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The Authoritative Source of information on Glutathione (GSH). This may well be the best kept secret in Health and Nutrition. Soon to become as common a word as “vitamin and cholesterol” in your day to day life. With 25 years of Research, over 80,000 clinical studies and 10 Method of Use patents in 80 countries worldwide Immunocal is the Key to your health and wellness long-term. Immunocal is the ideal source of Cysteine Protein (the precursor) that your body requires to make Glutathione.

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Glutathione Booster - The Master Antioxidant

The new knowledge found by scientists connecting free radicals to a number of degenerative biologic functions, combined with the increase in the median age, has made interest in antioxidants skyrocket. Because the population wants to enjoy life as much as possible and are willing to fight the effects of aging from all angles, antioxidants are becoming the choice
weapon to do this. Even though consumers are not always able to interpret the scientific jargon about antioxidants and how they work, they do have a feeling that they do work and are, in
general, safe and an essential part of a proper diet.

Antioxidants are powerful compounds which are able to stop the rush of cellular damage that are caused by free-radicals. Oxidants can damage cells by starting chemical chain reactions, or even damaging DNA at the cellular level. Because DNA is the blueprint for our cells to reproduce, damage to it can cause serious problems. Thankfully, Immunotoc Research has found a way to fight oxidative damage by manufacturing antioxidant compounds within the body. However, levels of these fighters decline along with age, causing ingestion of antioxidants more
and more important.

The body creates glutathione peroxidase (GPx) as its own protective mechanism to target lipid hydroperoxide and hydrogen peroxide. By taking a daily supplement called Immunocal you can give you body the building block it needs to produce GSH. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) is also created in the body to target free radicals and break it down into hydrogen peroxide and oxygen. With SOD supplementation, you can protect DNA from oxidative damage and increase the blood antioxidant activity and improve health.

By controlling free radical production before the chain reaction of damage can occur, oxidative stress and the human diseases associated with it can be avoided. Consumers are encouraged to take a comprehensive multivitamin/mineral product that are loaded with vitamin A, C, D and other substances that act as an antioxidant and fight free radical damage like Immunotec's NEW Multivitamin.

Because the brain has high levels of lipids, it is especially susceptible to oxidation, causing damage to cells, tissues, and genetic material. Unchecked oxidation can contribute to the
development of illnesses including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and dementia. Several antioxidant compounds have been shown in studies to produce positive results including
Carotenoids, vitamins A, C, and E, tocotrienol, alpha lipoic acid, melatonin, grape seed extract, and pomegranate.

Berries, especially cranberry and blueberry are extremely rich in antioxidant polyphenols. These, along with Omega 3, are extremely useful to help prevent oxidative stress that can
affect the heart. It is recommended by the American Health Association to consume a diet high in food sources of antioxidants and other heart-protecting nutrients including fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. A combination of Immunocal and vitamin supplements and good diet can help one live a longer healthier life.

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Turmeric may help with heart disease.

Toronto animal study showed "dramatic" results.

The spice that gives the kick to many Indian curry dishes might also help prevent the ravages of heart failure, a surprising new Canadian animal study has concluded. This spice is also found in a synergistic combination with Immunotec's Omega 3 daily supplement.

Researchers at Toronto's University Health Network found that curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, both prevents and dramatically reverses enlargement of the heart in mice.

Enlarged hearts can lead to cardiac failure, a common and often fatal condition where the organ is unable to pump enough blood to keep the body functioning properly.

If similar results were one day duplicated in humans, the widely available spice could repair heart damage in a way no drug is able to do now, say researchers behind the study, to be published Friday in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. Curcumin has the added benefit of causing virtually no toxic side effects in even relatively large doses.

Despite their earlier hopes for the ingredient, researchers were taken aback by the scope of the improvement it actually made to the mice hearts.

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"That was quite a surprise," said Dr. Maral Ouzounian, a research fellow at the network's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre. "It was quite dramatic."

The next step is to try to repeat the study in mice, then begin human studies, Dr. Ouzounian said. Even if it proves effective in people, however, curcumin as a treatment would probably not be on the market for another decade, said one scientist yesterday.

In the meantime, people should follow the usual steps for preventing heart failure: keeping blood pressure down, reducing cholesterol, exercising and eating healthily, the researchers said.

The new study is the latest to find promise in curcumin as a medicine, though it has long been used as a natural remedy in some Asian cultures. Human trials are underway to test the substance's efficacy in treating colorectal and pancreas cancer and Alzheimer's disease, after hopeful findings in animal studies.

Traditionally, it has been used in places such as India to heal cuts with a minimal of scarring, and fight everything from kidney disease to cataracts, though most of those applications have not been proven scientifically.

An animal study is a long way from a discovery applicable to humans, but the new research is good news, said Dr. Andreas Wielgosz, an Ottawa cardiologist and spokesman for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. The foundation partly funded the Toronto study.

"The potential is tremendous because of all the people who develop heart failure," he said. "Potentially, it would be very useful because it would reverse some of the damage to the heart muscle."

Heart failure affects about 400,000 Canadians, and 40%-50% die within five years of being diagnosed, according to foundation figures.

Factors such as high blood pressure that put excess stress on the heart sometimes lead to enlargement or thickening of the heart muscle - called cardiac hypertrophy. If the underlying causes of the hypertrophy are not countered with medication or lifestyle changes, the condition can lead to heart failure.

Though curcumin had never been tried before in treating heart disease, the team led by Dr. Peter Liu of the Munk centre speculated that its anti-inflammatory properties might be applicable to cardiac hypertrophy.

What they found is that the substance actually interacted with the nucleus of heart cells, blocking activation of the genes that are turned on in the hypertrophy process.

The resulting reversal of heart enlargement or thickening was striking, clearly visible with the naked eye and in ultrasound images, said Dr. Ouzounian. "The changes we saw ... would be clinically meaningful."

A different test showed that curcumin could also prevent hypertrophy from happening.

The ingredient's medicinal potential seems generally to stem from its ability to attack "what's going on in cells at the nucleus level," said the researcher.

