During exercise your metabolism generates not only energy from glucose with the mitochondria of your muscle cells, but also a by-product known as free radicals.  These are small oxygenated molecules that have only one purpose in their short life:  to grab electrons from their nearest neighbor and in so doing, destroy them.  Hence, muscle cells are destroyed and have to be replaced.

In addition to free radical oxidative damage, tissues such as your joints, tendons and ligaments can become damaged during hard exercise and competitive performance. This initiates the inflammatory response of the immune system leading to swelling, inflammation and pain. A certain amount of inflammation occurs with most exercise, although it is not always noticeable.

The first benefit of organic cocoa is its high antioxidant content(1).  It contains more flavanoids than highly antioxidant foods such as blueberries and tea(2), and can be used by more than  just athletes seeking to reduce the oxidative stress initiate by training and competition. Antioxidants destroy free radicals on sight – in fact as soon as they are formed. Not only do they prevent the oxidative stress of exercise, but they also prevent atherosclerosis, where free radicals render low density lipoproteins water-insoluble so that they precipitate from the blood and form cholesterol plaques on arterial walls.

With regard to exercise and recovery, however, the antioxidants in organic cocoa prevent damage to muscle cells and the proteins that form muscle tissue. The same phytochemicals also possess anti-inflammatory properties, and so help to reduce the effects of inflammation. It is ironic that the inflammatory response of your immune system is intended to protect your body tissues from damage, but doesn’t know when to stop and ends up causing swelling and pain. Anti-inflammatories are used to alleviate the effects of inflammation that can retard recovery after exercise. Experimental evidence indicates that organic cocoa contains powerful anti-inflammatory effects(3).

Another benefit of organic cocoa is that it can promote cardiovascular health. By dilating your arteries and other blood vessels it can improve blood flow, and hence help to maintain muscle oxygenation during exercise.  This in turn not only permits longer and more effective athletic performance, but also helps to convert exercise into more powerful muscle density. It regulates your hear rate and lowers your blood pressure, and generally promotes athletic prowess and effective exercise.

Another benefit that is not truly appreciated is offered by the neurotransmitter content of cocoa. Remember that great feeling you get after jogging a few miles?  Referred to as ‘jogger’s high’ it can be provided by the endorphin content of organic cocoa. Endorphins are ‘feel-good’ neurotransmitters and cocoa, in providing that plus others such as serotonin promote a positive outlook and a general feeling of well being.

These attitudes are important to athletes, and another that cocoa offers is anandamine, a chemical released by the brain that promotes relaxation and enables you to relax easier after extreme exercise, thus promoting more rapid recovery. Finally, phenylethylamine helps you to focus on the objective in hand, and together with the other neurotransmitters that cocoa either contains or promotes in the brain, can put you in the right mood for hard work and athletic achievement and improve the symptoms of fatigue, particularly of chronic fatigue(4).

1. British Journal of Nutrition (2009), 101, 931-940

2. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Dec 3, 2003.

3. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2006;47 Suppl 2:S163-71; discussion S172-6.

4. Endocrine Abstracts (2006) 12 P68

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Your immune system is your body’s way of protecting itself from disease and invasion by pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, yeasts and fungi. If you are not sure what it protects you from, consider what happens when you die and your immune system shuts down. Your body is rapidly invaded by bacteria and parasites and rapidly degrades. It is only your immune system that prevents this from happening when you are alive.

It is therefore imperative to your good health that this wonder of nature is maintained in tip-top condition. That said, how does it actually work, and what can we do to ensure that our immune system keeps working in the background as we go about our daily lives? Every second of every day you come into contact with pathogens such as the bacteria and viruses that would invade your bodies if they could break down your defenses, so how does this system prevent that from happening?

The immune system is a very complex wonder of nature, and even today it is not completely understood. However, we know enough about it to understand its general biochemical principles, any of which are based upon given and learned memory of the protein structure of the pathogens involved. The system consists of three distinct levels.

Level 1 is your skin and various fluids, such as mucus and tears, that prevent pathogens from entering your body. Healthy skin can prevent bacteria and viruses from getting through, and those other parts of your body exposed to the outside world, your mouth, nose, ears, eyes, respiratory and digestive tract, are continually being flushed by mucus, saliva, tears, urine and so on in order to prevent invaders from taking hold.

Level 2 is known as the innate system, part of which are phagocytes, a form of white blood cell that eat invading organisms alive. It also consists of other systems, such as the inflammatory response that will be discussed later. Another form of Level 2 response comes from Natural Killer (NK) cells, that kill off cells in your body that have been infected by pathogens. By killing the cells, they also kill the pathogen.

Level 3 is known as the ‘adaptive response’, whereby specific pathogens, or antigens, are remembered by associated antibodies, and deactivated by them. The antibodies may have already been formed, the adaptive system having come across them before, or they may be formed fresh within about two weeks of infection by new organisms.

When we are born, we have been provided with a degree of immunity from disease from our mother’s blood. Additional to that, the initial colostrum produced from the human breast is a rich soup of antibodies designed to enhance that immunity. From then on we are on our own. Antibodies are also known as immunoglobulins and your blood can contain many millions of different antibodies at any one time.

