by

K. Shane Neifert, D.C.

Upjohn Corporation discovered the value of olive leaf extract in the late 60's. They knew it would be an excellent weapon in the war against many different forms of pathogens. It stopped many viruses, bacteria and fungus from reproducing in a test tube. If they could duplicate the results in living beings, as they had in the laboratory, they would have a real moneymaker. What Upjohn was unable to do was convert it in the body into a usable form that remained active in the system for more than a few minutes. The extract became ineffective when it was combined with proteins.

A company called East Park discovered the way to separate the compounds and leave the effective portion that does not interact with the proteins in the blood. Olive leaf is one of the few things shown to be effective against retroviruses. It has the distinction to also not having any side effects. East Park holds a patent on a form of the extract called d-Lenolate. D- Lenolate has proven to be much more effective for patients than the standard olive leaf supplement. Research indicates that the immune functions improve significantly over time with the use of supplementation. This improvement has been monitored in the CD-4 counts of immunosuppressed individuals.

As an example of the ability of d-Lenolate to strengthen multiple people with varied conditions the Robert Lyons Clinic of Budapest, Hungary did an investigation with their patients to determine the effectiveness of d-Lenolate. There were 500 patients used in the study. The hospital was having difficulty with a noscomial (hospital induced problem) infections that verged on forcing the clinic to shut down. The results of the patients were monitored and are charted below.

From the above results, the Clinic's conclusions are:
1. The rate of improvement and recovery from all bacterial and viral infections was approximately 98%.
2. For all patients involved in this clinical study, the body's immune system was strengthened.
3. Children and adolescents were included among the tested patients. No one experienced adverse side effects.

There are a few ideas on how this extract works. James Privitera M.D. suggests that the extract brings about:

a)    interference with certain amino acid production necessary for the vitality of specific viruses, bacteria, or microbe
b)    prevents virus shedding, budding or assembly at the cell membrane
c)    direct penetration into infected host cells and irreversible inhibition of microbial replication
d)    neutralization of the retrovirus' production of reverse transcriptase and protease
e)    direct stimulation of phagocytosis as an immune system response to germs of all types

Over the centuries it has been discovered that olive leaf extract has been able to combat multiple pathogens. The chemical structure of olive leaf extract appears to have the capability to adapt to the pathogens as they mutate. This is one way of explaining how it has been able to inhibit pathogen growth, their spread or survival when exposed to the leaf extract.

This patented extract has proven valuable in fighting off numerous pathogens. Your body and immune functions cure diseases, d-Lenolate helps fight off the bugs. This gives your body a break to gather enough steam to get rolling again. I have been thoroughly impressed with the ability of this supplement to promote effective immune enhancement in a variety of individuals seen in my office.