Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
Though your body has natural defenses in place to keep your digestive system working properly, processed foods and sugar could be impacting its effectiveness. Here’s what you need to know about specific digestive-supporting nutrients.
In Part 2, we are going to dive further into the studies and science behind the very important and powerful antioxidant, Glutathione for lung health and beyond with Chief Scientific Officer and Pharmacist, Jerry Hickey, Ph.
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Several days ago there was a very important headline. It concerned a mother in Brooklyn, NY who had COVID-19 and, like many others sufferers, she had trouble breathing. The New York Post headline reads, “New York Mom With Coronavirus Saved By Medical Students Quick Thinking“. The otherwise healthy 48 year old Brooklyn woman was desperately ill with Coronavirus. She was so short of breath, she couldn’t speak. The family was extremely worried because she could not stand up without passing out, due to her shortness of breath from the virus. The hospital they rushed her to did not have COVID-19 testing available at the time, and doctors sent her home with a suspected COVID-19 infection and a diagnosis of pneumonia. Her other symptoms included fever, body ache, dry cough and the loss of the ability to taste or smell.
Her 23 year old son James Bruzzese is a medical student at CUNY and was worried about her severe respiratory tract symptoms. Her doctors used prescription drugs to help her, which reduced some of the symptoms but nothing was improving her breathing. Her son contacted an association which he interned for – Dr. Richard Horowitz – at the Hudson Valley Healing Arts Center, who treats Lyme disease patients. Dr. Richard Horowitz suggested trying a supplement called Glutathione.
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Dr. Horowitz’ Research
Glutathione is a very important antioxidant in the human body, especially in the protection of our upper respiratory tract and our lungs. Dr. Horowitz uses it to reduce inflammation in his Lyme disease patients. He said, “When you get a viral infection with a huge amount of inflammation, you don’t have enough Glutatione to protect your sensitive lung tissue.” Meaning, you cannot make enough to meet your body’s needs during an infection, as levels drop very quickly just like Vitamin C and other nutrients. According to the family, after one 2000mg dose of Glutathione, they witnessed a “miracle”. According to the patient, Josephine Bruzzese,”Within an hour, my breathing got better. It was amazing. I sat up. I got up.” She made her bed and states, “I went and I took a shower.” She took the pills for five days and had no relapse, her son said.
GSH is the accepted abbreviation for Glutathione. Dr. Richard Horowitz and James Bruzzese just published their experiences with GSH in the journal Respiratory Medicine Case Reports. They also discuss a second Coronavirus patient with breathing issues in their journal article. This patient also had tremendous difficulty breathing. Unlike Mrs. Bruzzese who swallowed a Glutathione supplement, they gave this other patients an IV dose of Glutathione. The patient says he soon “felt much better” and “within a half an hour, it helped with the breathing symptoms, in particular.”
Dr. Purvi Parikh, an infectious disease and immunology specialist, at NYU Langone Hospital said, “Glutathione may help in calming the immune system over reaction to the Coronavirus, known as cytokine storm.” For more information on cytokine storm, click here!
What is Glutatione and why is it so beneficial?
Glutathione is a very tiny protein that is made by our body of three amino acids. It functions as a powerful antioxidant protector throughout the body. It is highly concentrated in our brain, our eyes, our lungs, our heart and many other tissues. It is very active in our major organs of detoxification, like the kidneys, liver and lungs.
Our immune systems white and red blood cells also have to be rich in Glutathione. This helps protect our red blood cells while they carry and distribute oxygen, which is attached to the iron-rich hemoglobin within the red blood cell. Glutathione also protects our immune cells from their own chemical arsenals so that can survive and go on to kill viruses and other microbes.
When we use oxygen and sugar to create energy, there is a release of a vast pool of free radicals. This occurs in every cell of our body. Free radicals are highly unstable; if left unchecked, they can kill our cells. Levels of this free radical activity weakens and ages us. These same free radicals are part of many dangerous diseases because they cause inflammation, which damages our organs and tissues. These disease cause co-morbidity, or things that commonly occur with the initial disease like high blood sugar and diabetes.
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Serotonin is known as the happiness molecule and it also makes you feel full when you are eating. 5-HTP has been shown to raise the level of serotonin in your brain, which makes you feel good and full. If you feel happy and full, it is easier to stick with your weight loss plan.
When your glucose level is too high, your Vitamin B1 or Thiamine levels are depleted and a build up of AGEs occurs. Here’s what you can do to fend off excessive glycation in your system, including incorporating an important form of Vitamin B1 called Benfotiamine.
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On today’s episode we are going to get into some details on the Mediterranean Diet. I talk about this so often and I am always saying that they should be adhering to a Mediterranean Diet! But the question that usually gets asked back is, “How do I achieve that?” Let’s review what foods should be included in this diet and the science behind it.
What is the Mediterranean Diet?
This is a basically a generic name of the traditional dietary patterns that individuals living in the Mediterranean region follow. There is such an abundance of these really diverse non-starchy vegetables and minimally processed foods. The typical American diet, as we all know, is the complete opposite.
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In the Mediterranean region, there is a higher consumption of real foods, including:
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These foods contain powerful amounts of vitamins, minerals, healthy fiber and protein. This is why there is so much scientific research backing the support of following a Mediterranean Diet.
What this means for your health
Research has shown us time and time again that when individuals adhere to this diet, there is a different correlation with a reduction in different disease states. The risk of so many chronic diseases – diabetes, heart disease, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease – all start to go down, even cancers.
There was a really large study (published in the journal Gerontology) involving over 22,000 men and women who had a higher adherence to a traditional Mediterranean diet. This was associated with a significant lower risk of cardiac and cancer mortality.
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