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Sometimes the element chromium is misidentified as being toxic for the body, but the proper form of this nutrient is important for overall health, especially in terms of maintaining healthy blood sugar levels.
You’ve probably heard about the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, but what do you know about DHA? Learn all about why this nutrient is important for brain development from Amanda Williams, MPH.
HMB
InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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Being active and staying active is key to aging gracefully. Many people have concerns about staying fit, staying healthy, maintaining muscle mass and not falling victim to sarcopenia, which is age-related muscle mass loss. This is why Active HxⓇ may just be the supplement for you. Today, I want to talk about this formula and the science behind it in some detail.†
Our Active HxⓇ is a fabulous powder formulation of HMB. HMB, or beta-hydroxy-methylbutyrate, is a power nutrient. When we look at what this actually is and how it’s working to optimize our health, this is where all of the fun science comes into play.†
We know that HMB helps to increase and preserve muscle mass in adults. This nutrient was originally studied in highly-trained athletes and resistance-trained athletes. Researchers looked at their strength, endurance, body fat and muscle mass and they found that HMB was very beneficial for helping to support healthy muscle protein synthesis and to enhance overall physical activity. Scientific study after scientific study continues to show this.†
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This is definitely something that a well-trained athlete is looking to achieve, but this is also something that any of us who are looking to stay active throughout our lives can benefit from.†
HMB might just be the answer for helping to avoid sarcopenia. If we have muscle mass loss through the aging process, not only does this weaken us physically, but it also makes us more vulnerable to infections, falls and fractures. This is definitely an area that we do not want to overlook.†
HMB is actually a derivative of the amino acid leucine. We have often heard about branched-chain amino acids and how beneficial they are for bolstering up your lean muscle mass. We know that HMB is even stronger than those branch-chained amino acids, which is why so much research has gone into this.†
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When we look at the impact of muscle mass loss and how that can affect us through the aging process, we want to be able to preserve that. This is where HMB, a natural, bioactive product of the amino acid leucine, can really help to support and maintain that balance between where muscles break down and break up.†
HMB is naturally-occuring in the body, but our levels decline as we age. If this level starts to drop, this is going to have an impact on our lean muscle mass, as well as our strength. We don’t want this to happen. We want to be able to fend off sarcopenia and that we are boosting up our lean body mass, especially if we are staying physically active or exercising. Many studies have found that taking just one gram of HMB was really a nice, sweet spot for maintaining that muscle mass.†
Our Active HxⓇ formulation has one and a half grams of this nutrient. What we’re trying to do is have this consistency in terms of maintaining our lean body mass and also having better body fat distribution. These are all things we’d like to be aware of as we get older.†
In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH discusses beta-hydroxy-methylbutyrate, a powerful nutrient found in our new Active Hx formulationⓇ. She explains why this nutrient is important for muscle health in people as they age and also details studies pertaining to it.†
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Many people have been prescribed statin drugs to help with cholesterol levels and heart health. While these medications are very important, they can also deplete levels of nutrients the body needs to function properly.
Many people deal with obsessive compulsive thoughts and behaviors that impact their everyday lives. This may be related to OCD. Learn more about this condition and nutrients that may help from Amanda Williams, MPH.
exercise
InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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So you’re ready to get fit and you have questions as to what you should be taking when it comes to your pre- and post-workout routines. This is a question that comes up often and many times, people are not exactly sure what they should be doing. Should they be taking creatine before or after I workout? Should I be taking my protein powder before or after I workout? Today, I’m going to give you a basic overview of what you can be doing when it comes to your exercise routine to really optimize your cellular energy, as well as support skeletal muscle growth.†
There is so much research out there showing that there are very targeted natural nutrients, such as creatine, carnitine, glutamine and Vitamin D, that can all be very supportive. Researchers have done studies with NHL players, NFL players, college basketball players (both male and female) and college football players where they looked at Vitamin D insufficiencies and deficiencies and how that impacts their performance overall. If you have a Vitamin D insufficiency or deficiency, it’s going to slow your recovery time from any type of skeletal muscle injury.†
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We don’t just think in terms of endurance athletes, marathon trainers and Olympic athletes. We have to think about all of us and what we should be doing when it comes to staying fit and staying healthy. We have to make sure that we have this ability to regenerate any of the energy that is expended. Each cell has its own motherboard, the mitochondria, that generates energy called ATP and we have to make sure that we can recover that. We also have to make sure that we have enough energy in the beginning to be able to exercise.†
We can look at the different things that we know can help to restore and replenish our mitochondrial energy ATP. We can look at things like ATP itself, which is a fabulous supplement that we offer. Many folks who are into working out on a regular basis utilize ATP and will take it just before they exercise. Taking ATP allows the cells within the skeletal muscle to really be more vibrant and allows for quicker recovery and repair.†
We can also look at things like ubiquinol and carnitine, both of which we know help to generate cellular ATP production. Rhodiola can also be beneficial. This is a wonderful adrenal adaptogenic herb that so many endurance athletes have used for a very long to not only help give them that extra boost during exercise, but also for that rapid recovery post-workout.†
We may know which nutrients help promote exercise performance, but the big question is often when they should be taken. This can really vary. It’s going to depend on each individual person.†
When we look at post-exercise nutrition, the whole goal is to repair that muscle tissue that has potentially been damaged and to replenish our glycogen stores. In older individuals, this is often the area where they need more support. I usually tell people who are of older age that they should take their protein powder and creatine after they exercise because that is when their body will really want more. Maybe you take your rhodiola before you exercise and then post-exercise, you use your whey protein isolate along with creatine monohydrate.†
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Creatine has been shown to help promote healthy blood glucose and cognitive function in addition to muscle mass. But when do we take this? Once again, it really depends on the individual person. For many people, they will find that utilizing creatine post-exercise really seems to potentiate the most positive benefits.†
We can look at L-carnitine, which is a little amino acid that can generate so much power and energy production. It helps to enhance our energy output and also works as a free radical scavenger. It might be a good idea to use this nutrient after exercise because we know that we generate free radicals in our body just from exercising alone. If we want to be able to lower those free radicals, using carnitine post-exercise may potentiate a greater benefit.†
Glutamine is another amino acid that falls into that category when we think about exercising. It is very important when it comes to recovery, even when it comes to falling ill or dealing with stress. When we workout, this is effectively a stressor, which causes our glutamine stores to go down. It’s always wise to make sure we’re putting extra glutamine back in. I look at glutamine as being one of the nutrients that you would take before you workout. This is because we recognize that glutamine levels may already be at that low end, so if we put some in and then we use it up during the workout, then we still have some leftover.†
In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH discusses nutrients that can support workout performance. She details why it is so important to get physical activity regularly and also recommends which nutrients to take prior to your workout and which to take following your exercise.†
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