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Boost IV Auckland, 24 Bracken Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland (2025)

06/11/2025

HOW IT FEELS TO MOST OF US WITH CANCER: ................. In case you've ever wondered................

"What’s it like to go through cancer treatment? It’s something like this:
one day, you’re minding your own business, you open the fridge to get some breakfast, and OH MY GOD THERE’S A MOUNTAIN LION IN YOUR FRIDGE.

Wait, what? How? Why is there a mountain lion in your fridge? NO TIME TO EXPLAIN. RUN! THE MOUNTAIN LION WILL KILL YOU! UNLESS YOU FIND SOMETHING EVEN MORE FEROCIOUS TO KILL IT FIRST!

So you take off running, and the mountain lion is right behind you. You know the only thing that can kill a mountain lion is a bear, and the only bear is on top of the mountain, so you better find that bear. You start running up the mountain in hopes of finding the bear. Your friends desperately want to help, but they are powerless against mountain lions, as mountain lions are godless killing machines. But they really want to help, so they’re cheering you on and bringing you paper cups of water and orange slices as you run up the mountain and yelling at the mountain lion - “GET LOST, MOUNTAIN LION, NO ONE LIKES YOU” - and you really appreciate the support, but the mountain lion is still coming.

Also, for some reason, there’s someone in the crowd who’s yelling “that’s not really a mountain lion, it’s a puma” and another person yelling “I read that mountain lions are allergic to kale, have you tried rubbing kale on it?”

As you’re running up the mountain, you see other people fleeing their own mountain lions. Some of the mountain lions seem comparatively wimpy - they’re half grown and only have three legs or whatever, and you think to yourself - why couldn’t I have gotten one of those mountain lions? But then you look over at the people who are fleeing mountain lions the size of a monster truck with huge prehistoric saber fangs, and you feel like an ar****le for even thinking that - and besides, who in their right mind would want to fight a mountain lion, even a three-legged one?

Finally, the person closest to you, whose job it is to take care of you - maybe a parent or sibling or best friend - comes barging out of the woods and jumps on the mountain lion, whaling on it and screaming “GODDAMMIT MOUNTAIN LION, STOP TRYING TO EAT MY WIFE, FRIEND, SISTER,” and the mountain lion punches them right in the face. Now your husband (or whatever) is rolling around on the ground clutching his nose, and he’s bought you some time, but you still need to get to the top of the mountain.

Eventually you reach the top, finally, and the bear is there. Waiting. For both of you. You rush right up to the bear, and the bear rushes the mountain lion, but the bear has to go through you to get to the mountain lion, and in doing so, the bear TOTALLY KICKS YOUR arse, but not before it also punches your husband in the face. And your husband is now staggering around with a black eye and bloody nose, and saying “can I get some help, I’ve been punched in the face by two apex predators and I think my nose is broken,” and all you can say is “I’M KIND OF BUSY IN CASE YOU HADN’T NOTICED I’M FIGHTING A MOUNTAIN LION.”

Then, IF YOU ARE LUCKY, the bear leaps on the mountain lion and they are locked in epic battle until finally the two of them roll off a cliff edge together, and the mountain lion is dead.
Maybe.
You’re not sure - it fell off the cliff, but mountain lions are crafty. It could come back at any moment.

And all your friends come running up to you and say “that was amazing! You’re so brave, we’re so proud of you! You didn’t die! That must be a huge relief!”

Meanwhile, you blew out both your knees, you’re having an asthma attack, you twisted your ankle, and also you have been mauled by a bear. And everyone says “boy, you must be excited to walk down the mountain!” And all you can think as you stagger to your feet is “f**k this mountain, I never wanted to climb it in the first place.”
Unknown author

02/11/2025

Boost IV Auckland Celebrating 4 years on Facebook & 5 years helping our amazing clients. Thank you for your continuing support, we appreciate all of you. If you haven't met our team yet maybe stop by and see how our clinics wellness options have grown! We truly enjoy looking after our community.

