Immune Health - Pediatric Nutrition

End of Summer/Back-to-SchoolIt's never too early to plan ahead

The move from summer to fall comes with the need toplan for environmental shifts that accompany the change ofseasons. Whether it be school supplies or your child's im-mune system, getting what is needed now minimizes need-less inconveniences later.

Children spend a large portion of their time in the greatoutdoors during the summer months, but once schoolstarts, they are in close confines with many things that chal-lenge and weaken immune function. Reduced sun expo-sure means lower Vitamin D levels. Very often, schools aresprayed with toxic pesticides and cleaned with harsh pet-rochemicals. Most school systems provide lunches includ-ing foods grown with pesticides, fungicides, herbicides andGMO ingredients.

These multiple physiological stressors deplete vital traceelements necessary for optimal immune function, thussetting the stage for predictable seasonal pathogenic out-breaks. As soon as the first child shows up to school with asnifRe, viral and/or bacterial infection spreads like wildfireamong the student (and teacher) population. Rather thanlooking to understand the terrain in which microbes thriveand communicate, medical authorities focus narrowly onthe germ. The Germ Theory states that it is the mere pres-ence of a pathogen that results in disease. However, Pasteur'stheory has no explanation for the children who remain wellin the presence of illness spreading through a given schoolenvironment. (continued page 2, column 1)

lWorld Health Organization Infiuenza Ad-Il Nt) . update 56, July 1, 2009.'CDCTable. U.S. Human Cases ofHINI Flu Infection, June 25,2009.3World Health Organization, Assessing the severity of an influenza pandemic, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert and

Response (EPR), May II, 2009.

Pandemic Perspective - Biology

Environment & Immune DeficiencyH1Nl fact, fiction and the law of the terrain

In our last issue, we revealed the important role thatnutrition plays in maintaining good health and proper im-mune function in the face of serious immune threats, par-ticularly Swine Flu. As ofJuly 1, 2009, the World HealthOrganization reports that over 77,201 people worldwidehave contracted the Influenza A(HINl), with 332 con-firmed deaths.' This translates to a 0.4% mortality rate,which is within the same range as a typical seasonal influ-enza for ages 0-49. In the United States, the mortality rateis also only 0.4%.2 All deaths in the U.S. occurred amongthose suffering from pre-existing underlying chronic con-ditions." Although media hype over the 2009 Swine Fluappears to be an over-reaction, perhaps it can raise aware-ness and interest in holistic realities as well.

Adequate historical perspective is necessary to under-stand the nature and potential severity of any microbialthreat. While alarmists point to the 1918 Spanish Flueach season to focus attention on biological worst-casescenarios, consideration must be given to the reality thatdeaths from influenza, even in pandemic years, trendeddownward throughout the 20th century." Designating anovel influenza virus a pandemic strain does not indicateits virulence, just its ability to pass rapidly from person toperson.

People with compromised immune function not onlyexperience more severe complications of seasonal influ-enza, but may also be at "higher risk for novel influenzaA (HINl) virus infection complications."5 Is your fam-ily nutritionally prepared for the fall and winter months?Proper immune function is essential for good health andprevention of disease. The World Health Organization re-cently stated that your "nutritional status can influence theseverity of a pandemic in a significant way.'" Take solacein the fact that global health experts acknowledge the roleof proper nutrition to keep you healthy, even in the faceof pandemic immune threats. Your neighborhood healthfood and natural grocery store may contain the most im-portant pharmacy of all: life saving nutrition.

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Novel InRuenzaA (HINI) Virus, June 5, 2009.6World Health Organization, Assessing [he severity of an influenza pandemic, Epidemic and Pandemic Alert

and Response (EPR), May II, 2009.

July-August 2009Immune Health - Pediatric Nutrition

Back-to-School (from page 1, column 1)

A contemporary of Pasteur, Antione Bechamp, ex-plained why some remain healthy even in the face of ex-traordinary immune challenges. His Law of the Terrain re-vealed with clarity that it was the milieu, or environment,that determines health or disease, not the germ.

How do you keep your child's terrain healthy in a scho-lastic setting that may not support optimal physiologicalfunction during cold and flu season?Good nutrition andadequate trace mineral supplementation in support ofnormal immune function is a great place to start.*

Science News - Colloidal Chemistry

The smallest confirmed silver particle size inArgentyn 23@at 0.8 nm is over 100,000 timessmaller than the width of a human hair! Thisis over 20 times smaller than even the smallestvirus!*

Myth-busting:Q: Should colloidal silver be dark or clear?A: Pure silver colloids should be clear to a pale

hue. Darker color is an indication of large parti-cles that reflect light, or inactive dissolved com-pounds (salts or proteins) that are never foundin a silver hydrosol, the purest form of a silvercolloidal suspension.

Science News - Methods of DeliveryTypical P.O. Administration:

Q: How do I achieve the right dose sizewith differentdelivery configurations on the bottle?

A: A normal adult dose of Argentyn 23@is one tea-spoon (5ml) delivering 115mcg of active silver.To determine how to reach the appropriate 5mldose size, use the following guide:

• 2 oz Vertical Spray - 50 sprays• 2 oz Fine Mist Spray - 30 sprays• 2 oz Dropper - 6 droppersful• 4 oz Cap - 1 teaspoon• 8 oz Cap - 1 teaspoon• 16 oz Cap - 1 teaspoon

Pleasenote that the dropper fills up only half-way with each bulb squeeze. This is still consid-ered one dropperful.

"This statement has not been evaluated by FDA. This product is notintended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate or prevent any disease.

Q & A - Expiration DatingInternational Standards?

Q: Why is your expiration date for Argentyn 23@ex-pressed in 'terms of year/month?

A: The International Organization for Standardization(ISO) has a standard for expression of dates, although itis not specificallydesigned for pharmaceutical or dietarysupplements labeling. The Canadian and European gov-ernments, as well as many large corporations, are adoptingthe ISO standard for expressing dates in general, not justfor expiration dating purposes. The ISO format calls forYY¥Y-MM-DD, YY¥YMMDD or YY¥Y MM DD.

The United States has approved the ISO format for gen-eral uses. In our case, the expiration date is' expressed interms of year and month (YY¥Y/MM) and we use the (I)because all our printing is performed electronically.

Quality Assurance Quality Unit cGMP Alert!New FDA regulations mandate that dietary supple-

ment manufacturers and distributors follow current GoodManufacturing Practices (cGMPs) similar to those of thepharmaceutical industry. The federal government is takinga tiered approach to enforcement: companies with morethan 500 employees were required to become compliantby June 2008; companies with 21-499 employees musthave become compliant by June Ist 2009; and companieswith fewer than 20 employees will need to be compliantby 2010.

To become compliant with the new cGMP guidelines,dietary supplement companies need to perform analyticaltesting of their products. Those non-compliant and unableto meet cGMP guidelines are running the risk of not beingable to sell their products due to regulatory agency action.This may result in many companies going out of business.

In some ways, cGMPs for dietary supplementsare stricter than those for pharmaceuticals. Forexample, many pharmaceutical compounds canbe considered "pure" if they meet 90-98 percentof the requirement. Purity constraints for dietarysupplements can be as much or more than 100percent as a requirement.

Natural-Immunogenics is uniquely suited tomeet or exceed the new cGMP guidelines, pro-viding you with the quality and potency you havecome to expect from the #1 selling silver supple-ment in the United States.

~l:'NATURAL-IMMUNOGENICS CORP.Sovereign Immune Defense