Current treatment of hypertrophy centres around using drugs such as beta-blockers and ACE inhibitors to combat underlying causes like high blood pressure. No therapy at the moment can actually correct damage already done to the heart, Dr. Ouzounian said.

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Why Take Immunocal / HMS 90

“I don’t have any health problems…. I feel fine!

Why should I take Immunocal™/HMS90™?”

Based on the amount of pollution in the air we breathe acceptable contamination and chemicals in the food and water we consume and the thoughtless exposure to other people’s contagious ailments we encounter on a daily basis, everyone should be taking Immunocal™/HMS90™. Your immune system is the only natural defense your body has against these harmful intruders. Immunocal or HMS 90 as it is called in Canada helps keep your immune system at its optimum level so it can effectively combat these constant threats to your body.

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If you are middle-age or older, you have probably witnessed changes in your body’s appearance when stepping out of the shower and standing in front of a mirror. Most of the changes seen in our reflection are actually originating from the changes taking place inside the body. It is nature’s way of letting you know your body is gradually losing the ability to maintain itself. Many people, who witness changes in their appearance, will run out and buy vitamins, minerals and other nutritional supplements in hopes of regaining their youth. Others will begin diets or exercise and jogging routines in an effort to improve their body’s appearance and perhaps their overall health.

Unfortunately, few people ever consider their immune system. Very few really know anything about their immune system and how it is suppose to function. Most people take the immune system for granted. The truth is, even the healthiest immune system fluctuates on a daily basis.

Strenuous exercise, dieting and fatigue from working can all reduce the efficiency of our immune system. The lower your immune system drops, the more vulnerable you become when exposed to virus or flu bacteria and other contagious ailments.

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Every part of your body competes for the antibodies produced by your immune system. Your liver is the filter system for your body so it demands a majority of the available antibodies to combat chemicals, pollution and toxic substances that enter your body.

Each organ within your body has a specific and dedicated function. Your immune system is a guardian to protect the health of each organ and your entire body. Nothing can do more to protect your overall health than maintaining your immune system at its optimum level. In fact, researchers have found that a low immune system drastically reduces the benefits a person ca receiver from vitamins, minerals and other supplements. This finding holds true with many treatment medications. The lower the immune system, the less effective any treatment becomes. So, if you want to get your money’s worth from the medications and supplements you take you should elevate your immune system first. Immunocal™/HMS90™ is patented and supported by clinical studies to perform according to its manufacturer’s claims.

Research has determined that once a person passes the age of fifty, the efficiency of their immune system can drop as much as 34%. Perhaps this explains why so many seniors are making more frequent trips to their doctors. A daily dose of Immunocal™/HMS90™ will maintain the immune system at its optimum level which can allow the body to provide a natural defense for combating aging and many of the age related ailments.

More and more healthcare professionals are in agreement, based on the lack of natural nutrients in the food groups, people should be taking nutritional supplements to ensure their own better health. The most recommended are vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Immunocal™/HMS90™ is not only an antioxidant but it provides the body with the ability to take full advantage of any other vitamin, mineral or antioxidant supplement.

Of all the supplements available on the market today, Immunocal™/HMS90™ is the only natural product that is specifically produced to elevate your body’s immune response system.

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What is Immunocal/HMS 90- Frequently Asked Questions

• 21 Years of research at McGill University Medical Research Center and the Montreal General Hospital
• 23 Published clinical studies proving its effectiveness
• All natural –with no side effects, no conflicts with existing meds
• Medicaid/Medicare reimbursement in U.S. in selected states
• 8 Pharmaceutical type patents in the treatment of numerous very deadly and serious disease states. Proven to raise glutathione levels in your cells.
• Listed in the main ‘drug’ edition of the U.S. Physician’s Desk Reference 2004
• Exceptional health product for all levels of athletes! Double blind study in Muscle Performance from Montreal Children’s’ Hospital

• Production of Immunocal meets or exceeds the requirements of the USDA for dairy products.
• The total bacterial count is less than 1000/g with no detectable pathogens and/or antibiotics.
• The whey protein concentrate (WPC) marketed as Immunocal has been tested in hundreds of laboratory experiments on mice (20% in formula diets) from 1980 to 1992 without any signs of toxicity.
  
• WPC fed mice were not distinguishable from controls, in terms of growth rate, hair appearance, serum protein, etc. 1-8 Immunocal has also been administered in clinical trials in adults and children in doses varying from 10/g to 40/g per day without side effects. 9-12

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Consumer Lab Certified

Immunocal has been tested as part of ConsumerLab.com's Athletic Banned Substance Screening Program which screens for over 170 substances (including metabolites) based on the 2007 World Anti-Doping Code Prohibited List and has been certified free of any prohibited substances. The screening includes testing for stimulants, narcotics, anabolic agents, diuretics, masking agents and beta blockers based on the Olympic Movement Anti-Doping Code or the codes of other sports organizations. Click to view Immunocal on ConsumerLab.com's website.

For purposes of this testing, ConsumerLab.com acquired product through an independent representative, ensuring that product tested was randomly selected from a specific lot. Lot number for the testing was A3030731L, with an expiry date of 2009. To pass, a product must contain no confirmed Banned Substance at a "zero-tolerance level".

ConsumerLab.com reserves the right to disqualify a product at any time from passing its testing if it considers such product to present a safety risk or to provide misleading or inaccurate information. Athletes have long included Immunocal in their training regimens based on its scientific validation.

Studies such as that by Dr. Larry Lands on the "Effect of supplementation
with a cysteine donor on muscular performance" show that Immunocal can be an effective part of the athlete's nutritional supplementation.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Jim Northrop underlines that this latest substantiation of Immunocal's safety reinforces Immunotec's commitment to providing the public with the highest integrity nutritional supplementation available.

Immunocal has numerous North American and International patents, is listed in the Physicians' Desk Reference, the Pharmacist's Red Book and is approved for Medicare/Medicaid coverage in the U.S. Immunocal/HMS 90® has regulatory approval and a Natural Product Number from Health Canada as a natural source of the glutathione precursor cysteine for the maintenance of a strong immune system.