01/11/2025

Don't let this be your reality! THINK Boost IV Auckland - Cellular support when your body needs a Boost. OPEN MONDAY

29/10/2025

Boost - Cellular level support when you need it.

Your immune system doesn't only defend, it remembers. Various immune cells, antibodies, and signaling molecules work in concert to protect against infection while maintaining equilibrium. 1. Innate immunity: the immediate response. The innate system responds within minutes, providing a broad defense through physical, chemical, and cellular barriers. Example: Skin, mucus, and stomach acid block pathogens, while macrophages, neutrophils, and natural killer cells identify and destroy invaders using pattern-recognition receptors. Example: The complement cascade amplifies inflammation and flags pathogens for destruction by immune cells. 2. Adaptive immunity: the targeted response. The adaptive system learns to recognize specific antigens and produces lasting protection through specialized B and T cells. Example: B cells release antibodies (IgM, IgG, IgA, IgE, IgD) that neutralize toxins and tag microbes for clearance. Example: T cells coordinate and execute defense—helper T cells activate macrophages and B cells, while cytotoxic T cells trigger apoptosis in infected cells. 3. Antibody specialization and immune memory. Each antibody class has a unique role in defense and long-term immunity. Example: IgM is the first antibody made in infection, IgG provides long-term protection and crosses the placenta, IgA guards mucosal surfaces, and IgE mediates allergic reactions. Example: Memory B and T cells remain after infection or vaccination, allowing faster and stronger immune responses upon re-exposure. 4. Active and passive protection. Immunity can be acquired through natural infection, vaccination, or temporary antibody transfer. Example: maternal antibodies passed through breast milk provide short-term passive defense. The immune system's strength lies in its coordination—an instant, non-specific response that buys time for a targeted, adaptive defense that remembers what it has seen.

29/10/2025

Science continues to reveal the hidden potential of everyday foods. Lemon peels contain Salvestrol 940, a natural compound that research suggests can help target and destroy cancer cells. Unlike conventional treatments, Salvestrol compounds are derived from dietary sources, offering a natural adjunct to health and wellness strategies.
The discovery emphasizes the importance of nutrition in disease prevention and highlights how phytochemicals in fruits and vegetables interact with cellular processes. While not a replacement for medical treatment, including lemon peels in diets may provide protective benefits against certain cancers.
This finding reminds us that nature often holds untapped remedies, and that simple dietary choices can have profound effects on long-term health.

28/10/2025

Make Your Own Headache Balm
Ease stress and calm your senses with a quick home recipe:
Blend coconut oil, peppermint, lavender, and frankincense for a soothing balm.
Perfect for keeping in your bag or bedside for quick comfort.

27/10/2025

Banana Lemon Ginger Smoothie
Ingredients:
1 ripe banana
1/2 lemon (juiced)
1/2 tsp fresh grated ginger
1/2 cup Greek yogurt (optional for creaminess)
1/2 cup water or almond milk
Ice cubes (optional)
Lemon zest (for garnish)
Instructions:
1. Add banana, lemon juice, ginger, yogurt, and liquid of choice to a blender.
2. Blend until smooth.
3. Add ice cubes and blend again if you prefer a colder smoothie.
4. Pour into a glass and top with lemon zest.

27/10/2025

A guide to nutrients that support mitochondria

Mitochondria turn food into usable energy (ATP) and are critical for brain, muscle, and overall health. Stress, aging, and disease can damage them, but certain nutrients help keep them strong and functional.

1️⃣ Antioxidants & Protectors

Quercetin (from apples, onions): Restores mitochondrial energy production and stabilizes membranes.

Green tea (EGCG): Shields mitochondria in brain, liver, muscle, and heart from oxidative stress.

Resveratrol (from grapes, red wine): Promotes recycling of old mitochondria (mitophagy) and boosts antioxidant defenses.

Lipoic acid: Cofactor for mitochondrial enzymes; enhances oxygen use and reduces oxidative stress.

🟢 Example: These nutrients act like “shields,” reducing damage from free radicals.

2️⃣ Energy Carriers & Cofactors

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10): Electron carrier in the respiratory chain; without it, mitochondria can’t make ATP efficiently.

