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Each year, cold and flu are the leading causes of missed work days/school days. In this economy, making your dollar stretch to the end of the month is tough enough without having to miss work because you or your child are sick!

Holistic Pharmacist Sherry Torkos appeared on Channel 8’s Let’s Talk Live to reveal foods that can improve our immune systems. In this TV segment, she includes several child-friendly foods fortified with Wellmune WGP® including juices and healthy cookies.

Just as you might choose foods fortified with vitamins, you now have an option to choose foods for yourself and for your family fortified with this well-researched immune enhancing ingredient. Need on-the-go convenience? She also mentions supplement brands that contain Wellmune.

Thank you Better Nutrition for highlighting Wellmune WGP in your November 2011 issue. We were thrilled with this article, which focuses on natural ways to boost your immune system – just in time for cold and flu season. Wellmune WGP was the only ingredient mentioned by brand name.

This article mentions studies published in the Journal of Applied Research. One such randomized, placebo-controlled study, of 40 healthy adults over a 12-week period during cold and flu season, found that Wellmune WGP may reduce the severity of your cold and flu symptoms even if you do get sick. In this study, none of those in the Wellmune group missed work or school due to colds. Meanwhile, the people with colds in the placebo group missed an average of 1.38 days.

That’s the kind of welcome news we like to hear this time of year!

Nutraceutical Business & Technology, Nov/Dec 2011

Check out the latest issue of Nutraceutical Business & Technology for an article on how Wellmune WGP may change the way athletes, trainers and coaches approach supplementation. Substantial research demonstrates that high intensity exercise weakens the immune system.  If you’re not well, you cannot achieve training or performance goals.  Clinical studies in marathon runners and cyclists in a heat stress lab showed that Wellmune WGP reduced the incidence of upper respiratory tract infection symptoms and activated protective immune responses that maintain health.  The results have sports nutrition implications for both recreational and elite athletes.

NutraIngredients-USA.com, a leading website for the supplement and nutrition industry, reported today that Wellmune WGP^® is rapidly gaining acceptance as an immune health ingredient among major food, beverage and supplement manufacturers.  Wellmune WGP, which primes innate immune cells that keep the body healthy, is an ingredient in products in more than 30 countries, including juices, fruit smoothies, toddler formula, soups and healthy snacks. The manufacturers of these products range from large global companies such as Mead Johnson and Coca Cola to regional food, beverage and supplement companies.

Biothera on a Roll as Yeast Beta Glucan Moves into Mainstream

“Sales at biotech firm Biothera have exploded in the last three years as some of the biggest names in food and drink have started to take yeast-based beta glucan seriously as an immune health ingredient…”

Sherry Torkos, fitness expert and holistic pharmacist, dropped by Breakfast Television at City-TV Toronto to discuss natural ways to keep healthy.

Sherry isn’t all work and no play; she shared a sneaky way to get healthy by eating Praeventia cookies that are great for kids and adults alike. The cookies contain whole oats, polyphenols (antioxidants) and Wellmune WGP^®, a natural ingredient that improves resistance to stress and mobilizes immune cells without over-stimulating the immune system. These are ideal for school lunch boxes.

Ever notice how lethargic you become when you’re feeling under the weather?  With a healthier immune system, chances are that you’ll notice an increase in energy. Try Praeventia or other Wellmune WGP^® products today.

Functional Ingredients, December 2010

Biothera, the Minnesota-based manufacturer of immune system support ingredient Wellmune WGP, has cut another notch in the science quiver for the ingredient with the results of a recent study in the UK.  A trial conducted with 100 medical students found Wellmune significantly reduced the duration of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms during the peak of the cold-flu season.

Natural Products Insider, December 2010

Wellmune WGP significantly reduced the duration of upper respiratory tract infection (URTI) symptoms in a healthy population of medical students during the peak of the cold-flu season.  The research was presented last week at a British Society for Immunology conference in Liverpool, UK.

New Nutrition Business, June 2010

Biothera, a US-based R&D biotechnology company, is making rapid progress with the commercialisation of its Wellmune WGP, an immunity-boosting ingredient, as food and beverage companies respond to growing consumer interest in products that stave off illness.

New Nutrition Business, June 2010

Biscuits Leclerc, Ltd., is a family-owned Canadian company that has been making biscuits and other snacks since 1905.  The company is on the cutting edge of functional foods with its recent launch of a a healthy cookie line called Praeventia, which includes Wellmune WGP for immune health benefits.

Food Business News, May 2010

Products promoting immune system support are gaining traction. Consumers are becoming more sophisticated in their understanding of the relationship between diet and health.