I recently attended an information session regarding a nutraceutical product and some of the research behind it and its benefits. I must say that initially I was a bit wary. It had the air of a multi-level marketing “presentation” but I was pleasantly surprised. The presenter gave a relatively strong scientific presentation about the benefits of Immunocal and the research behind it. I would have liked to have had more research and more of the scientific details but I’m fairly certain that I was in the minority.

I was prepared for the usual bias due to receiving the information from the company and it’s paid researchers, but was pleasantly surprised by a comment from one of the physicians that was speaking. He strongly urged everyone in attendance to do their due diligence and not just take the company’s word for how good the product is. He even made reference to PubMed and its usefulness as a resource. I have used PubMed many times and many of the papers in our repository have come from there so it was reassuring to hear it referenced given the context of the presentation.

We are doing some further research on the supplement, but I think it is safe to say that we will be giving it a try with K. The research indicates that it will address some of K’s physiological challenges; oxidative stress (as indicated by various blood tests he’s had), improved immune function (there is no downside to this), and system detoxification (K takes 300mg of Tegretol daily- a drug that can be hard on the liver). We just need to confirm that it does not contain any casein, or at least an insignificant amount due to K being on the GFCF diet. Also, that their are no contra-indications with his anti-seizure medication.

I received some research on Immunocal and have put it in the documents section as well as linked to it below. I will also include some links to PubMed information I read previously on the product.

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