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The Leading Cause of Death may Surprise you!

Some interesting statistics that may interest you regarding the leading cause of death in North America.

• Statistically nearly 1/2 of all deaths in North America are the result of Coronary Disease (Heart and Stroke)
  
• 1 of every 2.6 women in North America will die of heart related diseases
• Only 15% of heart attacks are because of blockages

• 85% of heart attacks are because of inflammation

There is an inexpensive test called CRP (C- Reactive Protein) that will tell you the risk you have of having a heart attack.

If your test results are: 3+ you are a walking heart attack, 2 or less – at risk, 1-1.5 – moderate risk, .5 or less – almost never have heart attack or stroke

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Immunocal Platinum gets rid of inflammation. There are no other natural products that will reduce inflammation like Immunocal Platinum.

Alternately: It is expected that in North America $105 B in sales in non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs by 2012. Celebrex will be the prescription drug of choice.

Celebrex side effects

Gastrointestinal Abdominal: pain, Diarrhea, Dyspepsia, Flatulence, Nausea

Body as a whole: Back pain, Peripheral edema, peripheral nervous system, Dizziness, Headache

Psychiatric: Insomnia,

Respiratory: Pharyngitis, Rhinitis, Sinusitis, Upper respiratory tract infection

Skin: Rash

Immunocal Platinum side effects:

No side effects (initial detoxification may occur), no interaction with prescription drugs.

Those taking anti-rejection drugs due to organ transplant; or those with true milk protein allergies must consult their doctor before taking HMS90 or Platinum. Immunotec has made application to make the claim that Platinum is effective in reducing inflammation.

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Can We Cure Aging?

by Kathleen McGowan

Jim Hammond is an elite athlete. He works out two hours a day with a trainer, pushing himself through sprints, runs, and strength-building exercises. His resting heart rate is below 50. He’s won three gold medals and one silver in amateur competitions this year alone, running races from 100 to 800 meters. In his division, he’s broken four national racing records. But perhaps the most elite thing about Hammond is his age.

He is 93. And really, there’s nothing much wrong with him, aside from the fact that he doesn’t see very well. He takes no drugs and has no complaints, although his hair long ago turned white and his skin is no longer taut.

His secret? He doesn’t have one. Hammond never took exceptional measures during his long life to preserve his health. He did not exercise regularly until his fifties and didn’t get serious about it until his eighties, when he began training for the Georgia Golden Olympics. “I love nothing better than winning,” he says. “It’s been a wonderful thing for me.” Hammond is aging, certainly, but somehow he isn’t getting old—at least, not in the way we usually think about it.

They say aging is one of the only certain things in life. But it turns out they were wrong. In recent years, gerontologists have overturned much of the conventional wisdom about getting old. Aging is not the simple result of the passage of time. According to a provocative new view, it is actually something our own bodies create, a side effect of the essential inflammatory system that protects us against infectious disease. As we fight off invaders, we inflict massive collateral damage on ourselves, poisoning our own organs and breaking down our own tissues. We are our own worst enemy.

This paradox is transforming the way we understand aging. It is also changing our understanding of what diseases are and where they come from. Inflammation seems to underlie not just senescence but all the chronic illnesses that often come along with it: diabetes, atherosclerosis, Alzheimer’s, heart attack. “Inflammatory factors predict virtually all bad outcomes in humans,” says Russell Tracy, a professor of pathology and biochemistry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine, whose pioneering research helped demonstrate the role of inflammation in heart disease. “It predicts having heart attacks, having heart failure, becoming diabetic; predicts becoming fragile in old age; predicts cognitive function decline, even cancer to a certain extent.”

The idea that chronic diseases might be caused by persistent inflammation has been kicking around since the 19th century. Only in the past few years, though, have modern biochemistry and the emerging field of systems biology made it possible to grasp the convoluted chemical interactions involved in body wide responses like inflammation. Over a lifetime, this essential set of defensive mechanisms runs out of bounds and gradually damages organs throughout the body.

When you start to think about aging as a consequence of inflammation, as Tracy and many prominent gerontologists now do, you start to see old age in a different, much more hopeful light. If decrepitude is driven by an overactive immune system, then it is treatable. And if many chronic diseases share this underlying cause, they might all be remedied in a similar way. The right anti-inflammatory drug could be a panacea, treating diabetes, dementia, heart disease, and even cancer. Such a wonder drug might allow us to live longer, but more to the point, it would almost surely allow us to live better, increasing the odds that we could all spend our old age feeling like Jim Hammond: healthy, vibrant, and vital. And unlike science fiction visions of an immortality pill, a successful anti-inflammatory treatment could actually happen within our lifetime.

For the last century and a half, the average life span in wealthy countries has increased steadily, climbing from about 45 to more than 80 years. There is no good reason to think this increase will suddenly stop. But longer life today often simply means taking longer to die—slowly, expensively, and with more disease and disability. “If you talk to many old people, what they are really desperate about is not the fact that they’re going to die but that they are going to be sick, dependent, have to rely on others,” says Luigi Ferrucci, chief of the longitudinal studies section at the National Institute on Aging and director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging, the nation’s longest-running study of old age.

Biologists have known for a while that inflammation increases with age, but until recently, given everything else that slumps, spikes, or goes off the rails as we get old, it didn’t seem especially important. Some researchers on aging still think that way.

But a big clue linking inflammation with aging came in the late 1990s, when Tracy and his colleagues showed that C-reactive protein (CRP), an inflammatory protein, is an amazingly accurate predictor of a future heart attack—as good as or better than high blood pressure or high cholesterol. At least in heart disease, inflammation isn’t just a bystander. What’s more, we could do something to decrease it. Aspirin, which was already known to help people with heart disease, seems to work primarily by reducing inflammation.

