IMMUNE WELLNESS IV
If you’ve been considering IV infusion therapy and are looking for a “cover all the bases” approach, this is the choice for you!
If you’ve been considering IV infusion therapy and are looking for a “cover all the bases” approach, this is the choice for you!
Whether you are looking for a boost to your immune system during cold and flu season, suffer from a chronic illness and need some extra support, or are looking for an easy way to enhance your energy, this IV is a great place to start.
It is a comprehensive infusion of some of the key cellular ingredients needed for optimal energy and a healthy immune system. It provides powerful antioxidants such as vitamin C and glutathione as well as all the B vitamins which rev-up your metabolic processes, enhance energy production, promote neurotransmitter production, and manage methylation.
Minerals such as zinc, selenium and magnesium are also included due to their crucial role as co-factors (necessary helpers) for hundreds of metabolic reactions throughout the body. They are involved in DNA replication, messaging, immune function, hormone synthesis and energy production to name just a few.
Start with this IV if you’re new to infusion therapy, need an immune boost, suffer from chronic illness, or experience chronic or recurring fatigue.
As always, we encourage you try a personally customized version of this treatment after evaluation and advanced metabolic testing with the help of our Functional Medicine team.
The Immune – Mini IV is the equivalent of the famous “Meyer’s Cocktail” and provides nearly the same nutrients as the “Immune Wellness IV” but in smaller quantities with less hydration (250 cc). At only 20 minutes to infuse, it’s perfect for those in a hurry who still want to get a wide spectrum of vitamin, mineral and antioxidant support.
The B vitamins are important in converting food to energy. They are also involved in DNA synthesis and replication, mitochondrial phosphorylation, the electron transport chain and ATP production, neurotransmitter production, immune system function, and hemoglobin production.
Another critical metabolic process B vitamins are involved in is called methylation. This is how your body generates carbon groups(C-H3) which are essential for managing just about every operation in every cell in the human body. Here are some of the functions of methylation:
Vitamins such as B12, B6 and B2 are necessary for the proper functioning of the methylation cycle. Without enough, methylation breaks down at the very root and all of the biological processes above can be compromised.
Due to their critical role deficiencies in B vitamins can lead to a VERY wide variety of symptoms including fatigue, anxiety, weight loss, emotional disturbances, muscle weakness, dementia, insomnia, skin eruptions, dermatitis, numbness, paresthesia, anemia, peripheral neuropathy, memory loss, demyelination, multiple sclerosis, paralysis, “brain fog” and cognitive impairment, sore throat, mental confusion, and diarrhea among others.
Deficiencies of B5 can lead to symptoms such as painful and burning feet, skin abnormalities, retarded growth, dizzy spells, digestive disturbances, vomiting, restlessness, stomach stress, and muscle cramps.
Deficiency is caused by poor diet, alcoholism, and malabsorption or poor digestion. Symptoms of deficiency include headaches, muscle weakness, anemia, nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, skin eruptions, mental fatigue, “brain fog” or mental sluggishness, and hair loss.
This vitamin is a key player in the Krebs cycle and in the methylation cycle as it is a critical cofactor in homocysteine conversion to methionine by the enzyme methionine synthase. In its absence the processing of methylfolate and other steps in folate metabolism stop. This blockage of proper folate (B9) metabolism results in anemia and deficiencies in DNA formation.
Other symptoms of B12 deficiency are demyelination (as in multiple sclerosis), slowed nerve conduction, accumulation of homocysteine and increased heart disease risk, defective cell membranes (branched fatty acids), anemia, fatigue, painful and burning feet, skin abnormalities, retarded growth, dizzy spells, digestive disturbances, vomiting, restlessness, stomach stress, and muscle cramps.
Selenium is important in the production and breakdown of thyroid hormones as well. Thyroid hormones essentially command the speed and efficacy of your overall metabolism, so it is important for them to be properly balanced.
Chronic selenium deficiency is associated with lethargy, dizziness, motor weakness and paresthesias, and an excess risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Toxicity from too much selenium often manifests as neurological impairment.
Zinc is necessary for the activity of a number of transcription factors at the DNA level in the synthesis of steroid and thyroid hormones. It also promotes wound healing, regulates immune function, serves as a co-factor for numerous antioxidant enzymes, and is necessary for protein synthesis and the processing of collagen. Zinc inhibits the enzyme aromatase which converts testosterone to estrogen, thus potentially increasing available testosterone.
This essential mineral is commonly used in anti-viral preparations to fight the common cold and flu viruses.
Vitamin C is also required for conversion of tyrosine to epinephrine (adrenaline). That’s why it is present in high amounts in the adrenal gland cortex and these levels are depleted after adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) stimulation of the gland and synthesis of the stress hormone cortisol. That means under times of high stress (whether from illness, psychological stress, or some other form) your vitamin C levels are liable to plummet.
Free radicals and ROS can cause damage to DNA, proteins and cell membranes altering their function, causing mutations and may be implicated in chronic illnesses like cancer or heart disease. Glutathione renders these molecules inert, protecting you from their destructive effects.
Detoxification is another major function of glutathione. GSH attaches to substances like heavy metals and xenobiotics—molecules that need to be excreted—forming “conjugates” that make them easier to be eliminated by the liver via bile and the kidneys via urine.
All cells require energy in the form of ATP to function properly and this energy is made in our mitochondria—small organelles inside each of our cells.
Let’s take the nervous system as an example. Neurons (nerve cells) need energy from mitochondria to make neurotransmitters and myelin, the electric insulation of the cell, to communicate messages to muscles, heart, lungs, intestines and other parts of the brain or nervous system.
Without enough energy from the mitochondria your nerve cells’ communication starts to fail and a host of symptoms may develop including fatigue, weakness, headaches, tingling and numbness, heart palpitations, arrhythmia, and digestive issues like constipation and bloating to name just a few.
Similar problems occur when any of the cells in your body don’t make enough energy. Imagine, for example, what happens to your immune system. Basically, it just shuts down. The result? You can’t fend off disease, you are at greater risk for chronic illness, your energy plummets and more.
So if the mitochondria are this important let’s zoom in and take a look inside…
A Look at How Energy is Made
Here is what your mitochondria look like:
Now let’s zoom in one more time and look inside each mitochondria where the citric acid cycle (also called the Krebs or TCA acid cycle) takes place…
This all looks very complicated even to medical students (I used to glaze over looking at it)… but it’s an essential metabolic process required for all complex life forms to exist.
Here is a simplified version of how this process works.
This is how the energy that keeps every one of your cells functioning is made.
Why am I explaining all of this to you? Because each of the steps in energy production requires specific co-factors for it to work optimally. Ingredients like magnesium, zinc, glutathione and the B vitamins, all of which are included in this IV.