- What are transfer factors?
Transfer factors are memory molecules in your immune system that store all of the experiences of your immune system. They police your body looking for invading germs. A transfer factor is a peptide of 44 amino acids, which change their arrangement to form different communications. These amino acids act like the alphabet. You can arrange the twenty-six letters of the alphabet into thousands of words that communicate meaning. These amino acids can form into thousands of arrangements. Each of these arrangements describes a particular bacteria, virus, parasite, or fungi. Other immune cells can read this biochemical communication. Cells within your body communicate between themselves to form combat strategies in order to keep you well. Don't confuse amino acids with protein. It requires more than 100 amino acids to constitute a protein. Amino acids are the building blocks to many different chemicals and substances in the body besides proteins. Transfer factors are the "brains" of the immune system. Through a special patented process from 4Life® Research, concentrated transfer factors can now be extracted from cow colostrums and chicken egg yoke.
- Are transfer factors made of sugars, proteins or fats?
Isolated transfer factors have been determined to be a chain of small peptides consisting of 44 amino acids. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.
- Is it a vitamin, mineral or herb?
No. It is a supplement unlike any other. It is in a class of its own.
- What role do transfer factors play in the immune system?
These are an inducer fraction, an antigen specific fraction and a suppressor fraction. The immune system must be able to respond quickly, respond specifically and not exhaust itself by over responding and attacking normal tissue. The three transfer factor fractions were named because of the discovered affects they had on immune system. The inducer fraction triggers a general state of readiness in the immune system. The antigen specific fraction is an array of critical tags used by the immune system to identify a host of enemy microbes. The suppressor fraction is as important as the other fractions in that the components of this fraction keep the immune system from focusing all its strength on a defeated infection while ignoring new microbial threats. The suppressor fraction is also responsible for controlling allergic reactions and blocking.
