The Secret-Truth Immunity Supplement Companies Don't Want You To Know
Let’s talk about immunity supplements.
What does the typical immunity supplement look like? Usually it’s something herbal like echinacea, garlic, propolis, curcumin, ginger, elderberry… the list goes on.
Have you ever asked yourself...
'Why do I get sick all the time while others can’t even remember the last time they had the flu?!'
There are plenty of people who take zero herbal remedies and have healthy immune systems. An echinacea deficiency is unlikely to be at the root cause.
How could it be? Some of these herbal remedies only grow in certain parts of the planet. Before international trade began, were the people living outside these parts doomed to suffer from seasonal flu? Resigned to an increased COVID-19 risk?
There must be another explanation.
The WHO estimates that at least one third of all people are affected by zinc deficiency. 16% of all respiratory tract infections are directly caused by zinc deficiency. Only severe cases show symptoms (1). As we explain in our articles, it’s really easy to be losing more zinc than you’re absorbing! Some trials have shown supplementing zinc for a short period, was related to half the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes like death or transfer to hospice (find out more).
This is why the new generation of immunity supplements now incorporate vitamins like zinc, vitamin D, vitamin C and selenium.
As pharmacists, we still find these supplement formulations troubling. There’s 3 main problems with them:
Problem #1: The forms used are often cheaper, less effective and sometimes harmful
Problem #2: The doses can be either too high or too low
Problem #3: They’re not as effective as they could be
You see, the immune system and the immune cells need more than just 4 nutrients to function. There are about 25 essential vitamins and minerals. If any of the essential nutrients are missing from a person’s diet, the person can be suffering from an increased risk of infection. Not to mention the bad outcomes from infections (death and lasting health problems).
For example: 2 Billion people are iodine deficient. Yet only 2.5% see clear, immediate signs that give indication of an iodine deficiency (2).
Iodine has the capacity to directly kill viruses (3) and bacteria (4) when used in high amounts outside the body.
The immune system has been shown to actively concentrate iodine into its cells. Could it be that the immune cells are concentrating iodine to help fight viruses & bacteria?
Nutrients like these aren’t commonly thought of as immunity vitamins but they’re clearly used by our immune cells. It’s a bad idea to not get enough of these.
If we’re trying to do everything we can for our immune system, it makes no sense to exclude these nutrients.
Supplement companies aren’t trying to do everything they can for your immune system. They’re trying to make a profit.
They avoid adding too many nutrients so they can cut costs and look different from the cheaper multivitamins. This comes at the consumer’s expense.
You know better now though, don’t you?
So why not just take a multivitamin and call it a day? It’s an attractive idea to think we can just pop a pill for all of our nutrient needs.
The unfortunate truth is that certain vitamins and minerals should NEVER be taken in synthetic supplement form. We elaborate on this further in our articles. The research says:
- When vitamin A is taken in synthetic supplement form it produces 20 times more birth defect causing chemicals in the body as food derived vitamin A (find out more)
- Manganese supplementation has been related to brain lesions (find out more)
- The most common forms of iron increase risk of infections, hospitalisations and death (find out more)
- Calcium increases risk of strokes, heart attacks and overall risk of death (find out more)
- Common forms of magnesium alter the gut flora (important for the immune system) (find out more)
- Vitamins C and E reduce the benefits physical exercise has on our metabolism (less fat burned!) (find out more)
- Vitamins A, C and E have been shown to increase overall risk of death (find out more about the harms of vitamin A) (find out more about the harms of vitamins C and E)
- Common forms and doses of folic acid may increase the risk of cancer (find out more)
If you think the above effects sound unacceptable, we agree with you!
We wouldn’t take multivitamins with those kind of side-effects… neither should you!
Either these multivitamin companies are completely clueless or they want to keep us ignorant and take our money!
So, here’s the big question…
How can we get the highest amount of nutrients from a supplement, while avoiding all the bad stuff?
At ThinkPharm, a decade of nutrition obsession has gone into answering this question.
How can we get the best forms and doses of 19 nutrients, without the headache that goes with it?
With what’s out there, you’d need to take 13 different tablets.
Nobody wants to take 13 tablets a day.
You’d still be getting overdoses of certain nutrients and emptying your wallet on Amazon!
Plus think about all the fillers and excipients you’d be consuming.
Supplement companies add fillers and excipients for a few reasons:
1) To help the powder flow faster in manufacturing machines to help make profit
2) To take up space in the capsule
3) To help the tablet stick to itself
4) Give the tablet a different colour
At ThinkPharm, we keep things as pure as possible, not adding things that aren't necessary. Why? Because some of these additional ingredients can be harmful and no one really knows their health effects long term.
