How it Works
WGP 3-6 is the only nutritional supplement that is scientifically proven to enhance the immune system, as evidence by research both demonstrating its mechanism of action in the body and measuring significant changes in immune response. In fact, the science supporting the efficacy of WGP 3-6 is overwhelming.
Once swallowed, immune cells in the gastrointestinal tract take up WGP 3-6 and transport it to immune organs throughout the body. While in the immune organs, immune cells called macrophages digest the WGP 3-6 into smaller fragments and slowly release them over a number of days. The fragments bind to neutrophils, which are the most abundant immune cell in the body. Activated by beta glucan, the neutrophils now more quickly navigate to the site of a foreign challenge and kill it.
This mechanism of action has been proven through published research. Researchers discovered the mechanism by tracking fluorescently dyed beta glucan, the green dye shown in this slide, as it traveled through the body. Within days the beta glucan is carried to the spleen, bone marrow and other immune organs throughout the body.
It’s unknown whether other beta glucans actually work since none have done similar testing.
In a separate study, significant improvement was observed in the killing activity of immune cells. Phagocytic cells, which literally engulf and destroy foreign challengers, showed greater microbial killing in subjects who had taken Life Source Basics.
Figure 2 shows the number of phagocytic cells that engulf one microbe increased from 63% to 83% after 10 days of treatment with Life Source Basics. Highly phagocytic cells, those that engulf three or more microbes, increased from 37% of the total cells at the start of the study to 56% after 10 days.