So why should our own immune system rely on such an apparently dangerous mechanism? The answer lies in the fact that infectious disease has historically been the number one killer of human beings, and responding to this threat has profoundly shaped our biology. Possessing a fierce and ferocious immune response primed to keep us alive long enough to reproduce was an evolutionary no-brainer.

Damage to the joint from sever arthritic inflammation often requires a hip replacement.

Inflammation is what gives us that response. It serves as all-purpose protection against invaders and traumatic damage. To take a simple scenario, suppose you are bitten by a cat. First, coagulation factors promote clotting in order to stanch bleeding and prevent germs from spreading from the wound site. A menagerie of phagocytes, which swallow and destroy pathogens, surge out of the bloodstream and squeeze into the affected tissue, engulfing bacteria and secreting cytokines—messenger proteins that send out the call for more responders. The phagocytes also generate reactive oxygen species, unstable compounds that chew up bacteria as well as damaged human tissue.

At the same time, other switches get flipped throughout the body, modifying everything from metabolism to cell growth, via other cytokines, such as IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor–a, and things like CRP, which mark bacteria for destruction. The specialized adaptive immune response eliminates any remaining germs.

So far, so good. But the inflammation response can kick in even when there’s no invader. Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, is a classic example. In response to fatty deposits on the walls of the arteries, a type of phagocyte called a macrophage identifies the growing lesions as trouble spots and infiltrates them, swelling and destabilizing the deposits. Those lesions can then break open, resulting in the formation of a blood clot that can clog blood vessels and cause heart attacks. The more active the macrophages are, the more CRP is in the bloodstream, and the more likely the lesions will break open, block your arteries, and kill you.

The evidence that inflammation is behind other diseases is indirect, but it is mounting. Researchers have long known that in patients with Alzheimer’s, the areas of the human brain clogged with senility-associated plaques also bristle with inflammatory cells and cytokines. Modern research has found that cytokines block memory formation in mice. In diabetes, inflammation and insulin resistance apparently track together, and drugs that effectively restore insulin sensitivity also appear to reduce inflammatory factors like IL-6 and CRP. Inflammation is also being investigated by a group at Leiden University in the Netherlands as a culprit in declining lung function, in osteoporosis, and in old-age depression. Even the weakness of old age may have an inflammatory cause: Ferrucci has found that inflammatory activity breaks down skeletal muscle, leading to the loss of lean muscle mass. Being fat makes all these diseases strike earlier, and that seems to be at least in part because fat cells spur more inflammation.

These findings have provided researchers with a totally new appreciation of how subtly inflammation can work and how wildly awry it can go over time. It’s not about “a massive infection or a welt the size of an egg because you got hit in the head with a two-by-four,” Tracy says. “Inflammation also goes on at a much lower level.” As it simmers in the background, over years and decades, collateral damage accumulates—in the heart, in the brain, everywhere. Harvey Jay Cohen, chairman of the department of medicine and director of the Center for the Study of Aging at Duke University Medical Center, likens inflammation to “little waves lapping on the shore. It’s a relatively low level of activity, one that sustained over time wears away at the beach and stimulates other bad events.”

Evolution has designed into us a cruel trade-off: What saves us in the short term kills us over the long haul. As we get older, acute episodes of inflammation tend to turn into chronic ones, perhaps because the regulation of the immune system becomes less efficient. Inflammatory factors in the blood can increase two- to fourfold. Chronic infections may be partly to blame. Although we usually don’t know it, nearly all adults are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus, and at least 60 percent of us with cytomegalovirus. These two pathogens can stay in our bodies in a latent state, hiding out in our cells. But Ronald Glaser, a viral immunologist at Ohio State University Medical Center and his research partner (and wife), psychologist Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, think that these viruses are not fully dormant. They’ve found evidence (pdf) that with age, antibodies to these viruses increase, indicating a reawakened virus and an active immune response.

Early experiences may also influence the way that inflammation affects an individual’s aging, says Caleb Finch, a neurobiologist and gerontologist at the University of Southern California. Analyzing historical birth and death records from 19th-century Europe, he and Eileen Crimmins, a gerontologist and sociologist at the University of Southern California, found that longevity is directly related to exposure to childhood disease. Children born during years of high neonatal mortality who survived to adulthood didn’t live as long as those born in healthier years. The reason, he says, is inflammation: A high infectious burden in childhood results in a high inflammatory burden in adulthood, which results in a shorter, sicker life. Conversely, Finch believes that people in affluent countries now live so long because their childhoods are free from diseases like measles, typhoid, malaria, whooping cough, and worms. Without these diseases, people grow bigger and stronger—and live much longer.

Looking beyond provocative findings like those in Finch’s study, Tracy and other researchers on aging say that it may be too simplistic to think of inflammation in terms of straightforward cause and effect. Instead we must think of human biology as a group of interdependent systems. “Is inflammation a response to aging, or is it causing aging or disease?” Tracy asks. “My answer is: Yep, yep, yep. It does all those things. There’s no other way to think about it—it’s both cause and response to what’s going on.”

Inflammation is not uncontested as a theory of aging. There are many competing hypotheses. Yet inflammation reinforces some more than others, potentially establishing a plausible constellation of mechanisms responsible for aging.

For example, according to the “free radical” hypothesis of aging, we get older because of constant cellular damage caused by reactive oxygen compounds that are a natural product of metabolism. Inflammation can partly explain how this might work. Macrophages, as part of the inflammatory response, produce reactive oxygen species in order to attack bacteria. Oxidative stress and inflammation clearly egg each other on, and calming one can inhibit the other.

To take another prominent example, a low-calorie diet is known to increase the life spans of creatures ranging from flatworms to rats, but no one knows why, or whether it will help humans live longer. Inflammation provides a clue: Dietary restriction sharply inhibits the inflammatory response, and that may be part of why it promotes longevity at the same time that it reduces insulin resistance and slows dementia. Yet another widely discussed theory of why we age blames the shortening of telomeres, chromosomal structures that, in most cells, dwindle with each division and may ultimately limit the number of times any cell can divide. It is possible that inflammation could play a role here, too, because it prompts the faster turnover of cells in the immune system and other tissues.

