Nitric Oxide, Part 2 – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 550
Nitric Oxide is so incredibly important that is why there is two parts. Part two will be discussing ways to enhance our nitric oxide through diet and supplements.
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Nitric Oxide, Part 1 – InVite Heath Podcast, Episode 549
The most important molecule you may have never heard of called nitric oxides. So, find out why nitric oxide is so incredibly important and essential for our actual existence. To learn more listen to Amanda Williams, MD, MPH.
The Adrenal Glands Take A Part In Thyroid Function
Adrenal Glands
Written by Dr. Claire Arcidiacono, ND
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The thyroid works with the adrenal glands lets look deeper into what the adrenal glands are and how they work.†
What Are The Adrenal Glands?
In a nutshell they are small glands on top of the kidneys that produce hormones. They look rather like little hats that live on top of the kidneys. These glands produce 3 types of hormones. They produce mineralocorticoids for example aldosterone which can control blood pressure, glucocorticoids predominately cortisol which is the hormone in charge of our flight or fight response, and adrenal androgen such as DHEA and testosterone. What does all this mean? Well to sum it up the adrenal glands are in charge of our blood pressure, sodium balance in the body, water balance in the body as well as the body’s response to stress or illness. Now stress can mean anything from work stress to a long term illness. If any of your bodies systems are not working up to par the body sees that as stress and the adrenals will react by making cortisol. The adrenals are also in charge of regulating metabolism for example weight as well as fat metabolism and glucose regulation. The adrenals are also very important when it comes to sleep regulation. In fact, when the adrenals are signaled to produce more cortisol (which given it is the main hormone associated with stress it is the main hormone I will talk about) the symptoms include fatigue with a difficulty staying asleep. This can lead to feelings of anxiety as well as weight gain and higher than normal blood pressure.† (1)
Thyroid Health Relationship to Adrenal Glands
Well the thyroid as we know it is connected to almost every system in the body. One of the problems of having too much cortisol produced by the adrenals is that they affect the thyroid itself. Stress hormones for example cortisol, cause the conversion of T3 from T4 to be reduced hence increasing the likelihood of hypothyroid symptoms! (2) This may be one reason when we see clients with what is called adrenal fatigue we often are also working with them to address hypothyroid symptoms. Interestingly, in cases of long term thyroid dysfunction there is also adrenal dysfunction. Now you might say “I know I just read that” but what I mean is that the adrenals can affect the thyroid but the thyroid can affect the adrenals long term. How is that possible? Because the adrenals will often try and compensate for the reduced thyroid hormones. To produce energy they will produce cortisol. However, in the long run this can cause adrenal fatigue. What exactly is adrenal fatigue? In the normal process your body will produce cortisol in the morning to wake you up, a small amount in the afternoon to keep you going and none at night so you can sleep. When you are under stress the adrenals are constantly forced to produce cortisol. This leads to the adrenals becoming unregulated or fatigued. One such issue is that they produce cortisol at night rather than in the morning. They also tend to produce either too much cortisol or not enough. Symptoms of adrenal fatigue can include trouble with sleeping/fatigue, headaches, and digestive issues, changes in weight, and anxiety, brain fog, depression and even joint pain. (3) Please see the included picture for a complete system by system breakdown of the symptoms of adrenal fatigue.† (4)
Beneficial Supplements For Adrenal Fatigue
Since so many people with hypothyroid also suffer from adrenal fatigue I really wanted to include a brief discussion of it here since it is important to support the adrenals when working with the thyroid.†
The following supplements have been found to be helpful in working with adrenal fatigue:†
Adrenal glandular are very important in working with adrenal fatigue.†
See InviteⓇ Health Supplement Dr. Pressman Adrenoserine†
Ashwagandha root has been found in studies to not only regulate the thyroid but it also helps to act as an adaptogen to regulate cortisol. In fact studies show lower cortisol levels using this herb.†(5)
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements Dr. Pressman Adrenoserine and Thyroid HxⓇ †
Rhodiola has been found to help moderate the cortisol levels when they are high due to stress. This can help with the stress response.† (6)
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements Rhodiola and our Performance multivitamin†
Licorice root helps to maintain cortisol in the morning so that energy is available when needed. One of the things that often happens in adrenal fatigue is that while there is too much cortisol at night there is too little in the morning. Licorice helps to normalize this.† (7)
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements Dr. Pressman Adrenoserine, DGL Licorice, and MinACID Hx® †
B Complex is important for energy and are usually depleted by stress which is associated with adrenal fatigue.†
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements Methyl-B for an activated complex of B vitamins that go straight to work †
Methylated B vitamins are very good for people with adrenal fatigue since they don’t have to be activated.† (8)
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements B-Complex 50, B-Complex 100 and any of our Men’s Multivitamin, Women’s Multivitamin, Core Multivitamin, and Performance Multivitamin †
Phosphatidylserine is one of the best things to help with cortisol that is waking you up in the middle of the night. After a few weeks most people say their sleep starts to improve. Studies show Phosphatidylserine normalizes cortisol especially when taken at night.† (9)
See InviteⓇ Health Supplements Phosphatidylserine and Cerebral care †
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Are You Looking For Weight Loss Tips & Tricks? – InVite Health Podcast Episode 548
Looking for ways to shed a couple of pounds? Look no further with tips and tricks to weight loss with Allie Might, INHC.
