Feed Your Thyroid These Nutrients For Optimal Health – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 181
Poor thyroid function equals fatigue and terrible health, but the good news is that you can boost thyroid health with certain nutrients!
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Creatine: A Powerful Amino Acid for Brain & Brawn – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 157
The body requires 20 different amino acids in order to function properly. Creatine is one of those amino acids and has been studied for its benefit for both muscle and brain health.
Turn To Panax Ginseng For A Natural Energy Boost – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 151
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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If you are trying to power through your virtual classes or even trying to get in your evening workout after you put the kids to bed but do not have the energy, Panax Ginseng might be your answer. Panax Ginseng is a helpful herb for energy and endurance when you are fatigued. But if you use it daily, it is good for your memory and overall brain health.
The Benefits of Panax Ginseng
It is native to Eastern Asia and is widely used for its medicinal properties for thousands of years. Many people take Panax Ginseng to help restore their strength and stamina and to help stimulate the immune system. Ginsenosides (ingredients in the ginseng) seem to be the most responsible agents in the ginseng for its activities.
Ginseng has been used for a wide variety of benefits, including for erectile dysfunction and even type 2 diabetes. It has been shown in studies to help improve insulin sensitivity and reduces insulin resistance. This is very important because if you eat a meal, the insulin is supposed to be released from a gland called the pancreas. It is supposed to pack away the excess sugar to get it out of your blood. Then you can release the excess sugar as needed in between meals so that you have a consistent source of energy. In people with diabetes, they have resistance to the effects of insulin and their sugar stays high after a meal. In studies, when researchers gave Panax Ginseng to people with diabetes, it reduced their insulin resistance. Separate research has also found that it helps people who low grade high blood pressure or high blood pressure (pre-hypertension).
Research has found that in post-menopausal women, ginseng also improved their cardiovascular health. It has also been used in women who’s hands and feet get cold easily. A number of randomized clinical trials shown that Ginseng helps alleviate idiopathic chronic fatigue, or individuals who are always fatigued but no one can find out why.
Ginsenosides, especially called RB1, has been shown to improve the release of acetyl-choline. This is fantastic! Acetyl-choline levels vary from person to person and drops with age. It does incredibly important things in the brain. For instance, acetyl-choline hard wires brain connectivity – the neural networks and pathways between brain cells. The synaptic region of the brain is where inflammation flows from cell to cell. It also plays a role in cognition function, specifically with memory and learning. It also helps GABA work better.
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Why You Need Copper If You Are Taking A Zinc Supplement – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 147
Copper is an essential mineral that does many important things for the body, especially for the immune system. But, for those who are currently taking high levels of zinc due to the Coronavirus, you may need a little bit more copper.
The Many Brain Benefits of Alcar and ALA, Part 1 – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 134
Today we are discussing the many benefits that Alcar and ALA have on the brain. There is a huge impact on your brain when you use these two nutrients together. These nutrients are involved with energy production and so much more.
What You Need To Know About Vitamin C – Invite Health Podcast, Episode 127
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey. Ph
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Vitamin C is so incredibly useful and important. You need it for so many functions throughout your body, including making connective tissue. If you don’t have enough in your diet, you could develop scurvy. You need this essential vitamin to utilize the calories from food as energy. Let’s discuss all of the benefits and functions of Vitamin C.
What exactly is Vitamin C?
Vitamin C is an essential vitamin, which means you need it for multiple functions in your body but your body does not make it. It must be acquired by food or supplements. Foods that contain high amounts include berries and citrus fruits. But, as you grow older you need additional Vitamin C to maintain your health. There are different types – ascorbic acid, calcium ascorbate and ester-c. There are not that many differences between them. It does interact favorably with the polyphenols (antioxidants) found in fruits and vegetables. The recommended dietary allowance is 90mg per day.
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Why is this essential vitamin so important?
Overall, numerous studies have shown that regularly using Vitamin C supplements shortens the duration of the common cold. It is prophylactic, meaning you take it before; taking a supplement when you already are sick does not mean much. Other studies have shown that when you mix Vitamin C with Vitamin D, Zinc and Probiotics, it’s even better for the immune system. Diabetics and smokers can greatly benefit from taking a Vitamin C supplement.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences from Children’s Hospital Research Center in Oakland, California performed a two year long study that concluded that Vitamin C may prevent symptoms from respiratory diseases, including cystic fibrosis and asthma.†
APAC, or the Asia-Pacific Partnership reports mounting research on Vitamin C role in cancer and infection may change treatment methods. The evidence is pretty prominent that this essential vitamin has a therapeutic effect for the immune system.†
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How is Vitamin C utilized in our bodies?
As mentioned, you need this vitamin to create Carnitine. Vitamin C interacts with iron and changes a couple of ingredients from the protein you eat into Carnitine. There are different amino acids in protein. Two of them – Lysine and Thianine – interact with this essential vitamin in separate steps to create Carnitine. Carnitine is needed for muscle energy and muscle strength, for brain energy and for heart energy. It allows you to take the ingredients from food and convert it into energy. But it also helps you clear the toxins out of your cells.
Vitamin C also interacts with dietary protein in order to create Collagen. Collagen makes your skin, hair and nails so, in turn, lacking it effects your skin, hair and nails. This is why Vitamin C is also a very popular skin care ingredient. It interacts with protein to create ligaments and tendons, as well.
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