As previously mentioned, a part of your immune system is known as the inflammatory response. This is the initial response of your body to infection, and involves the release of chemicals known as eicosanoids and cytokines. The former dilate the blood vessels to allow the large phagocytes to reach the infected area, and also increase the body temperature of the area in order to render conditions unfavorable for the bacteria and viruses to multiply.

The cytokines enable the various white cells to communicate, possess antiviral properties (interferons) and also lead other cells needed by the immune system to the infected area. It is the inflammatory response that causes the temperature increase known as fever and that can make you feel generally bad and run down.

When your body is put under stress, such as through dealing with the stresses of everyday life, people crowding together in offices or busy trains, and with the stresses imposed on the body through hard exercise, your antibodies are unable to deal with pathogens as they enter your body.

Germs get through your defenses and the immune system is activated. Cytokines are generated that trigger the inflammatory response to this invasion, which in turn uses up energy and slightly raises your temperature. Your body protein begins to be converted to amino acids that are broken down by the liver.

In short, you begin to feel tired and run down, and will continue to feel this way unless you do something to change the natural progression of events. Extra antibodies can help you recover from this run down feeling, and an oral immunoglobulin supplement can give your immune system the boost it needs and help reduce the production of the inflammatory cytokines.

The immunoglobulin content of Protein Extreme Energy can help to prevent you from feeling run down through the reaction of your immune system to environmental stress by giving your system a boost of antibodies to overcome the effects of common environmental pathogens. It enables you to withstand the stresses of everyday life without losing athletic ability and endurance.

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This summer the defibrillator fired off. In the hospital, I got bad news. The doctors told me I needed a heart transplant because my heart had only a 5% ejection fraction (a healthy adult ejection fraction ranges from 50-65%). They also diagnosed me with Hepatitis C, and edema, which had resulted in the severe bloating of my body. They put me on 9 different types of medication that left me feeling dizzy, incoherent, off-balance, dehydrated and depressed.

When I got released from the hospital, a friend who worked at a health food store told me about Protein Extreme Energy™. I’d tried to go natural before, taking all kinds of herbal supplements, but none of it worked, I still got the edema. From the moment I started taking Protein Extreme Energy, I felt a sense of energy and strength that I didn’t have before. I also felt more focused, and more balanced when I walked. I also didn’t feel depressed anymore, my mood was elevated. I started following an all-natural, mostly plant-based diet and began doing breathing exercises. The side effects from my medications – the spots, dizziness, headaches, palpitations – all that stuff went away.

After two months of taking Protein Extreme Energy™, along with following the clean eating habits and taking my medications, the doctor did a stress test on me. My ejection fraction had gone from a 5% to a 42% in two months – I didn’t need a heart transplant anymore. The doctor couldn’t believe it, he had to double check the results. Also, when they did a blood check, the Hepatitis C I had been diagnosed with before was cleared, I didn’t have it anymore.

I went from being on 9 medications to now being on no medication at all. I went from being 270 lbs this summer in the hospital to now being a lean 210 lbs. When I came out the hospital I was frail, I couldn’t work out. Now I’m able to do pull ups, 50 push ups straight, an hour on the treadmill inclined all the way to the last height. I’m able to work out 5 days a week from half an hour to an hour and still recuperate for the next day. I feel so much stronger, more toned, more defined. Now all my friends tell me, your grip is back.

I’m very grateful for Protein Extreme Energy™, I believe it’s been instrumental in allowing me to have a second life. I really felt dead prior to it. Now I have a new sense of hope, I feel stronger every day. I’ve got my second wind and I’m motivated to pursue a healthy lifestyle. I really feel inspired and I want to motivate others to do the same, and not to give up just because they have a condition. I realize there are so many possibilities to get well with the right eating habits and supplementation for their health. Protein Extreme Energy™ is the best product I’ve ever taken for energy. I don’t get crashes. I’m also taking Adrenal Reboot™ and GSH Ignite™, and I’ve noticed that I sleep more soundly and my breathing capacity is up.

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BioActive Protein Lowers Cholesterol

A recent study found that men and women with moderately high cholesterol, 210 to 270 total count, had a 6% drop in total cholesterol after just three weeks of taking an immunoglobulin supplement. More importantly, LDL cholesterol, or the “bad” cholesterol most closely associated with heart disease, decreased by 7% while HDL, the “good” cholesterol, remained constant.

How much of the BioActive Protein do I need to take in Protein Extreme Energy to take to replicate these effects?

Over the course of the study, participants took the equivalent of 2 servings daily just 74% of the time, suggesting even greater benefit with full compliance.

How soon should I see the benefits?

Within one month.

Where can I see that study?

It was published in the April issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2005 81 (4) p 792). The results are based on a six-week study, conducted by the Dallas, TX-based Cooper Institute.

Are there any other studies?

Because this is a relatively recent discovery, there have yet to be more studies conducted on this topic. However, two studies in the 1990s showed milk from immunized cows had higher immunoglobulin content than did milk from non- immunized cows, and appeared to lower cholesterol in those who drank it. The researchers surmised that the immunoglobulin, also the main ingredient of Protein Extreme Energy, was responsible for the effect.

