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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The significance of bioelectric energy for our health was first demonstrated in 1936 by the studies of Kaunitz and Eppinger in Vienna. A high membrane potential makes the cell immune to viruses and toxins. A low membrane potential is associated with a high susceptibility to infection and acceleration in the body’s compensatory measures, such as inflammatory processes.  Chronic inflammation, which does not necessarily correspond to a specific disease, is one of the major health problems of our time and often manifests itself in the form of conditions such as indigestion, bloating, allergies, pain or swelling in the musculoskeletal system, and a general lack of vitality. Life just feels strained when there is chronic inflammation or a low membrane potential.

Recently  a good friend from the USA brought to my attention an entirely new product that was developed to optimize the electrical energy of people.  The product is a synergy of albumin – protein and immunoglobulins and IGF – growth factors. This special blend not only has a significant surplus of bioelectronics and bio-photons, but is designed so that they can be properly absorbed by the human energy system.
This product is especially valuable precisely because a limitation lies in the application of knowledge about bio-photons. Many foods are valuable in themselves, but cannot be assimilated optimally in many cases.
This new bio-photons – protein takes exactly the approach of enabling optimal assimilation of bio-photons, and electric power in the body. The main effects I’ve observed can be grouped into three categories:

• A significant, sustained energy boost.
  Albumin stabilizes blood sugar levels and the electrical energy gives the body a clear Qi – thrust. Energy measurement has shown in numerous people a significant and prolonged improvement in Meridian values [as per Chinese Medicine]. What is striking in this context is the general feeling of needing less food in the hours after taking Protein Extreme Energy. The  meals later in the day also tend to be more filling and satisfying. I personally experience, for example, that if I  take the protein in the morning, my hunger in the evening is significantly smaller. This is a good indication of the Qi – Supply of the body.

• A very quick and deep-regeneration of the digestive tract.

Chronic digestive problems, bloating, poor digestion, energy, etc. often disappear after a few weeks of taking Protein Extreme Energy. This effect is very significant because it also occurs in people who already have tried every other possible bowel cleansing and digestion improving measure. Although it may not improve all aspects of digestive health, Protein Extreme Energy seems a promising candidate for the optimization of the digestive tract.

• Regeneration and strengthening of muscles and joints.
  Athletes who had quit their careers because of chronic injuries were back training after a month of regeneration on the protein. Children and adolescents are supported in healthy growth. People who have experienced pain and swelling in muscles and joints, and who had no success with other naturopathic measures have had their symptoms disappear in a few weeks. Physical performance is often substantially improved and  qigong, yoga, etc. are supported in their action.

In general, this protein appears to contribute to closing a missing link in the chain of holistic health by addressing the long-neglected issue of increasing the body’s bioelectric health.

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Originally published in German

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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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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.

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tion and cellular replication and detoxification reactions. One of its therapeutic uses is to treat high homocysteine levels in the blood, which is a powerful risk factor in cardiovascular disease. It has also been used to aid digestion, treat depression, and treat types of liver disease involving inflammation.

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