ModucareVET - 90 Soft Chews

Thorne ModucareVET Supports Healthy Immune Function Formulated with plant sterols and sterolins to help balance an animal’s immune system. ModucareVET helps maintain a healthy balance of T-helper 1 and -2 white blood cells and modulates a stress response by balancing cortisol and DHEA levels. It can be used for dogs, cats, and horses. ModucareVET is a unique blend of plant sterols and sterolins that promote a balanced immune response. Supplementing with sterols and sterolins helps maintain a healthy balance of T-Helper-1 and T-Helper-2 white blood cells, which results in the beneficial down-regulation of an overactive immune response. Stress, environmental toxins, poor nutrition, antibiotic use, and certain disease states can each contribute to imbalances in immune function. The resulting hypo-immune response (not enough) or hyper-immune response (too much) can lead to a cascade of adverse health consequences. Key Nutritional Support Features: Increases the activity of beneficial interleukin-2, gamma interferon, T-lymphocytes, and cytotoxic T-cells Phytosterols are well-recognized as having a positive impact on immune function throughout the body Helps down-regulate an overactive immune response by improving the balance between T-Helper-1 cells and T-Helper-2 cells Helps maintain an optimal ratio of the two adrenal hormones – cortisol and DHEA – which helps downregulate the animal’s response to stress Ingredients Serving Size: 1 Soft Chew Amount/Serving Sterols (from pine) 20 mg Sterolins 200 mcg Other Ingredients (Soft Chew Matrix): Arbic gum, buffered white distilled vinegar, chick pea flour, chicory root, citric acid, coconut glycerin, coconut oil, guar gum, natural hickory smoke flavor, rosemary extract, sunflower lecithin, sunflower oil, tapioca starch. Gluten Free. This product contains Sterinol Complex from Essential Phytosterolins, Inc.  Suggested Use Cats: 1/2 to 1 chew daily. Dogs: 2 chews per 25 lbs body weight daily. Horses: 8-12 chews daily. Best taken between meals. Warnings: For animal use only. Keep out of the reach of children and animals. In case of accidental overdose, contact a health professional immediately. This product should not be given to animals intended for human consumption. Safe use in pregnant animals or animals intended for breeding has not been proven. If animal’s condition worsens or does not improve, stop product administration and consult your veterinarian. More Info. Plant sterols are naturally occurring fats that are present in fruits, vegetables, and other plants. Two of these plant sterols – beta-sitosterol (BSS) and its glycoside (BSSG) – have been shown, even at very low levels, to enhance the activity of cells that are well known to have positive immune system activity. In particular, these two plant sterols enhance the activity of the T-helper cells. The T-helper cells are arguably the most important cells in adaptive immunity, because they are required for almost all adaptive immune responses. The T-helper cells not only help activate B cells to secrete antibodies and macrophages to destroy ingested microbes, they also help activate cytotoxic T cells to kill infected target cells. ModucareVET improves the ratio of T-helper 1 to T-helper 2 cells, and, as a result, the companion animal’s cellular immunity is enhanced and overactive immune responses are down-regulated. The potential of Moducare® to optimize immune function in humans has been demonstrated in clinical studies. ModucareVET also helps maintain a normal ratio of two hormones produced by the adrenal gland – cortisol and DHEA. An optimal balance of these hormones helps to buffer negative stress responses as they occur. ModucareVET is for dogs, cats, and horses.