Wikipedia describes “transfer
factors are essentially small immune messenger molecules that are produced by
all higher organisms. They are an ancient part of the immune system and present
“an archaic dialect in the language of cells. Transfer factors were originally
described as immune molecules that are derived from blood or spleen cells that
cause antigen-specific cell mediated immunity, primarily delayed
hypersensitivity and the production of lymphokines, as well as binding to the antigens
themselves.
Henry Sherwood Lawrence discovered transfer
factors in 1954. A second use of term transfer factor applies to a likely
different entity derived from cow colostrum or chicken egg yolk which is
marketed as an oral dietary supplement under the same name citing claims of
benefit to the immune system.
Transfer factor is an immune molecule
composed entirely of amino acids. Wikipedia further explains that to
communicate between cells, the immune system employs hormone-like signal
substances; transfer factors are one class of such immune system communication
substances. Transfer factors include
both inducer/helper functions and regulator functions. Side effect of long term
oral administration of colostrum-derived factors has been shown to be safe.
Colostrum is a form of milk produced by the mammary glands of mammals including
humans in late pregnancy and it also contains multiple immune modulating
molecules.”
I have always been health conscious and
consuming products which I believe is good for my health made me a target for
marketers because they have no problem convincing me. All these years this body of mine is
sustained every now and then with supplements from mushrooms of Japan and
Indonesia, some herbs from America, purple rice of Thailand and some fiber
oxidants processed in Davao.
Because health is wealth and because raw nutritious foods are not always available anywhere to buy nor prepare, these
kinds of health intakes are easy to take and bring around.