The journey to create one of the most powerful and effective immune supplements was a labor of love with dogged determination by Mitchell May, the founder of Pure Synergy®. His years of research and super-sleuthing involved thousands of hours of work developing a truly one-of-a-kind immune innovation — SuperPure® Beta 1,3-Glucan. But let’s step back to where all started.
The Human Need
For many years, Mitchell was becoming increasingly interested in American’s immune health. These days, people are sleeping less, ingesting more chemicals and pesticides in their food, living in artificial environments farther and farther away from nature, being exposed to pollution, and living longer than ever before. All of these factors can influence people’s immune systems in unprecedented ways.
One matter that had Mitchell’s attention was the common yet counterproductive way that we approach wellness. When we feel unwell, we react. But Mitchell was determined to uncover a pure and natural way to be proactive about immune health – to make a supplement that nourishes a robust, capable, and effective immune system that promotes daily wellness and a healthy recovery when we’re under the weather.
The Search Begins
It started with good old-fashioned elbow grease. Mitchell combed through thousands of research articles and came across the same compound over and over again. This compound, called beta 1,3-glucan, is native to our environment and is a holistic partner with human biology. This means that beta 1,3-glucan is in tune with our biology, helping our immune cells respond in intrinsic and balanced and ways (to learn more check out Beta 1,3 Glucan: Nature’s Immune Booster).
Most beta glucan supplements were manufactured from yeast and mushrooms, and they were often full of chemicals and under-concentrated to be of real benefit to the general population. Mitchell was determined to find a better, more pure and potent form of beta 1,3-glucan — one that he could call “the real deal.”
More digging revealed a special algae, called Euglena gracilis, that had unusually high concentrations of beta 1,3-glucan inside it's cell walls. NASA has even studied Euglena algae to see if they could cultivate it in space for nutrition. It was also studied for use as a biofuel, as a water filtration system, and even for stress relief among many other things.
After nine months of full-on sleuthing, he found a group of researchers at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor who were studying this same algae for supporting immune health in livestock. Bingo!
Investigation to Innovation
Mitchell tracked down the researchers and learned that using beta glucan to support a healthy human immune system was totally off their radar. They only thought about adding it to livestock feed. So, Mitchell worked with them to develop the first-ever, algae-based beta 1,3-glucan extract for human consumption. They also needed to get this new beta 1,3-glucan extract acknowledged by the FDA as “generally recognized as safe” (or GRAS) — no small feat considering no one had ever extracted this compound from algae before.
After approximately five years of extraordinary effort and perseverance, and many ups and downs, Mitchell and the researchers developed a way to extract beta 1,3-glucan from Euglena gracilis algae using only purified water. This was not only the cleanest possible extract, but also much more bioavailable and concentrated than any other beta 1,3-glucan available.
The Real Deal
As someone who had been through a life-threatening accident and on the verge of death, Mitchell was highly invested in promoting optimal health and healing for all. His experience with the incredible ingenuity of plants, and their synergistic nutrients, continues to drive Mitchell and Pure Synergy to create products that help people flourish, not just survive.
With dedicated passion for the health of humanity, and relentless tenacity, Mitchell finally created an immune product that he could be proud of. At first, he included beta 1,3-glucan as one of the ten immune-fortifying ingredients in Immune Health. But later, he decided to also offer it as a stand-alone supplement — SuperPure Beta 1,3-Glucan.
Be Prepared
Mitchell is so confident in its efficacy, that he makes sure he and his family use SuperPure Beta 1,3-Glucan on a daily basis. While no dietary supplement can make you bullet-proof, Mitchell insists, “the more we prime, balance, and strengthen our immune system, the better prepared we’ll be.”
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