The Gut is the Foundation of Your Immunity
Optimum Immunity has been approved by Health Canada with the claim: "Helps Maintain Immune Function". Yet remember, you can't properly discuss maintaining immune function without considering that 70–80% of your immune system resides in your gut. There is a simple evolutionary reason for this, and it makes perfect sense.
For over 99% of human history, we lived as hunter-gatherers, and our food was always accompanied by natural bacteria, dirt and soil-based organisms. So over a 2-3 million year period, of course we developed a major immune surveillance system in our gut, which processes and responds to foreign matter - i.e. your food, as it arrives.
Your Digestive System: Always on the Lookout!
As what you eat comes "down the pipe", your gut's immune system evaluates its contents; if its immune tissue doesn't like it, it gets upset and mounts an immune response. This involves inflammation, and when this immune response is exaggerated, or overactive, it can be extremely unpleasant, and may result in digestive discomforts such as gas, bloating, pain, diarrhea, constipation, and nausea.
A Dual-Action Formula...
In addition to its antimicrobial properties, keeping our gut's immune function effective, but not overactive, was what I had in mind when developing the Optimum Immunity formula. Beyond combating pathogens like colds and flu, the nine carefully selected ingredients work synergistically to calm the gut, and maintain balanced gut-immune activity.
If you've got gut problems, the chances that an overactive immune response is involved are very high. (See: How Calming The Gut Strengthens our Health & Immunity Beyond Just Colds & Flu).
For optimal results, take 2–3 capsules of Optimum Immunity any time—whether with food, on an empty stomach, in the morning, at bedtime, or even during the night.
This dosing flexibility allows you to support and calm your gut's immune response when you need it. The bonus is how quickly it tends to help.
This product works synergistically with our Opti- Elite Probiotics, and if reflux is your problem, taking it with 2-3 Opti-Alkaline can also be extremely helpful.
Here's to your best (and quietest) gut health!
John