Still, nobody thinks that there is a single root cause of aging—different species may age in different ways, and multiple mechanisms are probably at work. “I think it would be a mistake to suggest that inflammation is the cause of aging, or that all theories of aging must be tied to it,” Cohen says. Then again it may not ultimately matter whether inflammation is the most significant cause of our decay. More important is that inflammation offers an unparalleled opportunity to do something about it.

Some ways to reduce inflammation are elementary. It is impossible to know exactly what is going on in Jim Hammond’s body, but all the aspects of his regimen—healthy food, exercise, and a good attitude—reduce systemic inflammation. Those of us without his tenacity can turn to drug companies, which are exploring new anti-inflammatory drugs like flavonoids. Researchers are also looking at new uses for old drugs—trying to prevent Alzheimer’s using ibuprofen, for example. “The research is really to prevent the chronic debilitating diseases of aging,” says Nir Barzilai, a molecular geneticist and director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. “But if I develop a drug, it will have a side effect, which is that you will live longer.”

Some of this research stretches the boundaries of what we know. Rudi Westendorp, head of the department of gerontology and geriatrics at the Leiden University Medical Center, is trying to treat old-age depression with drugs that are currently used for autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. Harvard University researchers are considering a vaccine against atherosclerosis, which may provoke a reaction that suppresses inflammation.

The caveat with these experiments is that by modifying inflammation, we are playing with fire. After all, fighting off infection is an absolutely essential bodily function. “The danger of monkeying around in a system like that is that you may do more harm than good,” Cohen says. But humans appear willing to renegotiate the ancient evolutionary bargain that traded robust reproductive health for frail old age.

Think of Jim Hammond if you have any doubts. In his blog, he describes running the 800-meter race in the 2007 National Senior Olympics games. “I won in a photo finish, and I broke the national record,” he wrote. The crowd went nuts. At the age of 93, Hammond had the most exhilarating experience of his entire life.

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More on Detoxification

Glutathione and Detoxification

The glutathione system is the body's primary detoxification mechanism and, as such, is responsible for the removal of toxic compounds from the body, regardless of their etiology. Heavy metals, pharmaceuticals, insecticides, cigarette toxins, air and water pollutants - just to name a few. If your body's intracellular glutathione level is not optimized, it logically follows that cellular damage will result. The cumulative damage caused by the relentless onslaught of environmental toxins defines the very process of aging and disease.

The following abstracts contain overviews of studies performed that demonstrate glutathione's role in detoxification. Click on the corresponding link (blue) to read the abstract as found on the National Institute of Health's government website:

Cysteine metabolism and metal toxicity
Quig D. [Altern Med Rev 1998 Aug;3(4):262-70] The pro-oxidative effects of metals are compounded by the fact that the metals also inhibit antioxidative enzymes and deplete intracellular glutathione. Cysteine has a pivotal role in inducible, endogenous detoxication mechanisms in the body, and metal exposure taxes cysteine status. Basic research pertaining to the transport of toxic metals into the brain is summarized, and a case is made for the use of hydrolyzed whey protein to support metal detoxification and neurological function. Early detection and treatment of metal burden is important for successful detoxification, and optimization of nutritional status is paramount to the prevention and treatment of metal toxicity.

Mechanism of action and value of N- acetylcysteine in the treatment of early and late acetaminophen poisoning: A critical review.
Jones AL. [Journal of Toxicology -- Clinical Toxicology. 1998; volume 36, number 4, pages 277-285] The mechanism of action of N-acetylcysteine in early acetaminophen poisoning is well understood, but much remains to be learned of the mechanism of its possible benefit in acetaminophen poisoning presenting beyond 15 hours. Candidate mechanisms for a beneficial effect in-clude improvement of liver blood flow, glutathione replenishment, modification of cytokine production, and free radical or oxygen scavenging.

Glutathione deficiency in alcoholics: risk factor for paracetamol hepatotoxicity.
Lauterburg BH and Velez ME. [Gut. 1998; volume 29, pages 1153-1157]. "The data indicate that low glutathione may be a risk factor for [acetaminophen] hepatotoxicity in alcoholics because a lower dose of [acetaminophen] will be necessary to deplete glutathione below the critical threshold concentration where hepatocellular necrosis starts to occur."

Chronic ethanol and nicotine interaction on rat tissue antioxidant defense system.
Husain K, Scott BR, Reddy SK, Somani SM. [Alcohol. 2001 Oct;25(2):89-97.] This study was undertaken to examine the interactive effects of chronic ethanol and nicotine consumption on the antioxidant defense system in different tissues of rat. Chronic ingestion of ethanol resulted in a significant depletion of glutathione (GSH) content in liver, lung, and testes, whereas chronic administration of nicotine significantly depleted GSH content in liver and testes. The combination of ethanol plus nicotine resulted in a significant depletion of GSH content in liver, lung, and testes. Chronic ingestion of ethanol resulted in a significant decrease in glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in liver and kidney, whereas a combination of ethanol plus nicotine increased GSH-Px activity in liver and decreased GSH-Px activity in kidney and testes. Ethanol, nicotine, or a combination of ethanol plus nicotine significantly increased lipid peroxidation, respectively, in liver. It is suggested that prolonged exposure to ethanol and nicotine produce similar, and in some cases additive, oxidative tissue injuries in rat.

Treatment of sulfur mustard (HD)-induced lung injury.
Anderson DR, Byers SL, Vesely KR. [J Appl Toxicol 2000 Dec;20(S1):S129-S132] An in vivo sulfur mustard (HD) vapor exposure model followed by bronchoalveolar lavage was developed previously in this laboratory to study biochemical indicators of HD-induced lung injury. This model was used to test two treatment compounds-niacinamide (NIA) and N-acetyl cysteine (NAC)-for their ability to ameliorate HD-induced biochemical changes. These results show that NAC may be useful as a potential treatment compound for HD-induced lung injury.

