

Epimune Complex
A Vegetarian Immune Support Supplement Designed to Balance Immune Response and Intended for Long-Term Use
Immune system coordination is a complicated, total-body effort. To describe it broadly, the systems response starts in our bone-marrow tissue, where immune cells are made. Organs like the spleen help clean our blood. Glands like the thymus act as a vessel for cell maturation. And the lymph system, made up of vessels, nodes, and other tissues, moves or houses immune cells so they can respond when and where theyre needed. Outposts of lymph tissue can be found throughout our body, from the familiar ones like tonsils, to the less obvious ones in our airways and digestive system. This massive, body-wide system has one goal: protection. Every cell has a specic coating that denes that cell as part of the body, or self. This coating is what our cellular defenders, white blood cells, look for as they patrol. White blood cells are diverse and meet a variety of needs, from acting as sentinels, to directing immune response, to engaging in an active response against anything perceived as nonself. These immune cells work hard to keep us safe, and because they have a short life, our body is continuously replenishing them. Thats where Epimune Complex comes in. This product is designed to use the synergistic effects of scientically supported ingredients to comprehensively feed the immune system for overall support.
Introduced in 2009
GF V

Epimune Complex

Content: 90 capsules Suggested Use: Two capsules per day, or as directed. Supplement Facts: Serving Size: 2 capsules Servings per Container: 45 Amount per Serving Calories Vitamin C Calcium Zinc Dried Yeast Fermentate (EpiCor) Maitake Mushroom Extract
(MaitakeGold 404)

%DV

4 20 mg 30 mg 10 mg 500 mg 30% 2% 60%

8 mg 48 mg 150 mg

Maitake Mushroom Powder Turkey Tail Mushroom Powder

What does Epimune Complex contain?

This product contains EpiCor, Turkey Tail mushroom powder, maitake mushroom powder, MaitakeGold 404, calcium lactate, acerola, and zinc. EpiCor is a powder made from dried, fermented brewers yeast grown under normal conditions, fed a proprietary blend of nutrients, and then stressed under anaerobic conditions. Turkey tail mushroom powder (Coriolus versicolor) is made from a mushroom that grows widely across North America, Asia, and Europe. The turkey tail, also called cloud mushroom, has a long history of use in traditional Asian medicine. This mushroom is included in writings that date from the Ming Dynasty in China. One author, Li Shi Zhen, writes that this mushroom is good for the spirit, vital energy, and vigor. Maitake mushroom powder (Grifola frondosa) is made from another mushroom with a long history of use in traditional Asian medicine. The rst recorded use of maitake, also known as sheeps head or hen of the woods, was between 200 B.C. and 200 A.D. It was used to improve spleen and stomach ailments, as well as to calm nerves and minds. MaitakeGold 404 is a patented extract from maitake mushrooms that takes advantage of the health-supporting compounds in these mushrooms. This extract contains immune-modulating compounds consisting of glucan-protein complexes. Please copy for your patients.
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This product contains less than 10 parts per million of gluten per serving size or less than 20 parts per million per the suggested use listed on each product label.

Ingredients: See Supplement Facts. Other Ingredients: Calcium lactate, cellulose, zinc rice chelate, acerola (berry), and manioc (root). Sold through health care professionals.

Whole Food Philosophy Our founder, Dr. Royal Lee, challenged common scientic beliefs by choosing a holistic approach of providing nutrients through whole foods. His goal was to provide nutrients as they are found in naturein a whole food state where he believed their natural potency and efcacy would be realized. Dr. Lee believed that when nutrients remain intact and are not split from their natural associated synergistsknown and unknownbioactivity is markedly enhanced over isolated nutrients. Following this philosophy, even a small amount of a whole food concentrate will offer enhanced nutritional support, compared to an isolated or fractionated vitamin. Therefore, one should examine the source of nutrients rather than looking at the quantities of individual nutrients on product labels.

Vegetarian (Lacto-ovo)

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food & Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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Epimune Complex
How Epimune Complex Keeps You Healthy (continued) Calcium is an essential mineral thats primarily stored in our bones and teeth. Even though the calcium levels in our cells account for a small amount of the total calcium used by the body, they are essential for cell functioning. Acerola is a source of vitamin C, which is an important micronutrient needed for skin, mucosa, and cell function. Zinc is a mineral that has been used to support the bodys natural healing function.

