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Being Mindful About Stress – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 474
Everyone deals with stressors on some level, but if you deal with chronic stress, this can have serious impacts on your overall health. This is why it is so important to take the necessary steps to help your body adapt to these stressors.
The Gut-Brain Axis: The Link Between Your Gut and Brain, Part 2 – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 176
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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Welcome back to our episode on the gut-brain axis, the influence your gut has on your brain. In Part 1, I discussed how gut bacteria and your diet influence your memory. Check out Part 1 here if you missed it! Now, we’re going to look at how the gut impacts your mood.
PROBIOTICS, DEPRESSION AND STRESS
A study done at McMaster University in Canada published in the Journal of Gastroenterology showed that probiotics can improve symptoms of depression. Researchers worked with 44 adults who had irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and mild to moderate anxiety and/or depression. Half of the group took a daily dose of bifidobacterium longum for 12 weeks, while the other half took placebo at the same frequency. At the 6 week mark, 64% of the patients taking the probiotic had decreased scores on tests for depression. Only 32% of patients on placebo saw decreases in these scores. The patients were also given functional MRIs, which showed that the improvement in these scores was connected to changes in multiple brain regions involved with mood control.
Griffith University in Queensland, Australia performed a systematic review and meta analysis that was published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. The researchers looked at 7 different studies with over 300 participants and found that probiotics reduce psychological symptoms, stress, depression and anxiety. This helps prove the validity of the gut-brain axis.
The Benefits of Probiotics for Allergies – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 124. Listen Now >>
A study in the Journal of Cephalalgia looked at patients who suffer from migraines. The researchers worked with people who have episodic migraines, meaning they have 14 or less migraines a month, as well as people who have chronic migraines, meaning 15 or more migraines a month. A group of these patients took a probiotic supplement with 14 different strains of gut-friendly bacteria for 10 weeks, while another group took placebo. Researchers found that the probiotic significantly improved a number of migraine-related symptoms in the patients. Patients with episodic migraines saw a 40% decrease in migraine days, and people with chronic migraines saw a decrease of 45%. Researchers also found that the probiotics reduced the intensity of episodic migraines by 29%, and of chronic migraines by 31%.
These studies are evidence that bacteria in the intestines affect the health of the brain. For all studies mentioned in this podcast episode, please listen to the full episode now by clicking the play button above or wherever you stream podcasts!
WHAT REDUCES HEALTHY BACTERIA IN THE BODY?
Here are some things that can reduce the amount of healthy bacteria you have in your body:
- NSAID drugs like Advil, Aleve, Celebrex and Aspirin
- Certain drugs for high blood pressure
- Certain drugs for diabetes
- Antibiotic drugs
- Steroid drugs like Medrol and Prednisone
- Hormones like estrogen and progesterone
- Aging
- Obesity/having a big gut
- Elevated blood sugar
- Smoking
- Alcohol
- Inhalation of cleaning products such as ammonia and bleach
NOT ALL PROBIOTICS ARE EQUAL
Not all probiotic supplements are made the same. Here are some qualities that you should look for when choosing a probiotic supplement:
- “Colony-forming unit” written on the label: This means that the bacteria in the supplement are actually alive.
- At least two strains of healthy bacteria, with at least a billion of each, in the formula: This is what makes the probiotic beneficial.
Questions about the gut-brain axis, Probiotics or anything regarding digestion/brain health? Leave us a comment below to join the discussion!
Thank you for tuning in to the Invite Health Podcast. For all studies mentioned in this podcast episode, please listen to the full episode now by clicking the play button above or wherever you stream podcasts! You can find all of our episodes for free wherever you listen to podcasts or by visiting www.invitehealth.com/podcast. Make sure you subscribe and leave us a review! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at Invite Health today. We’ll see you next time on another episode of the Invite Health Podcast.
The Gut-Brain Axis: The Link Between Your Gut and Brain, Part 1 – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 175
Our gut is often referred to as our second brain. Expressions like “a gut feeling” or “butterflies in my stomach” refer to this connection. Much of this communication has to do with the trillions of bacteria that reside in our digestive tract.
The Benefits of Probiotics for Allergies – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 124
Generally, good bacteria outnumbers bad bacteria. But sometimes there are opportunistic situations, where something happens to your immune system and kills off your good bacteria. This includes allergies. Here’s why probiotics can be so beneficial.
Nucleotides: The Immune System Tonic – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 13
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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We’re in the middle of winter and people are concerned about the flu going around (and rightfully so). And then there is the coronavirus that came to us from China. Type A flu is typically a bird flu, which is commonly in the yearly immunization for the flu. So, scientists try to figure out which Type B flu will infect us. This is only found in humans and marine mammals, like seals. Rarely there is a Type C flu that is the swine flu that comes from pigs. So is there a tonic for the immune system? I believe so – Nucleotides.
What are Nucleotides?
Nucleotides have been around for quite some time. The first time I heard about them was years ago when we had a physician working with us at InVite® Health – he was a medical doctor involved with the Houston Space Center who saw a lot of astronauts as patients. He told me that when astronauts went into deep space, there was no ozone layer to protect them. This meant they were bombarded with radiation like gamma rays. They found that if they gave astronauts Nucleotides (research from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Texas and NASA), they were protected from radiation.
Nucleotides are found in abundance in breast milk – which is why baby formula today contains it, helping the baby develop a strong immune system, the growth of their organs. So when shopping for baby formula, make sure you have Nucleotides in there. Make sure there are fish oils, too!
Many times I recommend my clients to start taking them before they go into surgery or a stay at the hospital and for two weeks after, in the hopes that it will protect them and help boost their immune system to help get them better faster. I also recommend using Probiotics for superior protection, as well.
Clinical Studies
A combination of Arginine, Fish Oils and Nucleotides are the ingredients studied in numerous clinical trials. In one study performed by the Clinic for Anesthesiology in Germany, after severe trauma, adding this combination to food was shown to decrease infectious complications.
The University at Cincinnati College of Medicine (published in the Journal Critical Care Medicine) used a formula supplemented with arginine, fish oils and nucleotides throughout eight different hospital intensive care units of 326 patients. Here is what they found:
- In patients who received the formula, the hospital length of stay was reduced by 8 days
- Compared to patients not on immuno-nutrition, the patients were in the hospital for 8 days shorter
- In patients with sepsis (blood poisoning),, the median length of hospital stay was reduced by 10 days
What is Nucleotide Complex?
Nucleotide complex is an immune system tonic that has clinical proof that it works. I’ve been recommending Nucleotides for immunity for decades. I do believe it works far better than the other tonics out there – it works a lot faster and it is a lot stronger for boosting the immune system.
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