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When it comes to minerals, magnesium should be at the top of your list. But a majority of Americans do not obtain enough, leading to widespread magnesium deficiency throughout this country that could impact your immunity, muscle and heart health.
Who isn’t stressed right now? We are still trying to get back to normal, while keeping safe at the same time. This can cause stress, lack of sleep and fatigue. Panax ginseng may be extremely beneficial to help get you back on track.
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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What are the long-term impacts of stress and how can you manage your stress in a much more efficient way? So many people deal with stress on a daily basis. It can come in different forms and be caused by a variety of things. Let’s talk about what you can be doing to help mitigate its impact.
STRESS, ANXIETY AND YOUR BODY
In the United States alone, there are over 40 million adults who experience some form of anxiety. Anxiety disorders on a whole are highly treatable, yet only about a quarter of these people are actually receiving proper treatment or therapy to manage their anxiety. People with anxiety disorders are 3 to 5 times more likely to see a physician and 6 times more likely to be hospitalized for different psychiatric disorders. Anxiety disorders develop from a complex set of different risk factors, including brain chemistry, life events, and genetics. It is not uncommon for someone who has stress and anxiety to also suffer from issues such as depression. Panic disorders, social anxiety disorders, and generalized anxiety disorders are all very common. There are people who have specific phobias, as well as people who have issues with PTSD, OCD, depressive disorders, and depressive episodes. These issues activate internal stressors in the body, which can really impact our overall wellness. The occurrence of anxiety can also be heightened in people with certain health conditions. For example, people with irritable bowel syndrome, sleep disruption, insomnia, and fibromyalgia, amongst other medical issues, often experience a comorbid condition of anxiety.
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Regardless of the cause, we have to know how to best manage the chronic stress that we can be under for years. Chronic stress can affect the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which then impacts many important hormones in the body. For instance, their adrenal gland can be overrun, causing it to excrete excess cortisol. This can then affect the pancreas and insulin levels, as well as the blood sugar. Chronic stress can also impact focus, attention, and memory. This is why it is so imperative to learn to manage it.
HOW CAN YOU MANAGE YOUR ANXIETY AND STRESS
There are many ways to treat anxiety and stress, but oftentimes, they are not treated properly. I find that people frequently overlook food and how much it matters. I go back to the phrases “You are what you eat” and “Let food be thy medicine.” These statements hold so much truth. If someone is under stress and getting fast food as a time-saver, that’s probably not the best approach in terms of re-nourishing and supporting your body at a cellular level. We have to know that foods are first and foremost. For more information about why food is so important for managing stress, make sure to listen to the full podcast episode.
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Trying to adhere to a Mediterranean diet is really your best choice because it helps you receive that comprehensive blend of vitamins and minerals that support the immune system. You get antioxidants that are naturally coming from those foods to fend off oxidative stress and ease inflammation. Omega-3 fatty acids are in a higher abundance in a Mediterranean diet. Eating fruits and vegetables is also important, as well as healthy fats. Snacking on things such as walnuts, almonds, and pumpkin seeds throughout the day can be beneficial.
There are certain nutrients, such as the amino acid tryptophan, that are derived from your diet and are essential to the body’s ability to manage stress. Tryptophan is needed to manufacture serotonin, which is the body’s happy neurotransmitter. In the absence of serotonin, we are going to experience higher levels of neuroinflammation, loss of focus, and feeling more on edge. The brain is just one pathway that chronic stress can impact. As it begins to affect more organs and pathways, it also weakens your immune system, diminishing your ability to heal, recover, and adapt. Chronic stress can cause many serious diseases, and if we don’t manage it, we are really setting ourselves up for some really harmful effects.†
We can also focus on what kinds of movement can help us deal with stress and add them into our routine. It could be running, yoga, meditation, or walking. You don’t have to go out and join a gym or become a marathon runner, but you do have to find something that you’re passionate about and something that you can enjoy doing. It could even be turning on your radio and moving to the music. These become means of decompressing. We have to take a mind, body, soul approach to managing stress.
There are also several nutrients that can be advantageous for managing stress.
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It is so important for each of us to take our health seriously and that clearly includes taking care of stress, whether it’s from work, family, chronic disease, or something else. Thank you for tuning in to the Invite Health Podcast. 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.
