Metagenics Ultra Potent - C Powder provides essential daily nutritional support for
white blood cell activity with a patented scientifically tested vitamin C with enhanced utilization and metabolite support system blend.
Not exact matches
This causes the body's
white blood cells to release type 1 interferon - alpha, a small cytokine protein that acts as a systemic alarm, triggering a cascade of additional immune
activity as it binds
with receptors in different tissues.
It also quite powerfully stimulates the immune system, increases disease - fighting
white blood cell production and
activity, and elevates levels of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase, two of the most powerful antioxidants and health - promoting substances known to man, which likely have quite a bit to do
with its longevity - enhancing properties.
But one breakthrough study found that supplementing
with spirulina may boost immunity and ameliorate anemia, particularly for senior citizens, by increasing
white blood cell count and increasing indoleamine 2,3 - dioxygenase enzyme
activity.
According to an article in the NY Times, nerves were found that connect the brain
with the spleen and thymus, organs used in immune responses, and it was established that nerve
cells could affect the
activity of infection - fighting
white blood cells.
The researchers observed that
with poor dental hygiene,
white blood cell activity increased in black men but not black women or whites of either sex.