by Courtney Hammond

New Cellular Build Can Help

Changing seasons can stress our immune systems. This fall, make sure your immune system is prepared for whatever blows its way by supporting it with Nature’s Sunshine’s immune-enhancing products. Two new formulas provide the body with key nutrients it needs to stay healthy and maintain its defenses. NSP products will help give your body the energy it needs to be active and help you find calm and rest at the end of the day.

Nucleotides, Intestinal Health and Cell Regeneration Nucleotides are especially important in areas of the body where rapid cell division is necessary, such as in the intestinal system, where the lining of the GI tract renews itself about once a week. Supplemental nucleotides can help support the intestinal system in its renewal process by supplying readily available components for the new cells. In the intestinal system, Cellular Build may:
• Enhance digestion.
• Enhance the uptake of nutrients.
• Enhance gut growth and enzyme activity.
• Enhance intestinal renewal process.
• Enhance the growth of beneficial microorganisms.

Nucleotides are also beneficial anytime the body is physically stressed. Examples of physical stress include exercise, working long hours and more. During these times the body works to renew and regenerate itself. Nucleotides are its building blocks.
 

Cellular Build (Nucleotide Formula)—Building Blocks for Regeneration and Renewal NSP Cellular Build supports whole-body health by providing dietary sources of nucleotides—important building blocks the body needs to renew itself—along with the immune-enhancing properties of astragalus, milk thistle and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS).

What Are Nucleotides? Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA—the compounds that store our genetic information. Whenever a cell divides, the body needs nucleotides to make a complete copy of DNA for the new cell. The body can manufacture some amounts of nucleotides, reuse nucleotides and obtain nucleotides from the diet.

At times of stress or challenge, the need for new cells increases, requiring millions and millions of nucleotides. Manufacturing new nucleotides requires a lot of time and energy for an already stressed body. Dietary nucleotides help reduce the time and energy required for cell multiplication and maintaining health.

How Can Nucleotides Support My Immune System? Studies show that nucleotides have a modulatory effect on the immune system and that they are important in the development of immunity in infants. Human milk contains high concentrations of nucleotides, and some infant formulas are supplemented with nucleotides for this reason.

Nucleotides also support the gastrointestinal (GI) tract in all its functions, including its immune-enhancing role. The gastrointestinal tract runs from the esophagus to the large intestine. The entire GI tract is lined with a mucous membrane, which is one of the body’s first lines of defense. This mucous membrane renews itself every 5–7 days. A ready supply of nucleotides aids in this renewal and ensures that the membrane can do its job of protecting the body and maintaining its functions.