How do SBX and Primal Defense compare?

There have been a lot of questions coming into the Whole Approach office as of late about the differences between these two HSM products.
In fact, a few years ago, the formulas used to be the same. At that time, a fairly fierce competition between these products was born. Rather than continue with endless comparisons of two apparently identical products, the manufacturers of Primal Defence made some significant alterations to their product over the last couple of years. This has created a lot of questions in the industry about which one is better.

The main difference between the two products is that Primal Defence now contains a number of extra ingredients that supposedly "enhance" the product including plant sterols and green powdered juices. These products include green grass powders and sterolins. These ingredients are quality additions. However they are ingredients that are available economically in individual supplements.
These are also rather complex ingredients that could potentially produce intolerances. Grasses are often poorly tolerated by those with allergies. Not only do sensitive individuals run the risk of reacting to one of these ingredients, but there are foods from many plant families d in Primal Defence both in the greens component and the sterol component. Because allergic individuals have the potential to become sensitized to an entire food family as a result of overexposure and subsequent sensitivity to one plant in a family, daily supplementation with all of these food families is risky.

My other reason for preferring the simpler SBX formula over the Primal Defence is that because the formula has fewer ingredients added, it has more room for HSM’s and thus a higher concentration of the most important active ingredient. The manufacturer of SBX prefers to keep the ratio of soil organisms (HSM's, to other ingredients, high, in order to maximize their healing potential in the body. As previous excellent results with SBX indicate, the best results are obtained when high levels of the HSM's are consumed.

It is the HSM’s in the formula that provide the most crucial support for the immune system, the intestinal tract and nutritional health so I prefer to have the capsule filled up with HSM’s rather than all the other supporting herbs that have been included in the Primal Defence formula. The supporting ingredients that are added to the HSM’s are deep, immune boosting Chinese mushrooms and are highly appropriate for those suffering from the debilitating effects of CRC (see bottom of post for more info. on these.) I have been working with the SBX product for four years and have seen excellent results.

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