What is Transfer Factor?

4Life - Capturing Nature's Gift for New Life
Media Release 16 August 2008

The vital nutrients transferred from a mother’s first milk to her child have long been seen to have almost mystical qualities. Through painstaking and ongoing research, one global company has found a way to not only extract the natural benefits from this sacred union, but compound them for people of all ages. 4Life products are available throughout Australia and their benefits are being experienced by people around the country, including some of our most popular sportspeople.

First discovered in the human bloodstream in 1949, ‘transfer factors’ convey immune information and travel from a mother to her infant through the first milk in the form of colostrum. The vital nutrients contained in colostrum have been compounded exponentially in the 4Life Transfer Factor formula, to such an extent that over half a kilo of colostrum would need to be consumed to gain the benefits of a single 4Life tablet. The one-off occurrence after childbirth aside, the most abundant and safest source for transfer factors is cow colostrum.

In 1998, 4Life acquired the U.S. patent to extract transfer factors from cow colostrum. In the years that followed, 4Life launched new products, stabilised transfer factors in liquid form and combined transfer factors from cow colostrums and egg yolk for a truly synergistic formula.

In tablet form, 4Life Transfer Factor Plus is the ultimate in support for general well-being. Other ingredients include maitake mushrooms, zinc, cordyceps, rice bran extract, beta glucans, beta sitosterol, and olive leaf extract. Zinc supports healthy immune function and assists in maintaining the integrity of the immune system.

4Life Transfer Factor RioVida is the one-and-only juice beverage in the world that provides the benefits of 4Life Transfer Factor Tri-Factor Formula.

“transfer factors are not species specific, so a human can derive benefits from an extraction of cow’s colostrum,” explained 4Life Australia Managing Director Ben Riley.

“We have found a way to extract transfer factors which is an industry first and makes us a true category creator. Transfer Factors in this concentrated form will benefit virtually anyone. Immune systems get run down easily in today’s society, due to stress and a poor diet among other factors.

“4Life provides tangible benefits to people at every age group. It proves greater maintenance to a child’s immune system and helps a declining immune system in older people. Teens and those in their 20’s and 30’s are often the most likely candidates to lead an unhealthy lifestyle through stress and a hectic social life, which affects the immune system.

“We pride ourselves on being the Transfer Factor company, with several forms available including drinks and tablets. All other ingredients form a natural synergy with the transfer factors to deliver the right balance.”

A host of sports personalities from around the world use 4Life to enhance their feeling of wellbeing throughout their hectic training schedule, from bodybuilders to martial artists. Golf legend Johnny Miller and New Zealand’s equestrian great and International Equestrian Associations ‘Rider of the Century’, Mark Todd are advocates alongside Adelaide Crows AFL stars Brett Burton and Andrew McLeod.

“As AFL players we are continually pushing our bodies to the limit, which means we need a strong and healthy immune system to allow us to be fit and healthy to perform day in day out,” said Burton.

“Two products we were introduced to 3 years ago, 4 Life RioVida and 4 Life Transfer Factor Classic have helped our general health and energy levels and enabled us to consistently perform at our best.”

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Mark Todd in Top Form

Not one to sit back and retire, Mark has returned to competition with a vengeance! In May 2008 he qualified for the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the three-day event in Samur, France.

“I am 52 years old and competing in my fifth Olympics,” remarks Todd.
”I use 4Life Transfer Factor Plus™ to help keep me at the top of my game.
It provides the well-being and healthy energy support I need to continue at top-level competition.”

“We are thrilled that Mark Todd is endorsing our products,” comments 4Life’s New Zealand Managing Director, Ben Riley,” He understands the importance that nutrition and supplementation plays in maintaining wellness, and uses 4Life products to help him perform at his best. We wish him every success at Beijing.”

What Are Transfer Factors?

Super strains of bacteria, new viruses, toxic chemical overload, junk diets, increasing stress levels are just some of the hazards that undermine the health of our immune system.

Unfortunately, when the system is faced with this many challenges, it starts to respond too slowly to a microbial invasion, so we are more likely to get sick. Just as importantly, it may overreact to a stimulus resulting in allergies, inflammation, and autoimmune diseases.

Supporting the immune system is considered to be extremely beneficial for our health overall with the current environment we all live and work in. To train and educate our immune cells to respond quickly and correctly to these environmental threats, researchers in the 1980s found that transfer factor molecules or ‘memory molecules’ are able to carry the ‘response messages’ more effectively.

It is generally accepted that all other systems in our bodies are dependent upon a strong immune system, and that without a strong immune system we are not going to be healthy.

Here in New Zealand, Olympic Equestrian Mark Todd, endorses transfer factor-based nutritional supplements. “I am competing in my fifth Olympics, I use transfer factor-based products to help keep me at the top of my game,” says Mark.

If you want to find out more about the science behind ‘transfer factors’, go to transfer factor science.

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