The Role of Amino Acids in Recovery from Surgery

Here's the latest from the Discovery Wellness Alliance, from their blog post: DWA Antioxidants - Recovery from Surgical Procedures: Surgical Preparation and Targeted Nutritional Strategies:

Amino Acids
The amino acids arginine, glutamine, and taurine are conditionally essential amino acids, which means that under certain stressful conditions (including trauma and surgery), the body cannot synthesize them in normal amounts; it must therefore rely on external supplemental sources (Kendler 2006; Sole 2002).

• Arginine. Arginine provides a substrate for nitric oxide production, which enhances blood flow by relaxing blood vessels (Grimble 2005). It also stimulates and activates immune system cells (Fukushima 2004). Trauma and surgery increase levels of the enzyme arginase, which reduces arginine levels (Bansal 2005). Arginine supplementation, alone or in combination, has been observed to enhance wound healing (Moskovitz 2004) and prevent pressure ulcers (Singer 2002).
• Glutamine. Glutamine is a major component of proteins produced during clotting (Weisel 2005). Supplementation with glutamine also speeds wound healing (Peng 2004).
• Taurine. Taurine is required for mitochondrial energy production and efficient utilization of other nutrients (Jeejeebhoy 2002). It has been documented to improve cardiac surgery outcomes by protecting heart muscle against ischemic damage (Keith 2005).

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Our protein powder supplement, ProteinPruTect, contains 1,747 mg of Arginine, 4,059 mg of Glutamine and 500 mg of Taurine. This, combined with 2.5 g of serum-derived immunoglobulin concentrate and 1g of Arabinogalactan, makes ProteinPruTect ideal for accelerating recovery from surgery. ProteinPruTect is only available from PruTectRx here.

ProteinPruTect: New Lower Price & Better than Ever

Same Great Formula, New Lower Price (and Still No Glutens)

Your health is so important to us that we've dropped the price on ProteinPruTect by $55 per 30-day supply.

ProteinPruTect is in such high demand that we've been able to dramatically increase our production runs, cutting the cost almost in half. We want this to be your gain as it's the same completely natural formula, featuring:

• Non-genetically modified pea & rice vegetable protein to maximize absorption
• Serum-derived immunoglobulin concentrate
• Arabinogalactan—a prebiotic
• Glucoraphanin
• High amino acid profile including 4g of glutamine

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Accelerated Recovery from Surgery

If you know anyone having surgery, please recommend SurgiPack, which will help accelerate surgical recovery following any procedure.

Dr. Chad Surgical Recovery Tip

When combined with our liquid omega-3 nutritional supplement, OmegaSmoothiePruTect, and as part of our Omega3ProteinPruTect Key Lime and Lemon Meringue bundles (you get 10% off), you can now get all of your daily omega-3, aminos, immno-stimulation, GI support, and brain protection needs fulfilled pill-free when it's difficult to eat and swallow, especially for cervical spine surgery and procedures affecting the throat, abdomen and digestive tract.

You Are What You Eat

It's becoming increasingly difficult to know what's actually in the food we eat every day. Seemingly normal foods are becoming adulterated through processes that go unseen and, as they say, "out of sight out of mind."

But there are dangers with blindly trusting the source of what you put in your body. Anything from vegetables to eggs to milk can be genetically modified (GM) in some way as it moves along the food chain. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) represent an experimental technology that creates plant and animal genes that cannot occur on their own in nature.

GMO foods can be toxic or allergenic. At a very basic level they can also cause digestive issues as well. As it becomes more difficult to track the lineage of your food, you are at an increased risk of experiencing the negative effects of consuming GM foods. That is why it is becoming increasingly important to know where your food comes from.

Non-GMO Vegetable Protein & Nutritional Supplements

When a person undergoes surgery, it is even more important to reduce exposure to potentially harmful foods. For this reason, ProteinPruTect uses only non-GMO rice and pea protein, the benefits of which are two-fold:

1. There is no risk of consuming potentially harmful substances, and
2. Rice and pea based protein does not contain any allergens such as eggs, soy, milk, or wheat (glutens)

Another benefit of non-GMO vegetable protein is especially important after surgery when you take into account the fact that pain medication frequently causes digestive issues. By using a non-allergenic protein to boost recovery, you help support healthy digestive system function.

ProteinPruTect

When combined with immunoglobulin concentrate and arabinogalactan, ProteinPruTect helps accelerate surgery recovery and promotes daily wellness. ProteinPruTect is only available from PruTectRx.

Antifreeze for Your Immune System

Antifreeze is a remarkable product: not only does it ensure that your car will start in extreme winter cold, but it also protects your car from overheating in the summer by regulating the engine's temperature.

How is it possible for the same product to perform seemingly contradictory functions? The answer is a substance called ethylene glycol, which has a boiling point of 387° and a freezing point of -40° so that it can regulate your engine's temperature in extreme hot or cold temperatures.

With the temperature outside dropping, our immune system often needs an added boost. Our bodies need something that will moderate our immunity, keeping it from falling too low, while also needs something to make sure our immune systems don't become over-stimulated by all the junk in the air. Is there something that could have the same impact on our immunity as antifreeze has on engines—but that we can take without being rushed to the hospital?

Nature's Antifreeze
Enter arabinogalactan, a natural substance that serves as antifreeze for your immune system. Arabinogalactan is a soluble fiber found in many wooded plants and some vegetables that functions to normalize the immune system by keeping it both from either under-performing or over-acting. This helps the immune system effectively deal with real threats to the body versus other things that can cause it to needlessly kick into high gear.

The greatest concentration of arabinogalactan is found in the western larch tree. Its ability to act like antifreeze for the tree's immune system should come as no surprise, as the western larch must protect itself against the freeze-thaw cycles it experiences in its native Pacific Northwest.

Other Benefits
Arabinogalactan also acts as a prebiotic and has been shown to enhance digestion by promoting the growth of friendly bacteria. When arabinogalactan enters the digestive tract, it ferments and produces a metabolic by-product called short-chain fatty acids, which are essential to food's digestion. Prebiotics also help support gastrointestinal (GI) function.

Don't Eat Bark
Fortunately, you don't have to eat the bark of the western larch tree to get the benefits of nature's antifreeze. Arabinogalactan is an ingredient found in ProteinPruTect, an all-natural, GMP certified nutritional supplement used to boost immunity, improve GI function and strengthen overall health. ProteinPruTect is only available for purchase in our online store here.