Nutraceuticals are natural substances with pharmacological properties which are used to strengthen the body's immune system in its fight against chronic disease and immune disorders such as cancer.
Our immune system is a complex system involving communication between the body's organs, tissues, hormones and chemicals. It is an amazing protection mechanism which helps our body defend us against foreign invaders such as viruses, bacteria, microbes, parasites, and toxins which we come in contact with daily.
A compromised immune system can fail to protect the body against these foreign invaders, diseases, allergies, arthritis, infections, and can fail to stop the growth of cancer cells.
Scientific studies have shown that nutraceuticals:
- Enhance natural killer cell function,
- Enhance the cancer fighting power of T-cells,
- Enhance macrophage activity,
- Enhance tumor necrosis factor,
- Neutralize oncogenes (cancer promoting substances),
- Assist in re-differentiation (transforming cancer cells to normal cells through re-establishment of cell cycle controls),
- Assist in removing fibrin coating from tumors through proteolytic enzymes,
- Assist in inducing programmed cell death (apoptosis).
Depending on your specific needs and the support that your immune system requires, Dr. Weidenfeld will work with you to design a nutritional program that is unique to you.