Role of glutathione redox cycle and catalase in defense against oxidative stress induced by endosulfan in adrenocortical cells of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).
Dorval J, Hontela A. [Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2003 Oct 15;192(2):191-200.]
The role of antioxidants in maintaining the functional integrity of adrenocortical cells during in vitro exposure to endosulfan, an organochlorine pesticide, was investigated in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). ...protection against the adrenal toxicity of endosulfan, a pesticide that impairs cell viabilityand cortisol secretion. CAT, GPx, and GSH were identified as important antioxidants in maintaining the function and integrity of rainbow trout adrenocortical cells and ATA, L-BSO, and NAC were identified as effective modulators of CAT and GSH redox cycle. Moreover, this study suggests that the glutathione redox cycle may be more efficient than catalase in protecting adrenocortical cells against endosulfan-induced oxidative stress.

Toxic metals and antioxidants: Part II. The role of antioxidants in arsenic and cadmium toxicity
Patrick L. [Altern Med Rev. 2003 May;8(2):106-28.] Exposure to toxic metals has become an increasingly recognized source of illness worldwide. Both cadmium and arsenic are ubiquitous in the environment, and exposure through food and water as well as occupational sources can contribute to a well-defined spectrum of disease. The mechanisms of arsenic- and cadmium-induced damage include the production of free radicals that alter mitochondrial activity and genetic information. The metabolism and excretion of these heavy metals depend on the presence of antioxidants and thiols that aid arsenic methylation and both arsenic and cadmium metallothionein-binding. S-adenosylmethionine, lipoic acid, glutathione, selenium, zinc, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), methionine, cysteine, alpha-tocopherol, and ascorbic acid have specific roles in the mitigation of heavy metal toxicity. Several antioxidants including NAC, zinc, methionine, and cysteine, when used in conjunction with standard chelating agents, can improve the mobilization and excretion of arsenic and cadmium.

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The Science of Glutathione

A New Outlook on Life’s Health Challenges
Let’s face it, most of us live a fast-paced lifestyle that is very demanding on our health. The habit of reacting only once the body breaks down is giving way to the realization that prevention can be the best medicine.

Glutathione is emerging as one of the keys to the health puzzle. It was the discovery of glutathione’s importance in optimizing your body’s first line of defense – your immune system – that led to the development of a whey product that raises intracellular glutathione.

Glutathione: The Next Household Word
You may or may not have heard of glutathione, even though over tens of thousands of medical articles have highlighted its importance. Optimizing glutathione levels will shortly join the list of factors known by everyone to have an impact on our health and well-being, along with vitamin supplementation and cholesterol regulation.
Glutathione is a small protein produced naturally in every cell of our body. It is made up of three protein building blocks, called amino acids. These are glutamic acid, cysteine and glycine. The cysteine amino acid contains a sulfur group responsible for the chemical properties of the whole glutathione protein.

Glutathione: An Essential Health AID
There are three major roles of glutathione in the body: Antioxidant, Immune booster, and Detoxifier. Even cells in the healthiest of individuals constantly need to replenish their glutathione supply.

The Master Antioxidant (AID)
Antioxidants participate directly in the destruction of reactive oxygen compounds called free radicals. These by-products of a cell’s normal function can’t be avoided, but exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun or other sources promotes their emergence. Free radicals have been linked to muscle fatigue during exercise and aging.

For this reason, the body is equipped with a variety of antioxidants. Vitamins C and E are natural antioxidants but do not occur naturally in the body. These and other antioxidants actually depend on glutathione to function properly, which is why glutathione is called “the Master Antioxidant”.

Food for the Immune System (AID)
Glutathione helps build your immune system’s resistance and improve your chances of staying healthy.

Lymphocytes are cells of your immune system. Glutathione is essential for lymphocytes to increase in number, produce antibodies, and function efficiently.

A Natural Detoxifier (AID)
Our food and water sources are becoming increasingly contaminated with chemicals, as is the air that we breathe. Supplemental detoxifiers such as glutathione help to counter the effects of the toxins we inhale and ingest.

By physically binding to toxic compounds in cells, glutathione helps make them soluble - and harmless. The body can then eliminate these disarmed toxins in the bile and urine.

Raise Glutathione Levels—But How?
The fact is, you can’t ingest glutathione to feed it to your cells. Glutathione must be manufactured within your cells. What you can do is help this natural process by giving your body the glutathione building blocks it needs. The limiting factor in your daily intake of building blocks is the amino acid cysteine.

Cysteine, traveling alone as an amino acid through our digestive system, is poorly absorbed and very little of it will actually make the trip from our mouths to our cells. Luckily, when cysteine molecules bind to each other to travel in pairs, they can survive this process. They do this by forming a bond between sulfur molecules. These bonded cysteine amino acids are then called ‘cystine’. Although this sulfur bond is resistant to the digestive process, it is easily broken if submitted to heat or mechanical stress.

Immunocal’s Unique Manufacturing Process
Before Dr. Bounous and his colleagues devised the technique used to produce Immunocal, the scientific community was unsuccessful at producing a supplement rich in active bonded cysteine.

Immunocal is a highly purified protein powder isolated from whey (milk serum). Immunocal’s secret lies in its proprietary manufacturing process that guarantees:

• The most natural of products isolated in the most natural of conditions.
• A protein source that remains active, which is accomplished by maintaining the fragile, precious bond between cysteine amino acids.
• An even distribution of active protein throughout the product, for the same efficacy inevery serving.

Raise Glutathione Levels - Safely and Naturally
There are other synthetic ways in which glutathione levels may be raised. However, the high level of side effects limits their long-term use. In contrast, Immunocal is just as effective and has no known side effects when used as directed. It contains natural proteins isolated from milk, but a negligible amount of lactose; therefore, even lactose - intolerant individuals can use it safely.

Immunocal: Feeding Bonded Cysteine to Cells
Numerous clinical studies have been performed, using the highest standard of scientific design, to prove Immunocal’s efficacy and reliability. In one such study, Immunocal was proven to raise glutathione levels by 35.5% in lymphocytes.

