immune system: NK cells boost by upto 437%

There is a product that has been out for a few years now that was introduced to me by a friend who's a naturopath, that suposedly boosts the immune system, thus preventing illness. Basically what it does is provide a supply of transfer factor, which is what all mammals are fed through the breast milk of the mother.

It's the process of transferring all of the mothers accumulated defences (natural killer cells) against germs/viruses and such, to the infant, who then by absorbing it, aquires those defences to defend it, and to perhaps one day pass it onto their children. This is past on from one generation to the next, by an accumulated set of immunities or protective factors which are part of our evolution.

So pretty much, those who were not fed their mothers milk appear to be at some risk when subjected to a sickness (for example: If a baby calf does not get this from it's mother, it will most likely not survive). This medicine had been collected from the collostrum of a cow (which are exposed to some of the most unsanitary conditions throughout its entire life), and condensed into pills which can be absorbed by humans with completely equal benefits.

I've taken it before and just recently aswell, and from personal experience, have noticed amazing differences in my health, as I've been known to get sick very often. I've talked with other people in the medical profession who pass this treatment off as an impossible transfer, and from others that seem to say the opposite. But it seems to work for me, so I can't complain at all.

I just want to know if anyone has heard of this before, or at all, and if they could share their opinion, medical if possible, on it. Here's two links just incase anyone wants to read further.

the company: 4life: transfer factor

a review: independant review

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added chart and text for additional viewing:

image clipped from 1st link provided

Natural Killer cells, or NK cells, are important immune cells that provide a crucial first defense against infectious agents and diseased cells. Once activated, NK cells react in two ways. First, they promptly secrete chemical messenger proteins that modulate emerging immune cell responses. Second, they become potent killers of infected cells. Without Natural Kill cells, threatening conditions can get a strong foothold before additional immune responses are able to kick in.

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Sounds interesting, the theory behind it at least sounds good... but of course that dosen't always mean much...

Originally posted by lockheed
Sounds interesting, the theory behind it at least sounds good... but of course that dosen't always mean much...

I don't believe that it's theoretical at all, and is actually in fact scientifically proven (the transfer factor process thats is), check the links. From what I know it's being used around the world, while showing outstanding results. How they manage to do it though is beyond me. As I said before, my chiropractor said that it wasn't possible. That's why I'm interested in any input from the ATS community on the matter.

I remember reading somewhere, can't remember where at the moment, that mothers milk contained an enzyme known as telomerase which is being investigated as a possible cancer treatment.

news.bbc.co.uk...

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Yes! It works! I was sent the evidence based research for TF (transfer factor), by a colleague of mine who is an Immune Specialist. What it can 'actually do', I found hard to believe at first and took me a few months to really look into the research, and yes, I guess you could say I'm convinced.

I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and once tried a diet supplement of Cholostrum which is the element in early breast milk which transfers immunity from from mother to baby.

I didn't provide any noticeable result. Maybe it only works in the first few weeks of life, or the fact that it was bovine cholostrum rendered it useless to me.