Studies on nutrients generally use large doses and these studies, some of which are cited below, are the basis for much of the information we provide you in this publication about whole food ingredients. See the supplement facts for Epimune Complex. Acerola (Malpighia glabra, Malpighia punicifolia). Natural Standard Inc. ; 2009. Accessed August 17, 2009. Adachi Y, Suzuki Y, Ohno N, Yadomae T. Adjuvant effect of grifolan on antibody production in mice. Biol Pharm Bull. 1998;21(9):974-977. American Cancer Society. Shiitake Mushroom. 2008; Accessed August 25, 2009: http://www.cancer.org/docroot/ETO/content/ETO_5_3X_ Shiitake_Mushroom.asp?sitearea=ETO. Cafforio P, De Matteo M, Brunetti A, Dammacco F, Silvestris F. Functional Expression of the calcitonin receptor by human T and B cells. Hum Immunol. 2009;70(9):678-685. Deng G, Lin H, Seidman A, et al. A phase I/II trial of a polysaccharide extract from Grifola frondosa (Maitake mushroom) in breast cancer patients: immunological effects. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2009. Embria Health Sciences. EpiCor. 2009; Accessed August 12, 2009: http:// www.embriahealth.com/epicor.asp. Engelbrecht K, Volk T. Ganoderma lucidum, Reishi or Ling Zhi, a fungus used in Oriental medicine. 2005; Accessed August 25, 2009: http:// botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/mar2005.html. Fisher DW. David Fischers American Mushrooms. 2007; Accessed August 14, 2009: http://americanmushrooms.com/basics.htm. Hong L, Xun M, Wutong W. Anti-diabetic effect of an alpha-glucan from fruit body of maitake (Grifola frondosa) on KK-Ay mice. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2007;59(4):575-582. Jensen GS, Hart AN, Schauss AG. An antiinammatory immunogen from yeast culture induces activation and alters chemokine receptor expression on human natural killer cells and B lymphocytes in vitro. Nutrition Research. 2007;27(6):327-335. Jensen GS, Patterson KM, Yoon I. Yeast culture has anti-inammatory effects and specically activates NK cells. Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis. Nov 2008;31(6):487-500. Jeong SC, Yang BK, GN K, et al. Macrophage-stimulating activity of polysaccharides extracted from fruiting bodies of Coriolus versicolor (Turkey Tail Mushroom). J Med Food. 2006;9:175-181. Kodama N, Murata Y, Nanba H. Administration of a polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa stimulates immune function of normal mice. J Med Food. 2004;7(2):141-145. Li X, Rong J, Wu M, Zeng X. Anti-tumor effect of polysaccharide from Grifola frondosa and its inuence on immunological function. Zhong Yao Cai. 2003;26(1):31-32. Maggini S, Wintergerst E, Beveridge S, Hornig D. Selected vitamins and trace elements support immune function by strengthening epithelial barriers and cellular and humoral immune repsonses. Br J Nutr. 2007;98(Supppl 1):S29-S35. Mizuno T, C. Z. Maitake, Grifola frondosa : pharmacological effects. 1995; Special Issue 11(1)::pg. 135 - 149. Accessed August 14, 2009: http:// botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/nov2006.html. 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How Epimune Complex Keeps You Healthy

Supports a diversity of immune cells The immune systems primary role is to recognize nonself or foreign substances in the body and actively respond to them. The ingredients in Epimune Complex were chosen for their theoretical synergistic effect on the immune system, as well as their research-supported effects on immune cells involved in normal immune system response. These cells include: Natural killer cells: Also called NK cells, these white blood cells contain a package of chemicals (called a granule). When NK cells come into contact with a nonself cell, they bind to their target, aim, and deliver a burst of lethal chemicals into the nonself cells. B cells: When a B cell comes into contact with something nonself, it grabs the protein from the foreign cell and, with the help of a T cell, makes antibodies (proteins) that nd, bind, and aid in the killing the foreign cell. After that initial interaction, B cells become memory B cells that remember that specic nonself cell and respond more quickly and robustly if it shows up again. Antibodies: When a nonself cell is found, B cells produce antibodies that bind to and kill foreign cells so they cant cause trouble. Antibodies, also called immunoglobulins, come in a variety of types. For example, immunoglobulin A (IgA) guards body entrances like the mouth and nose, while immunoglobulin E (IgE) is usually associated with immune cells called mast cells (found largely in the lungs, skin, tongue, and nose, among others) and has a role in allergy symptoms. Macrophage cells: When a macrophage cell comes in contact with a foreign substance, the macrophage consumes that substance. The macrophage then releases chemicals alerting other immune cells. Macrophage cells are primarily found in tissue, although their precursors, monocytes, circulate in the blood. Provides vitamin C and minerals necessary for maintaining health The immune system needs vitamins and minerals for normal functioning. Epimune Complex is a supplemental source of calcium, vitamin C , and zinc.

What Makes Epimune Complex Unique

Product Attributes This product is designed to use the synergistic effects of mushrooms, vitamin C, minerals, and a fermentate of brewers yeast to comprehensively feed the immune system for overall support. Each of these components targets a different aspect of the immune system to provide comprehensive support.
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