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Moducare™ may help to support:
Serving Size: 3
Capsules
Servings Per Container: 30
Ingredients Amount Per Serving of 3 capsules
Sterols (beta sitosterols from pine) 60 mg
Sterolins (glucoside sitosterolin from pine) 600mcg
Other Ingredients: Rice flour, magnesium silicate
Does NOT contain soy, sugar, acacia, barley, wheat, corn, millet,
dairy, lactose, yeast, gluten, artificial sweeteners, artificial
colorings, salicylates or preservatives
What Are Sterols?
Sterols are fats found in every plant, whether it is a fruit or
vegetable. Chemically, sterols are very similar to the animal fat
cholesterol. Animals make and use cholesterol, but plants use
phytosterols. Sterols are abundant in all plants, but because of the
processing of most foods, naturally occurring sterols are leeched
from plants. And even if we could eat plant foods rich in sterols,
we would have to eat 500-700 grams of fresh fruits and vegetables to
derive 100 grams of sterols. This makes supplementing sterols
helpful.
Moducare® is a patented blend of plant sterols and sterolins in a
clinically proven ratio of 100:1. These nutrients are derived from a
natural pine source and come in a vegetarian capsule and chewable
tablet.
Suggested Use:
As a food supplement, take one capsule/tablet three times daily or
two upon rising and one before bed. For best results, take with
water or juice between meals.
Store in a cool dry place.
Caution:
If you are pregnant, nursing, a diabetic, an organ transplant
recipient or have multiple sclerosis, do not use unless on the
advice of and under the direct supervision of a health care
professional.
Frequently Asked Questions
Question
Can I take Moducare® with
my other supplements or medications?
Answer
Can I take Moducare® with my other supplements or medications?
There are no known interactions with Moducare® and any natural
supplements. There is no conclusive evidence to suggest an
interaction with medication. There has been an adverse event report
in respect to a blood-thinning drug. An independent toxicology
consulting firm assessed the report for our company and concluded
that there is insufficient evidence to suggest that the adverse
event arose from Moducare® use.
Question
Does Moducare® have any side effects?
Answer
When the immune system becomes balanced, some sensitive individuals
may experience symptoms that indicate the body is trying to rid
itself of toxins. These symptoms are temporary and may include
digestive problems, rashes, headaches and fatigue.
Question
Is Moducare® an immune “booster” like echinacea?
Answer
The key difference between echinacea and Moducare® is that echinacea
only stimulates the immune system, while Moducare® balances it.
Echinacea is not recommended for prolonged use, or for people with
autoimmune conditions. Moducare® allows the immune system to
regulate itself: enhancing an underactive response and/or modulating
an overactive one.
Question
Do I take Moducare® for a few months and once my immune system is
balanced, stop taking it?
Answer
Moducare® is considered a daily supplement and should be taken as
long as you want to aid the immune system to be balanced. Sterols
and sterolins do not "fix" the immune system but provide the
nutrients needed to help keep it in balance.
Question
Is there anyone who should NOT take Moducare®?
Answer
Recipients of foreign organs and tissues, including bone marrow and
corneal transplants, are cautioned not to take any immune-regulating
nutritional supplements. Therefore, Moducare® is NOT recommended for
transplant patients. People with synthetic
replacement/reconstruction will not be affected, e.g. hip, knee,
breast, or pacemaker.
Moducare® is a
mixture of sitosterol* (BSS) and its glucoside sitosterolin (BSSG)
in a 100:1 ratio. This
formulation was originally marketed in 1974 in Germany, after its
beneficial effect in the treatment of benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)
had been established.
Two years later, the same BSS/BSSG mixture was marketed in a product
for rheumatoid arthritis. In 1989, Professor Patrick Bouic in South
Africa, and his colleagues, discovered that both sitosterol and
sitosterolin have an immune modulating effect. Their findings, which
were published in the Int J of Immunopharmacology 1996, 18, 693-700,
eventually resulted in the patented product called Moducare®.
Moducare® taken orally at 3 capsules per day (each capsule contains
20.2 mg sterols/sterolins) restores weakened or reduced T cell
activity in a balanced proportion of TH1 and TH2 cells. This enables
the immune system to effectively counteract viral diseases (common
cold, hepatitis, HIV, etc.) and various microbial diseases
(tuberculosis, etc.). Moducare® also corrects a variety of
autoimmune conditions (e.g. rheumatoid arthritis) usually arising
from an excess secretion of inflammatory factors.
However,Moducare® is
not a drug: it does not interfere with any metabolic processes of
either the patient or an infecting agent but it is rather a catalyst
or messenger initiating a correction of existing immune system
imbalances or maintaining adequate existing balances. It thereby
helps an individual to maintain good health or fight a disease
effectively. The use of Moducare® is ideal in conjunction with drug
treatments that tend to disturb the TH1:TH2 balance or where a
disease results in a TH1:TH2 imbalance which a drug cannot correct.
*sitosterol: This compound is usually described in the literature as
β-sitosterol or beta-sitosterol. The chemical name is often
shortened to “sterol”.
Dr. Karl H. Pegel, CChem, FRSC
Associate Professor (Retired), School of Pure and Applied Chemistry
University of Natal, Durban, South Africa
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