Guidelines To Help You Improve Weight Loss More Effectively
Feel like all the fad diets you have been going on are not helping you keep off the weight. Learn more about alternative ways to help with weight loss for the long term!
Are The Daily Fruits And Vegetables We Eat Enough? – InVite Health Podcast Episode 547
Fruits and vegetables
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Are The Daily Fruits And Vegetables We Eat Enough? – InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode 547
Hosted by Melissa Bistricer, MS, RDN
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InViteⓇ Health Podcast Intro: Welcome to the InViteⓇ Health Podcast, where our degreed healthcare professionals are excited to offer you the most important health and wellness information you need to make informed choices about your health. You can learn more about the products discussed in each of these episodes and all that InViteⓇ Health has to offer at www.invitehealth.com/podcast. First time customers can use promo code PODCAST at checkout for an additional 15% off your first purchase. Let’s get started!†
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Melissa Bistricer, MS, RDN: [00:00:40] Welcome back to another podcast here at InViteⓇ Health. Have you ever looked for new ways to fill in gaps of dietary intake of fruits and vegetables? Well, you’re in luck today. I will be giving you a new outlook on getting the rainbow of the fruits and vegetables in your daily life with our unique formulation of Reds HxⓇ.† [00:00:55]
[00:00:56] My name is Melissa Bistricer and I am a registered dietitian. I am so excited to bring to you the nutritional aspect of nutrients here at InViteⓇ Health. Nutrition Food for Thought: Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments. InViteⓇ Health, promotes an integrative approach and providing vitamins into your daily life to increase your quality of life in conjunction with nutrients. It is also important to learn and include other lifestyle modifications like nutrition, exercise and sleep. These practices with the use of vitamins will promote optimal benefit in your daily life.† [00:01:28]
[00:01:29] Adequate consumption of fruits and vegetables have been correlated with many different aspects of overall health, which means that they are essential to have in your body and to eat on a daily basis. The benefits of having a diet rich in fruits and vegetables is that they are a great source of vitamins and minerals. They have a variety of flavors and textures. There is always something for everyone. Fruits and vegetables have an increase in fiber, they’re lower in calories, they’re low in fat, and overall help maintain a good health. You never heard of a fruit or vegetable harming a person? Well, I guess if someone has an allergy, they may harm a person. But in general, fruits and vegetables haven’t harmed a person in the sense of being bad for your body. They provide tons of vitamins and minerals. Fruit and vegetable intake has the ability to lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, prevent different types of cancer, lower the risk of eye and digestive problems, and has a positive effect on controlling blood sugar and keeping appetite in check.† [00:02:25]
[00:02:26] The general recommendation is to have two cups of fruits and three cups of vegetables each day. Though the average American is certainly falling short of consuming the adequate amount of fruits and vegetables. When we look closer into the CDC, they recently revealed that only 12.3% of Americans meet the recommended intake of fruit and 10% meet the recommended intake of vegetables each day. You can definitely see why we stressed the importance of getting your fruits and vegetables through a nutritional supplement, as most people are not reaching the recommended amount of two cups of fruit and three cups of vegetables each day. This is why sometimes it is important to turn to supplemental nutrients such as our unique formulation of Reds HxⓇ. † [00:03:06]
[00:03:08] The Reds HxⓇ formula, you may be thinking, Why is this formula so unique? Maybe I should be starting to use it. Let me explain why it is packed with many different beneficial components, such as antioxidants in the blueberry fruit powder, the BlackBerry fruit powder, and the raspberry fruit powder. Not only are you getting the powerful antioxidants, but you’re also getting key nutrients that are beneficial for eye health. These deep, dark berry extracts help to enhance our bodies abilities for rhodopsin, which is the light absorber in the eyes. When taking in these high potent amounts of these berry blends they do so much more and optimize so much more than we even realize. There’s also certain things in the Reds HxⓇ like mango extract, pomegranate extract, which is a wonderful blend of fruit extracts combined with our vegetable extracts such as carrot extract. So we think about our carotenoids and we have our broccoli extract, which we know broccoli has sulfides which is beneficial in the cellular level. When we think about detoxification, having the spinach extract, the beetroot extract helps to promote nitric oxide in the body, which is beneficial for circulation. Along with all those, we also have a fiber blend, which is the flaxseed powder, the barley grass powder, oat bran powder and rice brown powder, which we know that fiber is important to optimize in our microbiome. Fiber is key to having these nutrients help with the proper absorption of foods taken in from diets to obtain the vitamins and minerals. † [00:04:32]
