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Many people turn to crash cleanses to remove toxins from their bodies, but did you know your body is equipped with natural detoxification processes? Learn about how your body’s detox phases and nutrients that can support them from Amanda Williams, MPH.
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Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH.
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Isn’t it funny that you can look back at certain things in your life and think, “Why was I never a fan of mushrooms growing up?” Now that I know about mushrooms and all of their many benefits – especially for the immune system and for detoxification – it is really astonishing to think about the benefits it has for our overall wellness. We’re also going to talk about mycoremediation, which is something that is extremely interesting in my opinion. Let’s talk about the science behind how mushroom extracts can be extremely beneficial for our immune system and for overall wellness.
Mushrooms contain a good amount of fiber, but are also packed with antioxidants. It’s these antioxidants that a lot of the scientific research has been focusing in on. They have a high amount of ergotamine and glutathione. Glutathione is the body’s primary antioxidant, making it one of the most important that the body actually makes. It plays a significant role in liver health and metabolic detoxification.†
What is Mycoremediation?
There is an underwhelming amount of information available on this, but scientists are actually doing this throughout the country. I had first learned about mycoremediation after watching a television program on how scientists and researchers were utilizing fungus or mushrooms to filter out and clean up areas where they have been oil spills and other toxic chemicals that had seeped into fresh water supply. The mushrooms and the enzymes within them have the ability to degrade a wide variety of environmentally persistent pollutants.
The Benefits of Mushrooms
Mushrooms have been an integral part of traditional Chinese medicine for hundreds of years and have been used for a variety of medicinal purposes. Western medicine has certainly been able to replicate the mushrooms benefit in terms of human clinical research trials ad laboratory trials. The unfortunate thing is that most doctors in the United States are either not aware of these wonderful bits of research or are just uninterested.
There is a great study that came out about five years ago from the University of Florida, through their Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences that published their findings in the American College of Nutrition. Researchers gave participants 4 oz. of cooked shiitake mushrooms every day for four weeks. The participants were healthy and between the ages of 20 and 40. At the start of the study, researchers noted the participants T cells and different inflammatory markers in the body with blood tests. Interestingly enough, at the end of the study, research proved that the immune system was enhanced, especially a reduction in inflammation.†
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Researchers at Penn State University were looking to see if mushrooms – that are packed with powerful antioxidants – actually had any kind of anti-aging potential. They studied 13 different mushrooms, including shiitake and cordyceps, that have quite a bit of ergotamine, along with glutathione. The research found that in places where there are higher rates of mushroom consumption, there are also lower rates of degenerative diseases, especially oxidative stress.†
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SAMe, or S-Adenomethionine, has been shown to help maintain a stable mood and to support joint and liver health. But this compound has also been studied for its benefit against depression. Here’s the clinical research behind this powerful compound.
NAC is an important amino acid for numerous functions throughout the body. It has recently been studied in clinical trials for its benefit for the COVID-19 infection, along with fending off oxidative stress and inhibiting H. Pylori bacteria.
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In part 1, we discussed a report that came out of Brooklyn about a mother who had tested positive for the Coronavirus, with all the symptoms including issues with her breathing. A doctor who was an associate of her son, suggested a Glutathione supplement which, according to the patient, greatly helped her breathing. Listen to Episode 1 by clicking here! In today’s episode, we are going to dive further into the studies and science behind the very important and powerful antioxidant, Glutathione.
We have a very thin layer of liquid lining our lungs. This fluid has to be rich in certain antioxidants – natural vitamin E, vitamin c and especially Glutathione. The Glutathione buffers the lungs from inflammation, which can be caused by things that you inhale like mold, cigarette smoke, toxins, air pollution and dust. Research shows how important this antioxidant is for the lungs, ranging from cystic fibrosis to asthma.
Research from the University of Rochester Medical Center in upstate New York shows that free radicals inflame our lungs and are the major cause of lung damage in chronic lung diseases. They write that a drop in Glutathione in the alveoli that line our lungs is a central feature of chronic lung diseases with inflammation and that Glutathione is an important antioxidant that is therapeutic in preventing lung inflammation and lung damage.
A study by the University Colorado in Denver and a bunch of other academic research institutions studied the impact of lung health on older smokers, compared to younger smokers. The protective fluid lining their lungs that contains Glutathione and the other antioxidants dropped by 67%. Their response to smoking, which would normally trigger the response of Glutathione is almost gone. These smokers were also releasing more of the inflammatory precursors than you would see in younger smokers lungs. This drop in protection is connected with the onset of emphysema and other lung conditions related to smoking, including lung cancer.
There is an interesting study going on right now in Wuhan, China – which has been reported to be the source of the Coronavirus pandemic – where scientists are studying Glutathione attached to nano-sized silver particles to help treat Coronavirus infections. They claim that it is preventing the virus from attaching to tissues. I am not sure where this research is going, but they claim it may slow the viral replication. In other words, the “nastiness” of the virus. NAC and Alpha-lipoic acid are precursors to making Glutathione. They all have the ability to protect your lungs from inflammation caused by pollution, viruses, your immune system and many other factors.
A study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and The Keck School of Medicine at USC, reports that lungs are uniquely exposed to pollution, toxins, viruses and bacteria so they need to be adaptive. The lungs use Glutathione to protect themselves from all of these things that we are inhaling and to adapt quickly to a changing environment. The study goes on to say that Glutathione plays an important role as an antioxidant in the lungs to stop the inflammatory processes.
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