NAD+ precursors (NR, NMN, NAM): Increase NAD+ levels, stimulating mitochondrial energy production and delaying decline with age.

Creatine: Buffers cellular energy; supports mitochondrial function and helps protect against damage in high-demand tissues like muscle and brain.

🟢 Example: These compounds are like “wiring and batteries” that keep the power grid running.

3️⃣ Membrane & Structural Support

Omega-3 fatty acids (EPA/DHA): Build mitochondrial membranes, reduce stress, and promote healthy turnover of dysfunctional mitochondria.

Acetyl-L-carnitine: Helps shuttle fatty acids into mitochondria for burning; improves oxygen use and membrane stability.

🟢 Example: Think of these as “building materials” that strengthen mitochondrial walls and fuel delivery.

4️⃣ Mitochondrial Biogenesis (New Mitochondria)

Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ): Stimulates creation of new mitochondria (biogenesis). Deficiency reduces mitochondrial numbers.

N-acetyl cysteine (NAC): Boosts glutathione, improves mitochondrial antioxidant status, and enhances respiration.

🟢 Example: These nutrients are like “construction signals,” telling the body to build more mitochondria and keep them working.

Your mitochondria thrive on the right mix of protection (antioxidants), fuel carriers (CoQ10, NAD+, creatine), building blocks (omega-3s, carnitine), and growth triggers (PQQ, NAC). Together, these nutrients help sustain energy, slow aging, and protect high-demand tissues like brain, heart, and muscle.

26/10/2025

How Fasting or The Fasting Mimicking Diet Has a Positive Impact on M1 Type Macrophages
Macrophages are the large immune cells that “eat” debris, dead cells, and sometimes cancer cells, and they are a big deal if you’re looking at weekly fasting as an adjunct long-term anti-cancer strategy. Macrophages act as major regulators in the immune system’s dialogue with cancer and are profoundly influenced by fasting states.
Recent studies show that when we fast, it reprograms macrophages to become less tumour-promoting and more tumour-fighting. In most tumours, macrophages appear in two main types:
M1 macrophages: attack tumours and support immune defence.
M2 macrophages: promote tumour growth, suppress immunity, and help cancers evade detection.
During fasting or fasting-mimicking diets, the balance shifts from M2 to M1:
Animal models show that alternate-day fasting decreased M2 macrophages within colorectal tumours and reduced tumour growth. This was linked to lower adenosine levels, which normally tell macrophages to stay “quiet” and tolerant to cancer cells.https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5650369/
Human and mouse data indicate that fasting modulates macrophage metabolism — likely through increased autophagy (cellular cleaning and recycling) and improved immune surveillance.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002916522105265
A fasting-like diet can also trigger macrophage “cross-talk” with cancer cells, helping treatments work better by making macrophages less supportive of tumour growth.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphar.2025.1641024
Macrophages sit at the intersection of inflammation, immune regulation, and tissue repair.
Linking Fasting, Immune Vigilance, and Remission
Prolonged or cyclic fasting appears to “retrain” immune vigilance: it quietens chronic, misdirected inflammation while amplifying precise tumour surveillance. This includes macrophages, NK cells, and T cells, all of which work in concert to detect and destroy emerging malignant cells.
https://oncologynews.com.au/editors-choice/fasting-primes-the-immune-systems-natural-killer-cells-to-better-target-cancer-new-study-in-mice-finds/
This suggests that cycles of fasting or fasting-mimicking diets could help sustain an immune environment hostile to cancer recurrence — not by starving you, but by reprogramming immune metabolism and keeping macrophages “on patrol” instead of “in repair mode.”
In summary, macrophages are a key part of how fasting sustains immune vigilance against cancer — they act as multi-role mediators between metabolism, inflammation, and immune activation.

