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Fortify provides Full-Spectrum Immune Support, Stress Management and Workout Recovery. Don't let fatigue or seasonality get in the way of your goals. Stress, workout routines, and lack of sleep can dramatically reduce our defenses and weaken our Immune System - leaving us vulnerable at times when we can least afford it. Immune support is about supporting the natural function of what the body was designed to do. If you are experiencing increased fatigue, inability to focus, or reduced motivation - these could be signs that your immune system is working overtime and hogging energy reserves from the rest of your body. This means that daily immune support isn't just important for staying on your feet all winter - its crucial for energy reserves and for long term health!

Fortify is different than other immune boosters - it was designed to support immune response, improve readiness and support daily immune function, plus support muscle, joint, and tendon recovery - All without making the immune response overactive. Fortify's proprietary blend of essential nutrients, Ayurvedic herbs, and superfoods can help strengthen the gut, support a healthy inflammatory response, calm stress, improve recovery, and free the body from a near constant state of distress - allowing it to focus fully on healing and maximizing physical and mental performance. Giving your immune system the daily support it needs will allow you to keep hitting your goals and face all that life throws at you - without losing stride.

Immune Boosting Blend Ingredients & What they Do:

• Transfer Factor - Helps immune cells identify problems more quickly plus speeds the immune system’s response.
• Reishi Mushroom - Rich in polysaccharides that help boost the health of the immune system, it has also been linked with improving liver health, which aids in ridding the body of unwanted toxins. Reishi mushroom also helps with hormonal balance - which can allow your body to relax and get a more restful night’s sleep.*
• Yeast Betaglucans - Beta-Glucans can help maintain good gut health, by acting as food for friendly bacteria in the gut. They also help regulate the immune system – making it smarter and more efficient, but never overactive.*

Restore & Recovery Blend:

• Rhodiola Rosea - An adaptogenic herb that helps you cope with all different forms of stress - including physical, emotional or environmental. It can also increase physical and mental performance, while reducing fatigue, Rhodiola Rosea has also been shown to helps the immune system's defense immediately following intense and prolonged exercise. 
• Cordyceps sinensis mycelia - Used for centuries to support the immune system's natural response to respiratory and many other issues. Cordyceps has been shown to improve blood flow and oxygen utilization (by up to 40%).*
• Curcumin - Curcumin, is a very effective ingredient used to support a Healthy Inflammatory Response that rivals the best alternatives.³  Curcumin is shown to block NF-kB, which will also greatly help support the immune system's natural inflammatory response.*
• Olive (Olea europaea) leaf - an antioxidant more potent than Green Tea, Olive Leaf Extract is a powerful ingredient that also has major impacts on the natural immune response. It supports healthy blood pressure levels.*
• Vitamin D - Probably the most common immune boosting ingredients, and also one of the most common vitamin deficiencies, Vitamin D is crucial to activating our immune defenses as it is an necessary ingredient in activating immune boosting T-cells.*
• Zinc - Even a small deficiency of zinc can impair immune function and make us more susceptible to falling ill. It is essential for the creation and performance of immune cells such as neutraphils, NK cells, T and B cells. It also has the ability to support a healthy inflammatory response, soothing the tissues and helping the body heal.
• Selenium - Selenium is a highly effective immune booster in that it acts as a guard that slows potential problems down, elevates T-immune cell presence and Neutrophil function supporting the natural function of the immune system and helping it fight. Study participants given selenium showed a faster recovery and more rapid recovery given during the test. Selenium is also essential for the body’s production of the potent antioxidant, glutathione peroxidase, which can help protect against damage to heart and brain tissue as well as other organs. One of the most essential minerals affecting natural thyroid function, selenium supports the natural creation of enzymes that convert T4 into T3. Without Selenium, there would be no activation of Thyroid hormone.

Other Ingredients:

• Manganese - As crucial to our health as iron or potassium, this lesser-known mineral has been shown to enhance natural killer cell and macrophage activity. In addition to helping keep bones and joints strong - it can keep the skin clear and healthy.
• Chromium - Popular for its ability to help maintain healthy blood sugar levels, recent research has shown that chromium can support the natural function of white blood cells.

Studies:

http://jem.rupress.org/content/early/2017/11/29/jem.20161066

http://stm.sciencemag.org/content/10/449/eaaq1564

*3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19594223

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5381351/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3768198/

http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2013/issue133a/