Nutrients To Target Restless Leg Syndrome – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 317
Have you ever heard of restless leg syndrome? Amanda Williams, MPH discusses how many people it affects and what nutrients may be beneficial.
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Distinguishing Between Normal Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 313
As you age, you may begin to wonder, “is it normal forgetfulness or is this something else?” This episode is designed to help you identify the difference between Alzheimer’s and normal brain aging.
This Gene Increases The Risk of Alzheimer’s; How to Fight Back – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 301
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Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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There is a gene called the APOE4 gene that significantly increases your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. You inherit these genes, however, there is a report that discusses how you can fight back and minimize your risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
The APOE gene and its variants
There are three variants of the APOE gene and what it does is it brings lipids into the cells of your brain. That’s important because your brain is about 60% lipids. A lipid is a fatty substance. It’s part fat and part something else. Fish oils and vegetable oils, for example, mix with different things in the brain to make different components of brain cells.†
Once again, there are different APOE gene variants. There’s the APOE2 variant, APOE3 variant and the APOE4 variant. The E2 variant is thought to lower your risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. If you inherited that from both parents, that’s wonderful. The E3 variant is neutral. It doesn’t seem to increase the risk of Alzheimer’s and it doesn’t seem to be protective from Alzheimer’s. It’s just going on brain business as usual. The E4 gene, if you inherit one copy, it increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, but if you inherit a copy from both parents, then it is all the more dangerous. About 15% of Americans have the E4 variant of the gene.†
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The APOE genes bring lipids into your brain cells and the E2 and E3 variants of the gene do a good job with that. But the E4, instead of bringing lipids into the cell, actually clogs up the process. This causes the cells to die because they are clogged and inflamed and business is not going on as usual. Researchers at MIT found that the APOE4 gene significantly disrupts the ability of your brain cells to go about their normal functions, which is bad because you need them to think and solve problems.†
Lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease
There are proven ways to lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, even if you have the genetic susceptibility and the APOE4 variants of the gene. Leading a wholesome, healthy life can help. Getting enough sleep is really important because you detoxify and you rebuild your brain at night when you’re sleeping.†
Also, hearing loss is being increasingly tied into memory loss and dementias. Experts are thinking that when you can’t hear, you’re taking other parts of the brain to help the auditory processing part of the brain do its job. This creates a stressful environment in the brain and these other parts of the brain are not doing their job. This somehow affects your intellect. One thing you can do if you’ve lost hearing is to get hearing aids.†
Another way to help support your memory is with a great diet. Certain foods are potentially bad for the brain, like excessive alcohol, saturated fats and sugars. Smoking is also bad for the brain. A healthy diet includes lots of vegetables, fresh fruits, nuts, seeds and fish, all of which are great for the brain. Cocoa and green tea are also great for the brain. Exercise is also good for the brain.†
The MIT researchers found that the APOE4 gene inhibits the ability of a brain cell to function normally, but they also found a solution. It’s called choline, which is a widely-available B-complex vitamin. It could reverse many of these effects, according to MIT. Choline really does have a tremendous effect on the brain. The MIT scientists found that choline really was reversing a lot of these effects.†
Choline is really important for the liver, your heart, muscles and nerve tissues, but you also need a lot of choline in your brain. Choline gets tagged with an acetyl group and it becomes acetyl-choline, which has amazing effects in the brain. It allows you to capture data and learning. You cannot learn without acetyl-choline. You also need it to get at what you learned. Acetyl-choline is also tied into creating new memory cells at night when you go to sleep.†
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The problem is that typical choline supplements do not get into the brain. There are certain forms that get into the brain very easily, like CDP-choline. Taking krill oil is a fantastic way to get choline into your brain because in krill oil, it’s phosphatidylcholine, which is very easily absorbed into the brain and incorporated into the brain cells. The researchers found that if you had enough acetyl-choline, which you’ll make out of the phosphatidylcholine, that helps offset many of the issues associated with the APOE4 gene.†
Learn more about what you can do to support your memory health and reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease by listening to the full podcast episode.
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Enhanced Memory Support with Cognition Hx® – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 293
Have you ever set your keys down and then you can’t remember where you put them or walked into a grocery store and wondered what you went in there for? This could actually be a sign of cognitive decline. The good news is that the ingredients in Cognition Hx has been shown to support memory.
Covid-19 Lingering Effects on the Brain – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 273
When we think about the long-term implications of COVID-19, we have to start to think about its impact on our central nervous system. This includes of cognitive abilities like memory, along with our senses.
Boosting Your Brain Health with Cocoa – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 259
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Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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We’ve all seen the different commercials out there that are marketed towards brain health and making sure that we stay on top of our cognitive abilities, which, of course, is really important because, as we get older, the neuronal connections can sometimes get a little cobwebby. We don’t want that to happen. We want to make sure that as we get older, we have the full functionality of our brain. There are many different things that can impact our cognitive decline throughout the aging process. We can look at chronic disease states. We can look at diet. When it comes to brain atrophy, for example, which is the shrinking of the brain, diet plays a huge role into that. I want to focus on a couple of different nutrients that, when blended together, can really give a power punch of brain-boosting ability.†
Being proactive about brain health
I want to talk about cocoa and grape seed. Specifically, we have this really wonderful formulation which is known as Clarity. As the name implies, this is what we’re going for. We want to have clear thoughts. We want to be able to be responsive to our daily routine. This is something that I think is really important for people who are younger.†
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Many times, we think about the aging process and brain dysfunction only occurring later on in life, but that is not the case. We understand that people who are younger and under high-stress situations, whether it’s at home, at school or at work, can certainly start to experience many of the different negative implications of a deteriorating brain capacity.†
We know that when we have an overactive endocrine system brought upon by things such as adrenal stress, it releases all of these different compounds and chemicals within the body that can have a real negative impact on our cognitive abilities. I’ve talked to so many people who are in their 20s, 30s and 40s and think they don’t have to worry about their brain health until they’re into their 70s, 80s and beyond. But your 20s, 30s and 40s are actually the time where you want to make sure that you are on top of your brain and that you are giving your brain the nutrients that it desires and requires in order to get through your hectic everyday routine.†
Important nutrients for brain health
Our TRUE line of products offers a supplement called TRUE Clarity. This is an awesome blend of cocoa flavanols. This offers the power of the actual cocoa bean itself. We’re not talking about smashing up a milk chocolate bar and putting it into a container. We’re talking about the powerful antioxidants that the cocoa bean itself is actually yielding. This is combined with the power of grape seed extract. Grape seed is really high in OPCs, or oligomeric proanthocyanidins. This is important because we know that when it comes to our exposure to these powerful flavanols and antioxidants that come from food, we usually are not obtaining enough of this. This is certainly true when we think about people who are in their 20s and 30s who maybe are not quite adhering to a healthy diet.†
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This TRUE Clarity formulation is a blend of the cocoa flavanols along with grape seed extract. This is a powder, so it’s really easy for you to incorporate it into your daily routine. This is not only going to be beneficial for the brain, but we can also look at the support it can offer throughout the body, including for blood glucose levels, the cardiovascular system and the blood vessels.†
Learn more about the benefits of TRUE Clarity by tuning into the full podcast episode.
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