What’s more, testimonial evidence from thousands of satisfied customers in a dozen countries confirms what science was able to prove: Immunocal works!

This study was conducted in healthy adults for 3 months using the highest standard of scientific design (peer-reviewed, double-blind, randomized, prospective and placebo-controlled study) to ensure validity of the results. Statistical calculations were performed to analyze the results.

Praise and Recognition From the Past and Present
Immunotec Research Ltd., is a research organization first and foremost and as such, is dedicated to marketing products that have received the highest approval from the scientific community. Immunocal is no exception.

Scientists have shown their support for Immunocal in many ways through the years, from its inception to its introduction to the North American market in 1996:

• Immunocal is patent-protected worldwide
• Immunocal is also listed in the U.S. Physicians’ Desk Reference and the Pharmacist’s Red Book
• Immunocal joins a select group of nutritional products qualifying for reimbursement coverage under Medicare/Medicaid in the United States

For a Video Overview on the Immunocal and Immunotec click here.

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Presentation about Immunocal on FDA website

The product validation includes a presentation from the FDA website. It references Undenatured Whey Protein Isolate (Immunocal).

Have a look at the presentation.

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Get Rid of your Stress

PNT 200 wins bronze at Health Ingredients Europe

Unique peptide is recognized for its calming properties

Those who have discovered PNT 200 know that it is a great way to help relieve the symptoms of stress. And the Health Ingredients (Hi) Europe committee is equally impressed, having recently recognized the effectiveness of its active ingredient with a bronze medal at the 2004 Hi Europe Innovation Awards!

How was this unique peptide discovered? After 12 years of research, in partnership with Université Henri Poincaré-Nancy in France, a peptide was found with relaxing properties within a milk protein hydrolysate. The research stemmed from the observation of the calm state of a baby after drinking milk, prompting researchers to investigate the relationship between milk consumption and any calming effect resulting from it. This led to the use of a well-known digestive enzyme to develop the patented milk casein hydrolysate found in PNT 200.

This discovery was significant, given the amount of stress that people face each and every day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), nearly 450 million people worldwide are
affected by stress-related disorders. Although high, this number is not surprising when we consider that life is filled with noise, social pressures, pollution and a myriad of other stressors
that infiltrate our minds and bodies.

Despite its negative connotation, stress is a perfectly natural and healthy physiological reaction that is necessary to prepare us to act quickly and efficiently in certain situations; it also allows us to adapt to changing needs and situations. It becomes a negative force when we experience too much stress or are unable to get reprieve from tension - this is when management techniques and products to help lessen the effects of stress come into play.

PNT 200 is perfectly positioned for today’s fast-paced life and the recognition of its active ingredient is an important milestone for the product. The Health Ingredients award further substantiates its value and the science that it is based on. PNT 200 is the natural alternative for those who are looking to better manage the stresses of everyday life.

For more information on PNT 200 click here.

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Summary of Medical Publications on Immunocal/HMS 90

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Patents Make a Difference

Some products on the market today promote themselves using the research of other companies. It is easy for a company to get a Composition Patent. Basically, submit your "recipe" for your product and you can claim that your product is patented. But what does that really mean to me and you?

Method of Use patents on the other hand, are Very Different. In order to get this type of patent you need to complete double blind studies (using your product), peer reviewed papers, needs to be renewed annually and on an on.

To see the U.S. and Canadian patents, click on the links below.

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Immunocal and Autism

There is a ton of anecdotal evidence that raising Glutathione helps with Autism over the years. In fact there is a study at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. It has been so successful that it is now entering Phase II studies. Here is the original press release:

Immunotec Research Ltd., Leading Canadian Nutraceutical
Company, Initiates U.S. Autism Research Project

MONTREAL, November 22, 2006--- Scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas have started a study in which a specially formulated whey protein isolate(Immunocal) will be used to raise glutathione levels in an attempt to lessen symptoms of autism.

Autism is a neurological developmental disorder that affects children’s ability to socialize normally, impairs language skills, restricts their interests and curiosity and causes other behavioral abnormalities. Most cases are diagnosed before three years of age, and there has been an alarming increase in the number of cases diagnosed over the past two decades. Currently, 1 in every 175 American children is being identified as having autism, and these numbers are on the rise each year.

To date, medical treatment of this disorder has been minimally effective. Although the causes of autism have not been clearly identified, research has suggested that chronic biochemical imbalance plays a role. Studies have shown that levels of the major intracellular antioxidant “Glutathione” is typically about 50% lower in children with autism. Glutathione, which is
produced by every cell in the body, is responsible for a number of functions including removing or neutralizing dangerous substances that we are exposed to on a daily basis, including toxic metals. Toxins, pollution, disease, stress, and poor diet can all contribute to loss of glutathione. When glutathione levels reach a critically low degree, we are much more vulnerable to toxins and immune dysfunction.

Principal investigator for this study is Dr. Janet Kern, an adjunct assistant professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern, which is internationally recognized for its clinical and research programs. “Some children with autism are poor detoxifiers relative to normally developing children, and in particular, have trouble excreting toxic metals,” said Dr. Kern. “Toxic metals that are not eliminated may build up in the brain. Plasma glutathione has been found to be lower in children with autism, particularly, in children with autism who have regressed. We want to clearly establish that raising glutathione levels in these children will improve their ability to detoxify these substances and in that way improve some of their symptoms.”

Dr. Jill James, Professor of Pediatrics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will be a coinvestigator. Dr. James is noted for her landmark studies in autism and toxicology and is among the first scientists to point out the links with low glutathione levels. “We know that Immunocal has been used to raise glutathione in other studies very effectively in areas such as cancer and lung disease. We want to take advantage of this same technology”, stated James.

For more information go to www.gsh-booster.com

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Just Learning to Blog

As a beginner blogger is helps to look at other peoples work for inspiration.