Sun et al., Oncotarget (2017) – “Fasting inhibits colorectal cancer growth by reducing M2 polarisation of tumour-associated macrophages”
This was the first experimental study to delineate the direct molecular link between fasting and macrophage function in cancer. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5650369/

Conclusion: Fasting suppressed cancer growth via autophagy-mediated reprogramming of macrophage activity through the adenosine–JAK1/STAT3 axis.
This study provided rigorous in vivo and in vitro validation and remains one of the most cited in fasting-immunology research.

Wang et al., Journal of Translational Medicine (2023) – “Fasting-mimicking diet inhibits tumour-associated macrophage survival and pro-tumour function in hypoxia”
This recent study builds on the above mechanisms and confirms them in a clinically relevant fasting-mimicking diet (FMD) model.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10601181/

Model: Orthotopic mouse model of breast cancer and human TAMs cultured in hypoxia.

Finding: FMD significantly reduced M2-type TAM infiltration in tumours, lowered tumour size, and improved the effects of the anti-angiogenic drug apatinib.
Mechanism: FMD decreased tumour glucose levels, impairing the glycolysis that M2-type macrophages depend on for survival.
It inhibited the mTOR–HIF-1α pathway, which drives pro-tumour macrophage activity under low oxygen.
This led to reduced secretion of tumour-promoting molecules such as CCL8 and suppression of macrophage-induced tumour migration.
Key outcome: Tumour-associated macrophages in fasting or FMD conditions lost their tumour-supporting metabolic program and survival advantage, resulting in a more anti-tumour immune environment.
Both studies use controlled in vivo cancer models with mechanistic validation (genetic knockdown, pathway inhibition, and signalling assays).
They identify specific immune-metabolic pathways (adenosine/JAK1-STAT3 and mTOR/HIF-1α) altered by fasting that are directly responsible for shifting macrophage phenotype.
The 2023 paper extends these findings into combination therapy, demonstrating additive therapeutic effects with standard anti-cancer drugs.

Together, these studies provide the strongest current evidence that fasting or fasting-mimicking diets reprogram the tumour microenvironment by converting macrophages from immune-suppressive “builders” of tumours to more vigilant, immune-activating “destroyers.”

25/10/2025

A small snack may be doing big things beneath the surface. In the first human clinical trial of its kind, researchers have discovered that eating walnuts daily may help promote the death of cancer cells in women. This surprising finding could change how we view food, not just as fuel, but as a tool for healing.

The study observed women who incorporated a specific amount of walnuts into their diets each day. After several weeks, tissue samples showed noticeable changes at the genetic level. Cancer-related gene expression in breast cells shifted, indicating increased activity in pathways associated with tumor suppression and cell self-destruction.

What makes walnuts so powerful? They’re packed with omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants, and plant-based compounds known as polyphenols. Together, these nutrients appear to influence inflammation and cell regulation in ways that create an environment hostile to cancer growth.

This doesn’t mean walnuts are a cure, but it does show they can play a supportive role in reducing cancer risk and progression. It also marks a turning point in how science approaches prevention, through daily habits that nourish, protect, and empower the body.

Researchers are now calling for larger studies, but the early results are encouraging. A simple, affordable food may offer a real defense.

In a world where solutions often seem complicated, sometimes nature hands us something beautifully simple—and incredibly powerful.

25/10/2025

Eating steak with watermelon and avocado is a powerhouse trio for muscle support and steady energy. Steak provides high-quality protein and iron for building and repairing muscle tissue. Watermelon adds hydration and natural sugars to replenish energy quickly, while avocado offers healthy fats that help sustain energy levels and support nutrient absorption.

25/10/2025

According to an observational study out of Europe, people who ate citrus fruit “almost daily” had an incredible 50% reduction for developing pancreatic . A typical serving is about 120 grams of fresh fruit and in Europe would mostly consist of oranges and grapefruit. However, lime may be especially worthy to include in your regular diet. That’s because researchers in a separate study found juice to be highly toxic to pancreatic cancer cells in a test tube, suppressing their growth by up to 89%. The juice was rich in flavonoids typically found in fruit such as hesperidin, neohesperidin and rutin, as well as limonin—all of which have shown anticancer activity in other studies.
References: Pubmed ID 3776972 1991912

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