For example, the most popular vitamin tablet brand in the UK contained titanium dioxide for years to make their tablets look more white. In February 2022 it was banned across the EU because of the possibility it causes cancer!
Titanium in the brain is also linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and motor neuron disease (5).
Although titanium dioxide was allowed in food and pharmaceuticals, scientific reviews show we don’t have enough studies to know what happens in our body to the titanium we consume from supplements (6).
We know titanium from polluted air can cause problems, but we don’t actually know if the titanium we consume ends up in our brain.
Taking this risk with a customer's health was unnecessary... all just to make the tablet look white!
Fillers and excipients are added for the company’s profit, not for the consumer’s health.
That’s why we decided to come up with a 1-capsule-a-day supplement that gives you everything it can. Without the junk. No fillers, just pure goodness.
Introducing the ThinkPharm Formula.
The ThinkPharm Formula has:
No harmful fillers or excipients
No harmful synthetic vitamins.
No cheap, ineffective or harmful forms
No underdoses.
No overdoses.
Just 19 of the best nutrients for your health and immune system.
For the simple price of £1/day. No hidden costs. Free UK shipping is included.
Do you think £1/day is a lot?
How much do you spend on a cup of coffee? More than that.
Or on your serving of strawberries? More than that.
A serving of strawberries may give you all the vitamin C you need for the day…
But the ThinkPharm Formula is guaranteed to meet your daily needs for 16 different nutrients!
These nutrients can support your energy levels in a more natural way than caffeine does.
You need these nutrients to avoid poor energy levels.
Now, I know what you’re thinking.
You’ve been lied to by vitamin companies before, so how do you know that this formulation is actually going to benefit your health?
We didn’t base our products on outdated nutrition guidelines like the rest of the industry.
We show you the science behind our formula in our 17+ articles about nutrients.
Our articles summarise 217+ cutting edge, up-to-date scientific studies (in a way that is simple for the consumer).
Studies about which forms and doses are the safest and most effective for your health and immunity.
Don’t take your supplement company’s word for it.
See the science for yourself and make your own mind up!
That’s how confident we are in our product.
Transparency is important to us.
Want another reason to trust us? We’re manufactured in the UK.
We don’t care that it costs more to make things in the UK, because we want to know what we’re putting in our body.
Oh and guess what? Our packaging uses 95% less plastic than an equivalent product because our bottles are biodegradable.
So that means less plastic polluting our environment.
Your health doesn’t have to come at the expense of the planet’s health.
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Still not convinced the supplement is worth it?
You may be thinking:
“How well is it going to work for my immune system?”
Let’s have a look at the statistics for some nutrients in the ThinkPharm Formula (from some our articles):
Vitamin D – Some studies have shown that taking vitamin D is associated with reduced risk of:
Catching COVID-19 infection by 34% (7)
Passing on COVID by 50% (8)
And
Risk of dying by 75%-87% (9) (10). That’s about 4-7x lower depending on the study!
The results will depend on the dose, our article on vitamin D explains why the vitamin D dose we use is best.
Zinc – As mentioned earlier, supplementing zinc only after being diagnosed with COVID-19 was related to a 2 x lower chance of being admitted to hospice or dying (11). We believe the results would have been better had they been looking at supplementing zinc for a long period before catching COVID-19.
Selenium - People in the Chinese areas with the highest intake of selenium had 3x faster recovery from COVID-19 (12).
A group of COVID-19 hospital patients taking the combination of magnesium, vitamin D and vitamin B12 had a ≈6x lower chance of needing to be admitted to the intensive therapy unit, when compared to those not taking the combination (13).
What’s fascinating about this study is that they used a dose of vitamin D that is quite low compared to previous studies showing benefit. Only 1000 units.
Studies like this show us that combining nutrients is the way forward.
Most people don’t know vitamin B12 and magnesium play a role in the immune system.
Now imagine what kind of results you could get if you took a combination of 19 nutrients all together. Nutrients that we know play a role in the immune system.
That’s what you can achieve with the ThinkPharm formula. Our unique blend of nutrients all work synergistically to fortify your immune system and protect your health.
See our articles for more information about why these nutrients are important for the immune system and how the ThinkPharm Formula works.
You don’t have to be a mathematician to see it.
Taking the ThinkPharm Formula is a no-brainer for those who want peace of mind during these uncertain times.
Buy the ThinkPharm Formula now
Get 20% off your first order of the ThinkPharm Formula with discount code IMMUNITY20!
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