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^TM acts to prevent these conditions from occurring in the first place, and to help you get rid of them if you are already suffering from them.

How does a BioActive Protein protect my Gastrointestinal Tract?

The immunoglobulins in Protein Extreme Energy neutralize bacteriological and viral invaders before they get a chance to set up shop, thus preventing damage to the intestinal villi, and avoiding placing stress on the immune system. They cut the bad guys off at the pass, before they can do harm and thus save us from the complications of intestinal damage.

How does the BioActive Protein work to heal my already damaged Gastrointestinal Tract?

On bodies already affected with a virus or bacteria, bioactive proteins work to repair damaged villi, and they have been proven to speed the healing process by repairing destroyed tissue at an accelerated pace. This allows the body to re-divert energy that was previously being expended on the immune system back to regular productive functions.

How does infection and inflammation of the GI tract occur?

This vast surface area of the intestine is covered with protrusions termed villi. Each villi, in turn, is completely covered with even smaller protrusions termed microvilli. Bad bacteria often bind to the receptor sites on microvilli, and the damage to these surfaces directly impacts the immune system. If too many of these pathogens bind, then infection and inflammation occurs.

What are the results of gastrointestinal infection?

Intestinal damage results in decreased absorption of vital nutrients, and decreased digestive efficiency, inflammation, and bowel problems such as diarrhea and leaky bowel. Intestinal inflammation causes muscle weakness and joint soreness.

Why is the Gastrointestinal Tract Important to health?

Our mouths and noses are the easiest access points for bacteria and viruses to enter our bodies, and lodge in the gut. Our health is contingent upon our immune system’s ability to identify and repel those intruders.

Considering it’s vulnerability, it’s not surprising to discover that the Gastrointestinal tract contains about 70% of the body’s immune cells. An adult human’s gastrointestinal tract has approximately 400 sq meters of surface area and contains 2 pounds of bacteria.

I just had gastric by-pass surgery, can I take Protein Extreme Energy?

Protein Extreme Energy is proven safe and effective following gastric by-pass surgery.

I have irritable bowel syndrome, Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, can I take Protein Extreme Energy?

Protein Extreme Energy is proven safe and effective as well in persons diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel diseases such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

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Athletes, dieters and body builders stand to benefit from taking coconut oil because its fat content is converted easily into energy, it does not promote accumulation of fat in the heart and arteries, it helps promote healthy thyroid functioning, and accelerates metabolism by reducing pancreatic stress.

Turmeric has been described in Turmeric: A Brief Review of Medicinal Properties, by R.C. Srimals, as possessing the ability to protect the liver against toxic substances, in particular heavy metals such as lead, as well as preventing the formation of gallstones, decreasing the size of stones already formed, and increasing the flow of bile.

Turmeric alcohol extracts have been found to reduce blood sugar levels, and may soon be used in the treatment of diabetes. Clinical trials in China have shown turmeric to reduce serum cholesterol. Turmeric use has been recommended by the World Health Organization.

Lipopolysaccharide, isolated from turmeric root, has been shown to stimulate and increase the activity of the immune system and the cucurmin found in turmeric is being studied as a possible preventative treatment to cancer.

Your adrenal glands sit on top of your kidneys and regulate stress and energy output. Intense exercise can overwhelm the adrenals and eventually burn them out, leading to chronic fatigue, bags under the eyes and reduced performance.

Nourishing the adrenals alone is not enough, however – stimulating the adrenals without opening the surrounding pathways of the nervous system (or, from the viewpoint of Chinese Medicine, the meridians) is like increasing the output of an electricity generator in a home with faulty wiring. Sooner or later, the whole thing will short circuit, and you may end up burning out your generator (adrenals). This is how an aggressive adrenal stimulant such as caffeine or sugar can eventually drain your entire system. Adrenal Re-Boot not only ups the power of your generator – it upgrades your wiring, so that energy can move freely throughout your body.

Adrenal Re-Boot provides the nourishment your adrenals need to function properly while also strengthening the connecting pathways so that you can access the energy you need, when you need it, providing an extra boost to the legs. By promoting healthy cortisol and DHEA levels, Adrenal Re-Boot also helps put your body in an anabolic state, necessary for muscle growth and repair.

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Our immunoglobulin concentrate provides two and one-half times the Immunglobulin G (IgG) found in colostrum, and fifteen times that found in whey isolate. IgG responds against pro-inflammatory cytokines, binding to pathogens and protecting the body from their effects. It has been shown to reduce pro-inflammatory cytokines by up to 95%, resulting in significant improvement in colon health and a systemic reduction of whole body inflammation.

Immunoglobulins have also been shown to help improve liver function, leading to a reduction in LDL (bad) cholesterol. A recent study found that men and women with moderately high cholesterol, 210 to 270 total count, had a 6% drop in total cholesterol after just three weeks of taking an immunoglobulin supplement. More importantly, LDL cholesterol, or the “bad” cholesterol most closely associated with heart disease, decreased by 7% while HDL, the “good” cholesterol, remained constant.