[00:04:33] We also have a probiotic blend within the Reds HxⓇ, which is important to think about our microbiome. We know that we want our body to have a homeostasis with a good, healthy bacteria, with all those little bugs that we know help to do so much, to help optimize our immune system and help our bodies function the way we need them to. Research from the food science and nutrition states that supplements the blend of fruits, vegetables and herbs called ORAC blend in the Reds HxⓇ the ORAC blend helps to fight off oxidative damage to cells. Promoting overall health. ORAC blend is defined as the oxygen radical absorbance capacity scale with the scientific measures of substances that are rich in antioxidants.† [00:05:13]
[00:05:14] The scientific validated formula of fruits, vegetables, and herbs so they inhibit free radical production, optimize cellular metabolic activity, and increase nitric oxide levels within our bodies. The main antioxidant activity of ORAC blend helps against five major free radicals, namely found in peroxide hydroxyl peroxide nitrate, superoxide anion and single oxygen radicals. There’s also parsley extract, ginger extract and even milk thistle, which is beneficial for kidney and liver health. A great way of what you might be missing from your daily intake of fruits and vegetables.† [00:05:49]
[00:05:50] We know that the nutrients such as antioxidants that we are getting from fruits and vegetables are not the same as years back due to the soil content not being as nutrient dense in today’s days, meaning we aren’t benefiting as much as years ago. Our own dietary choices may lack, but even if we are taking in enough fruits or vegetables the ones taken it may not have high enough amount of key antioxidants, vitamins and minerals. The formulation is filled with antioxidants that help to protect against free radicals. They are very tasty if you are a picky eater who is not consuming enough fruits and vegetables. When adding in the Reds HxⓇ supplement it helps enhance it at a cellular level, not only to support the immune system or to fight off oxidative stress. The powerful antioxidants support our heart, brain muscles and the entire body. It is essentially supporting through the use of this unique formulation of Reds HxⓇ. † [00:06:42]
[00:06:43] So with all these benefits of Reds HxⓇ, the pressing question is that many of you may be thinking, how come Americans are just not consuming enough fruits and vegetables? The simple answer is that individuals experience barriers to eating fruits and vegetables, primarily due to the high demand of supply food chains, the cost of the food, and the misconception that frozen and some canned products are not as good as eating fresh. The truth is, if you can’t purchase fresh, then a better alternative is getting frozen or canned products, then going to a fast food restaurant that is using no vegetables whatsoever. Convenience might just be the thing that caused you to have serious health issues. So let us add more fruits and vegetables to our diet to optimize our health now rather than when it’s too late. † [00:07:27]
[00:07:27] Again, according to the CDC, to prove a point, there is only about 12.3% of Americans meeting their recommended intake of fruit and 10% meeting their recommended intake of vegetables each day. Let’s change that and get you to eat more fruits and vegetables. I would prefer to see you eat the fruits and vegetables from Whole Foods sources, but sometimes that’s just not an option or it’s just not possible to get all the proper nutrients daily from fresh fruits and vegetables. If you feel like you’re not getting the recommended amounts of two cups of fruit and three cups of vegetables daily. An alternative again is our Reds HxⓇ here at InViteⓇ Health. The Reds HxⓇ is our unique powder that provides you with high quality products of extracts of fruits and vegetables that help with numerous nutrient depletions from lacking intake of fruits and vegetables. The Reds HxⓇ primarily supporting energy, digestive health, skin, cardiovascular health and so much more.† [00:08:21]
[00:08:22] The best test to assess as something has health benefits is by assessing the pigmentation. The general rule of thumb is the more vibrant the color, the more nutrients the item contains. The Reds HxⓇ is made from fruits varied in colors from orange, blue, purple and reds. This formula has been shown to help support immune system, skin, eye health, intestines, arteries, heart circulation, protective cells and organs. And this list can go on and on. We incorporate other components to benefit multiple pathways and systems in the body as well seen in the probiotic blend and the fiber component. † [00:08:56]
[00:08:57] So getting exposure can come in different ways. My advice is to start using the Reds HxⓇ or increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables each day. This can benefit your overall health and targets to benefit the multitude of pathways in the body. You can go check out the products sold here at invitehealth.com and if you have any further questions, you can chat with myself as a nutritionist or any of our other health care providers to assist you here at inviteHealth.com or you can email mbistricer@invitehealth.com. That’s M.B.I.S.T.R.I.C.E.R@invitehealth.com.† [00:09:26]
[00:09:30] I am Melissa Bistricer, RDN ready to share the knowledge to help you modify your lifestyle to live a happier and more successful life. I’m looking forward to continuing to provide you with educational podcasts and blog posts. Again nutrition food for Thought: Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments. Have a great day and tune in for the next podcast coming your way soon.† [00:09:30]
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