Immune System Health and Yeast extract

Keeping balance and times and seasons can be very important in keeping our bodies healthy. I came across an article that talked about the immune system benefits of taking 1-3, 1-6 beta glucans. Beta glucan is a supplement derived and purified from the cell wall of common baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae)

When you have a Candida infection problem that is related to yeast it is a good idea not to take a supplement that is extracted from yeast. Although there is an argument that says that the types of yeast are different.

The article which can be found at www.drpaulclayton.com. Dr Clayton explains that the world is currently dumping 250 million tons of waste products into our environment each year in Europe alone. With toxic levels increasing people are at greater risk to health problems, cancer, depression, diabetes etc

Because these threats are beyond our control the best we can do is to try and safeguard our own bodies against threats by building up our internal reserves. Dr Clayton says that beta glucan helps prime the main elements of the immune system which are macrophages, neutrophils and natural killer (NK) cells. It then helps these cells move quickly to an area in the body where an invasion is taking place. It also helps our immune cells to be able to eat the invading pathogen as well as aids them in the ability to release chemicals that will kill microbial, fungal, viral or cancer-related pathogens.