MicroBiology

Nucleotides and RNA are valuable immune system building blocks. Since Dr Peter Koeppel, one of the leading experts on immunology and biochemistry at a leading Swiss pharmaceutical company, released a paper on their use for human health applications, interest has soared. Here we explain what a nucleotide is and describe its close links with our DNA to begin with, and go on to highlight the beneficial implications of supplementing the daily diet with these naturally-derived, conditionally essential dietary components.

Where do nucleotides come from?

As any good nutritionist will tell you, anything that the human body needs can be obtained from food. Foods that are naturally high in nucleotides include:

• Liver
• Tripe
• Lean Meat
• Fish
• Mushrooms
• Fungi
• Yeast extract

However, to boost your immune system with nucleotides, they must be taken in a more concentrated form.