The Immune System

THE POWER OF OUR INTESTINES

The small intestine is 4-5 metres long with an area of about 300 square metres (as big as a tennis court). This huge surface, always in constant relationship with the external environment, is the main point of contact between self and nonself substances (ingested with food).

The intestine is therefore the largest area of the body subjected to constant antigenic stimulus and is the body’s most important immune front since it produces 60-70% of the cells responsible for the immune response.

The intestinal immune system is mediated by the lymphoid tissue associated with the intestinal mucosa which has different structures in nodular form, the Peyer’s Plates, formed by follicles each consisting of a germinative centre of B lymphocytes surrounded by T lymphocytes.

THE ROLE OF AN IMMUNOBIOTIC LACTOBACILLUS

The Immunobiotic Lactobacillus is a live or non-viable microorganism with the particular ability to modulate the immune responses locate in the intestinal mucosa.

In particular, Immuno LP20 (Lactobacillus Plantarum L-137 Tyndallized) is obtained from devitalization, obtained with a thermal process, of the bacterium Lactobacillus Plantarum, a non-pathogenic microorganism and has been shown, both experimentally and clinically, that the fragments of this lactobacilli are actually able to stimulate the immune system.

IMMUNITARY DEFENCE: THE ROLE OF VITAMIN C and VITAMIN D

The primary role of these two vitamins in the immune process is now evident. According to recent studies, adequate levels of Vitamin D3 (50mcg per day) are essential for the correct functioning of the immune system.

A recently presented review has shown significant reductions in the risk of respiratory tract infections with sufficient amounts of Vitamin C.

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