Poor thyroid function equals fatigue and terrible health, but the good news is that you can boost thyroid health with certain nutrients!
When we think about things such as hair care, we have to be cognizant the products we are using. There are so many chemicals found in everyday beauty products that can be incredibly damaging to our overall wellness and can interrupt the process of aging gracefully.
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH.
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For so many of us out there, wearing a mask has kind of become second nature. Everyone is wearing their mask when they’re going into grocery stores, gas stations, work, and more. A lot of questions have been coming up in regards to wearing masks on a frequent basis.
One of the things there’s been a lot of inquiries on is bad breath. A lot of people feel like their bad breath has become more noticeable or pronounced, making them question if they really have halitosis. The other thing that a lot of people have questions on in regards to continued mask wearing is dryness and irritation on the skin around the mouth area and even on the chin. I want to talk about a few techniques you can do that might be very beneficial, especially since, in many parts of the country, wearing a mask for the foreseeable future is the new reality.
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SUPPORTING YOUR ORAL HEALTH
If you are experiencing bad breath that you notice when you’re wearing your mask all day long, oftentimes, people are usually using traditional toothpastes, which often have many different chemical agents in them. It could be that you’re starting to pick up on the fuming off of those chemicals. One thing that would be advantageous to you would be to use clean formulations, which do not have chemicals and thus cannot seep out these fumes. We want to think about utilizing things from nature, including nutrients like white tea, green tea, peppermint oil, Vitamin C, and olive leaf extract. We know that these nutrients can be very supportive to the health of our gums and teeth. I would even encourage this as a lifelong practice.†
InVite Health’s PerioDental White Teath Gel is a fabulous option. It is a white tea base, but it also combines things such as peppermint oil, myrrh, zinc, Vitamin C, and coQ10. Starting your day off with a really healthy, regimented routine, as opposed to putting chemicals in our mouths, can help with this issue and benefit your overall mouth health.†
The bad breath you’re noticing could also be related to a GI issue. In that situation, we want to consider things like a probiotic on a regular basis and utilizing digestive enzymes. Taking an enzyme like Digestive Hx, for example, 15 minutes prior to eating your meals could be quite advantageous, as it allows for better and more expedient breakdown of your foods. This can often help to mitigate gas build up from residual food, which can cause odor.†
Some people may also notice dryness in the mouth associated with more regular mask usage. Something to consider to combat this issue is an herbal-based lozenge, like InVite’s PerioDental Lozenge, which gives you grape seed extract, glutathione, marshmallow extract, slippery elm, zinc, and Vitamin C. These ingredients can help fend off free radicals that form in the mouth without the use of chemicals. Herbal lozenges like this are very soothing and supportive to the normal balance within the mouth.†
For more details on products that can fit into your oral care routine, tune into the podcast episode by clicking PLAY above, or visit invitehealth.com.
SKIN CARE SOLUTIONS
We have to also think about dryness of the skin. Many people have noticed irritation around the mouth, chin, and nose. Getting into the routine of having a regimented skin care program on a daily basis could be beneficial. I would look at things with a green tea base that will also yield you other nutrients. Washing your face every day with a gentle facial cleanser that has ingredients like green tea, aloe, witch hazel, tea tree extract, and neem can be very beneficial to your skin. These ingredients can be found in our Clear Skin Care formulas, which includes the facial cleanser, facial toner, and facial moisturizer. If you are noticing that your skin does seem to have more of that drying sensation to it, I would definitely encourage you to, at minimum, to look at utilizing the moisturizer. The moisturizer is really nice. It’s a cream that’s easy to use in the morning before you leave for work. The wonderful and powerful herbal extracts in the moisturizer will help hydrate and soothe the skin while you’re at work with your mask on all day. Our formula utilizes ingredients like green tea extract, grape seed oil, aloe, Vitamin E, and Vitamin C, which are all powerful nutrients that can really help to support the skin and irritations that can arise.†
For more details on products that can fit into your skin care routine, tune into the podcast episode by clicking PLAY above, or visit invitehealth.com.
Being on a good skin care and oral health routine are just little steps towards improving these issues and your overall wellness, all while making wearing a mask a little more bearable. We want to make sure we’re using products that provide us with essential nutrients and vitamins, which will help the body thrive.
Thank you for tuning in to the Invite Health Podcast. 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.