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antinutrients
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey, Ph.
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Antinutrients are components in food which can block the absorption of important nutrients such as calcium, iron and other minerals. But they have health benefits and the truth of the matter is that, when you eat a healthy, balanced diet, they’re not an issue. You’d have to have very exaggerated amounts of these antinutrients for them to be a problem.†
Antinutrients can interfere with how your body absorbs nutrients. You typically absorb minerals through your stomach and intestines, but if there are antinutrients in those organs, they attach to the minerals and prevent you from absorbing them into your body. They mostly affect minerals like zinc, selenium, potassium, calcium and iron.†
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You can get antinutrients from consuming legumes, whole grains, black tea and cruciferous vegetables. Unless you have super high amounts of these nutrient-blocking components, they can actually be super healthy.†
One example is glucosinolates found in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kale, bok choy and broccoli rabe. If you don’t cook these vegetables, there’s something in there that can slow down your thyroid, which can impact metabolism and energy. But, if you cook the vegetables and only have them four or five times a week, they don’t seem to affect the thyroid at all.†
The glucosinolates in these vegetables include sulforaphane, indole carbinols and glucuronic acid. While these components may be considered antinutrients, they also offer the body powerful support in defending itself from harmful foreign cells. Indole carbinols, for instance, stack up into diindolylmethane (DIM) within the intestines. DIM has been studied for its abilities to block the spread of certain viruses within the body.†
Another example is phytates. You find phytates in corn, rice, barley and whole wheat. Phytates help support immune system function and have been shown to have antioxidant activities that can help reduce chronic low-grade inflammation. This kind of inflammation can negatively impact the heart, kidneys, brain, circulatory system, skin and more.†
Tannins, which are found in black tea, coffee and grape seed, are another example of an antinutrient. Grape seed can help kill certain fungal and viral infections and can also help protect your heart and kidneys. But the tannins in black tea can be a bit of an issue because they can block the absorption of iron. You need iron for proper brain function, antioxidant protection, liver health, immune defenses and more. However, if you take some Vitamin C with the source of the tannins, the tannins won’t block the iron absorption.†
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In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. goes into depth about what antinutrients are and where they come from. He explains that while they may be known for blocking the absorption of certain nutrients, they can actually benefit the body in other ways.†
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cocoa
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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