Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
Across the board – from elementary school to college – we have to understand the stressful nature that a new school year can bring, especially during this pandemic. While this year is certainly different, it’s important to prepare the body for all that the school year requires of us.
The InVite Health team has consistently expressed the importance of including a superior multivitamin into your daily routine in order to support overall health well before COVID-19. There is so much data available on the benefits of multivitamins for people of all ages when it comes to the immune system.
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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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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.
There is a huge interest in immune system supplements right now due to the Coronavirus, which includes the essentials like Vitamin D, Vitamin C and Zinc. But there may be one more nutrient that you should add to your immune system arsenal. It is called Colostrum.
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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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