Colin is the author of many blogs; Golden eBooks for Newbies, Search Engine Optimization and Traffic Tips, Free PC Security. MySpace Blog, Safety Tips for Newbies, Golden eBooks Blog, 6 Ways to Make Money at Home, Top Affiliate Tactics, Life. He has presented the Be The Blog award and Best Blogging Buddies award to the following:

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Promote Glutathione

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The top 4 causes of Poor Health, Chronic Disease and Aging.

1. Dehydration.

The importance of Water cannot be understated. The average person needs 2.5 liters of liquid intake per day to remain fully hydrated. A good guide for your daily water intake is to drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day. Add to that if you are doing strong physical activity.

2. Free Radicals.

We've all heard about free radicals and the damage they can do. Unstable atoms that bounce around inside our bodies, they destroy healthy cells as they search for 2 more electrons. Free radicals have an oxidizing effect on the body. We know they account for 70% of diseases such as cancer and diabetes and help to accelerate the aging process.

Free radicals come from everything we ingest - foods, drinks, smoking, alcohol and pollution. In fact, 2% of every breath you take ends up as free radicals, which blows out to 20% during heavy exercise. At times of rest, our bodies can handle the load to some extent, but in times of stress and fatigue, the body just can't keep up. Getting rid of these oxidizing free radicals is key to being healthy. Boosting your Glultathione with Immunocal is the best way.

3. Acidosis

You know what the top selling medication is in the US? Antacid. We are an acidic nation and acidosis is simply the name for having an acidic body caused by diet and lifestyle.

Probably the most acidic food is any cooked meat, followed by simple sugars, processed dairy, coffee and alcohol. But they are also the staples of most diets. The alkaline foods such as fruits, vegetables and nuts and high pH water are not the staples of most diets. Over acid makse us sick, tired and overweight, maintaining a healthy pH gives us health and wellness.

What you eat and what you drink affects the alkaline/acid balance of the fluids in the body. We all need to focus more on alkalizing foods to counteract some of the acid.

4. Intestinal Disorders.

We all know that most of what we ingest is absorbed via the intestinal tract. The vitamins, minerals, and nutrients we need in order to survive are extracted and absorbed from what we consume. The intestines also have to handle the toxins, pesticides, heavy metals, chemicals, preservatives, hormones and carcinogens we find in modern day, processed foods.

Not surprisingly, the intestines require water to flush these toxins away. When working properly and hydrated, this process of food waste flows smoothly, but when the body is dehydrated, the intestines become cess pools of fetid matter. This matter sticks to the intestinal walls, resulting in a double whammy for our health. It becomes more difficult for the body to absorb nutrients and for the toxins to be flushed out. This in turn affects the blood, and when the blood is toxic, so too are the organs it supplies. We know the average person has between 5 and 22 pounds of caked, rancid, decaying, fecal matter stuck inside their intestines. We know about the compromised absorption of nutrients, but this build up also creates free radicals. We know that almost all diseases originate in the colon, or the toxic cesspool of fetid, fecal matter as the case may be.

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Diseases Related to Oxidative Stress

Every moment we are alive, cells within our bodies are dying and being created. Oxidation within cells occurs as they "burn fuel and oxygen". Its our ability to deal with the oxidative stress that determines our overall health.

If oxidative stress continually happens at a greater rate than we are capable of dealing with, it results in sickness and eventually disease. You may be surprised by the multitude of disease that are related to Oxidative Stress.

The best strategy is to ensure adequate levels of antioxidants in your diet.

• Neurodegenerative Diseases

• Aging Diseases

• Cancer

• Liver Diseases

• Lung Diseases

• Cardiovascular Diseases

• Digestive Diseases

• Kidney Failure & Dialysis

• Infectious Diseases and Immunology

• Skin Disorders

• Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat & Teeth

• Pregnancy, Lactation & Childbirth

• Exercise & Athletic Performance

• Male Problems

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Immnocal Platinum - "Plain and Simple"

It all starts with a package of Bonded Cysteine (Immunocal/HMS 90) which assists the body in maintaining optimal concentrations of glutathione (GSH) by supplying the precursors required for intracellular glutathione synthesis. Immunocal is clinically proven to raise glutathione values (Lands et al, 1999). Immunocal Platinum also contains additional lactoferrin to enhance and modulate immune-function.

CMP (Cytokine Modulation Proteins) A Cytokine is a protein released by the immune system. Cytokines can be good or bad. That is why they need to be modulated, controlled and redirected. Cytokines are good when they help your immune system attack invaders such as bacteria and viruses. Cytokines are good when you have an injury, because they signal special proteins to heal cell damage. Cytokines can be bad when the body uses them to attack the tissues of our body. This is called autoimmune disease. ‘Short term’ inflammation is good because the body uses cytokines to destroy germs. Chronic (long-term) inflammation is bad for the body because it causes damage, like rheumatoid arthritis. When you have an infection, cytokines signal proteins to heal cell damage. As we age, the process of balancing good inflammation and eliminating bad inflammation doesn’t always function as it should. Consequently, a common factor in chronic disease is the presence of low grade chronic inflammation, which can manifest itself in the form of cancer, stroke or heart disease, etc. Cytokine Modulation helps to balance this process and reduce the inflammation while promoting healthy cell growth and proper immune function. This is one of three main functions of Immunocal Platinum.

RMF Redox Modulating Formula will:

• Improve mood, energy and mental acuity
• Balance calcium and prevent calcium loss
• Slow down cell damage, a cause of aging
• Neutralize acid production from high protein intake. We now know that it is better to be alkaline.
• Modulate insulin
• Promote healthy weight management

Immunocal Platinum is EASY to take. Immunocal Platinum works best when taken first thing in the morning on an empty stomach.

• Enhances the immune system
• Repairs damaged cells & promotes healthy cell growth
• Inhibits abnormal cell growth
• Prevents acid from building in the body
• Slows calcium loss
• Improves insulin metabolism
• Improves mood, energy, well-being, alertness, concentration and clarity

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Health Insurance

Your health insurance policy lists a package of medical benefits such as tests, drugs and treatment services. The insurance company agrees to cover the cost of certain benefits listed in your policy.

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