As I promised when launching this blog, I have been testing a supplement that I thought could help me in my fight with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). I am now ready to share my experience and thoughts!

Let me start with a short intro for those who have not followed my journey. I’ve been looking at an exciting supplement in my lab. During this research, my team and I discovered a natural phospholipid that activates part of the immune system in a pretty exciting way. We found a phospholipid that can boost immunity to attack threats from various germs but also suppress the immune reaction sometimes and modulate immunity. I think this finding has massive potential since phospholipids are one of the fundamental building blocks of our body, and immune modulation can be pretty helpful to people.    

Coincidentally, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the meantime and faced the necessity to control immunity myself. I have relied on immunosuppressive treatments since then. These treatments can slow or stop immune damage to my nervous system, causing MS, but also increase the risk of infection. It occurred to me that an immune modulator can boost one part of the immune system while calming the other to maintain balance.

One of the first questions on my mind was: what can the immune-modulating phospholipid do for people like me?

One needs to understand more about how immunity works to answer that question. Let me try to outline it here in simple terms. Immunity is a complex system with many parts that interact with each other. However, it can be divided into two main components: innate immunity and adaptive immunity. We are born with innate immunity, which does not change as we age. The innate immunity components react quickly against anything perceived as a threat and form our first line of defense. Adaptive immunity consists of T-cells and B-cells, and as its name suggests, evolves as we age based on exposure to various infections. It is much slower and takes several days before reacting to any threats. However, as it learns from exposure to germs, it becomes better at recognizing the enemy and can respond faster. It can be called the second line of defense and can wield powerful attacks that can cause collateral damage.   Unfortunately, adaptive immunity sometimes wrongly identifies our tissue as an enemy and starts attacking it as a threat. This malfunction can lead to autoimmune diseases such as MS, Psoriasis, Crohn’s disease, Diabetes, and many others.

The Lipid that Activates NK Cells

The phospho-lipid I am talking about activates part of innate immunity, the Natural Killer (NK) cells. NK cells immediately attack any threats in sight- picture guardians seeking and destroying viruses, bacteria, or cancer cells. NK cells also provide a communication bridge with adaptive immunity and can regulate its function. During our research, we verified that the stimulated NK cells can block an attack by T-cells. So, the phospholipid-stimulated NK cells have a dual function- the ability to attack germs but can also suppress the immune reaction. In summary, the phospholipid can modulate immunity to boost the attack on germs and limit adaptive immunity from self-harm. 

These findings have also explained some old mysteries surrounding the supplement in our focus –Ovosan: the positive results of a small-scale clinical test with about 30 people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease where B- and T-cells attack skin and joint tissue. The study has revealed that Ovosan improved the extent of skin lesions in people during the testing, which lasted more than six months. These results weren’t understood then, but now we finally have an answer: it’s the NK cells!

So, as I already envisioned in one of my first posts on this blog, I thought of this as an intriguing coincidence when I was diagnosed with MS myself, too. I immediately started taking the supplement Ovosan, now available in the US as CellBB. I also thought it was positive that there is no downside, as this supplement has no side effects and cannot do any harm.    

What’s more, my neurologist recommended immune-suppressive treatment for my MS. This treatment completely removes B-cells from my body and brain and comes with some risks. There is a higher risk of upper respiratory infections, such as pneumonia, or urinary tract infections. In some other, even harsher immune-suppressive treatments, an increased risk of developing cancer has been reported as well. However, I knew that the risks of damage caused by MS greatly outweighed the risks of these side effects. But what if there is a way to minimize these risks at no additional cost or side effects? I knew that the NK activator could be a perfect complementary fit. It would strengthen the first line of defense and increase the chances that no infection comes through. At the same time, the NK activator would decrease the likelihood that the adaptive immune system causes any harm.

How CellBB Helped in My Fight with MS

I described my hypothesis three years ago, when I started taking CellBB. Today, I can say with confidence that it has worked quite nicely for me. I was sick just once during the last three years, with something that was probably a stomach virus for a few days. Other than that, I had an infection in one of my gums, probably because of a poor root canal job by a dentist. At the same time, my kids and wife, with whom I share a household, have been sick with all kinds of everyday diseases several times over the years. I would even say that I was sick less often than before I was diagnosed with MS and was on B-cell-depleting therapy. Of course, I did not observe any progression of my MS; I had no relapses or symptoms, and there weren’t any changes in my MRIs.

This is probably not an entirely fair comparison since I also made other changes- I am on a diet, exercise more consistently than ever, and take all vaccinations available (Flu, Covid, Pneumonia, Shingles, and so on). However, I am convinced I could not maintain excellent health without CellBB.   

I am very excited about this, and I hope that CellBB will continue to support me and help other people like me, too. I wish that people can experience the same success in their fights. I also hope we can put together more clinical evidence to map how the activation of NK cells by natural phospholipids can help as many people as possible.