Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
In Part 2 of this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. delves into studies explaining how the nutrient HMB can help people facing muscle loss. He also discusses the importance of stretching.
Muscle loss is thought to impact more than 50 million people worldwide. This is problematic because it can lead to additional health issues including diabetes, physical disability, frailty syndrome and more. The good news is that there are nutrients that can help support overall muscle wellness as you age.
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InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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One of the most well-known beverages in the world also comes with multiple health benefits and I’m certainly not talking about drinking soda. I am talking about drinking tea. We know that different teas have been widely consumed throughout the world and we’ve all heard about the many different health benefits that go along with consuming tea. Today I want to talk about green tea and the powerful polyphenols contained within and how that can be beneficial when we think about diabetes.†
I want to talk about a study that came out about a year ago in the British Medical Journal. The researchers were looking at the consumption of both green tea and black tea, as well as coffee. They found that the amount of tea that people were drinking had a direct association in overall lowered risk of all-cause mortality.†
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We know that people who have Type 2 diabetes are more prone to circulatory diseases, different cancers, fractures, kidney disease, dementia and other health issues. Despite the fact that there are all of these different medications out there that target blood glucose, we also know that there has to be some lifestyle modifications and we also have to look at the diet.†
In this study, they found that those who consumed high amounts of green tea, black tea and coffee did much better than those who were drinking sugary beverages like soft drinks and juices. The researchers tracked close to 5000 men and women who had Type 2 diabetes over the course of five years. The subjects filled out food intake questionnaires. Through doing this data pooling, the researchers were able to determine that those who consumed the highest amount of tea per day, about four cups, had a significantly lowered risk of all-cause mortality.†
One of the main problems in diabetes is the elevation of oxidative stress and heightened levels of inflammation. We know that green tea extract has been shown to have positive impacts on blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose levels, total antioxidant status and inflammation markers.†
All of these things are important because we know there are many complications that go along with diabetes. The management of diabetes is still inadequate. We have some really great green tea formulations that can help support the body. Our Green Tea HxⓇ is a capsule that combines both green tea and black tea and then we have our Green Tea TxⓇ, which is a great way to get a powerful amount of powerful catechins like EGCG into your daily routine.†
In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH details various studies looking at the complex relationship between green tea consumption and diabetes. She discusses how green tea may help to fight inflammation and support insulin sensitivity and also provides information on green tea supplements.†
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Researchers have indicated parts of the brain that are necessary for maintaining memory functions as we age. These studies have also looked at nutrients that can help to support and promote the brain as we grow older.
Human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world, but many people don’t know what HPV is. Learn about this dangerous virus and what you can do to help protect your body from Amanda Williams, MPH.
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In Part 1 of this episode, we discussed what mild cognitive impairment is and how it compares to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. In Part 2, we will discuss specific ingredients in supplements and foods that have been studied in people with mild cognitive impairment, as well as other nutrients that are great for the brain.†
Green tea is a powerful nutrient for brain health. There was a study where researchers gave young people a green tea drink without the caffeine-related ingredients. They had these people on powerful functional MRI machines and they found that the catechins in the green tea were stimulating the brain to work better. Additional studies in countries such as Germany and Italy found that people who drink green tea have a lower risk of developing memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.†
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There is also evidence that cocoa is good for the brain. In older people, cocoa works as an anti-inflammatory, anti-aging nutrient. This is important as we age because antioxidant levels in the brain decrease dramatically with age. The brain is a super high-energy organ that releases a lot of peroxides. These peroxides can damage the fats in your brain that are important for memory functions. Green tea and cocoa both help resupply antioxidants in the brain to fend off these damaging free radicals. Cocoa also re-establishes circulation in the aging brain, which is important because a decline in brain circulation can impact memory functions.†
A study done in Italy looked at the efficacy of cocoa for helping with mild cognitive impairment. This study looked at people aged 56 to 75 who had mild cognitive impairment. They were forgetting things. The researchers split the people into two separate groups and found that patients who had real disruption in their cognitive functions did not have many polyphenols within their brain. The people who had more cocoa had less deterioration in their brain functions.†
There’s also ALCAR, which is found in our ALCAR with ALA formulation. The combination of these nutrients is great for your brain, brain energy and mood. People who have mild cognitive impairment have a decline in ALCAR, while people with Alzheimer’s disease have an even bigger decrease in this nutrient.†
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In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. expands on his discussion of mild cognitive impairment. He details various studies on nutrients that help with this issue and explains the role they play within the brain.†
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