PIONEER OF NUTRITIONAL IMMUNOLOGY

With over 20 years of medical research behind her, Dr. Jau-Fei Chen has dedicated her life to the study of the immune system and its relationship to a healthy diet. Early in her career, she realized that the most effective way to battle illness is to focus on prevention through proper nutrition.

Dr. Chen knew that there are many plant foods, such as cactus, mushrooms, grape seeds, ginseng berries and soy, which contain valuable nutrients, but are not available to most of the world. In 1987, Dr. Chen founded E. Excel International with a desire to provide mankind with better health through improved nutrition. Today, we at E. Excel accomplish this through our superior products formulated to work synergistically with one another and designed to strengthen the immune system and the body as a whole.

The immune system encompasses almost every system of the body. Tonsils, lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, intestine wall and thymus are the organs that control and produce our immune response. The immune system is a complex network that regulates our physical and mental well-being.

Step One: Defend
When an invader attempts to enter the body, it must first cross multiple barriers such as our mucus membranes and skin. If the invader enters the body, white blood cells quickly recognize the pathogen as an invader and begin to coordinate the defense system.

Soon, other defender cells, such as killer cells, macrophages and phagocytes come to help destroy the invader. White blood cells begin to produce an antibody to defend against any future attacks. The body produces more than one billion different antibodies to combat many types of invaders.

Step Two: Attack
These invaders are then attacked and destroyed by natural killer cells. The killer cell binds to its target, aims its weapons and then delivers a lethal burst of chemicals that produces holes in the target cell's membrane. Fluids leak out and the cell bursts.

Step Three: Cleanse
Macrophages, the "garbage men" of the body, have tentacles that grab the destroyed organisms and engulf them. The function of the macrophage is to ingest any foreign particles, including aged body cells.

Step Four: Repair
Damaged areas are repaired and the normal, healthy condition of the body is restored. Most cells release histamine and heparin which stimulate other cells to open the blood vessels, thereby increasing circulation and allowing the process of cell and tissue regeneration.