Studies Show This Unique Collagen Eases Inflammation – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 286
UC-IIⓇ is really unique. It’s an undenatured type two collagen. Studies has shown that UC-IIⓇ can help ease inflammation in the body.
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What To do About Bursitis, A Painful Joint Condition – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 258
Bursitis is a painful condition near your joints. It has to do with these small, squishy, fluid-filled sacs called bursa. There are lifestyle changes that can protect your bursa, including supplementation and exercise.
Targeted Approach To Burn Belly Fat – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 250
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Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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With the rate at which diabetes, obesity and other metabolic disorders are on the rise in this country, it’s no wonder that people are seeking out different ways to improve upon lean muscle mass and to help enhance their body fat ratio. These are all things that are certainly important when we talk about the way that fat is distributed throughout the body and how much of an impact too much excess weight can have, especially through the abdomen.
It has been known for a very long time, in both men and women, that when you carry too much excess belly fat, it generates a significant risk when it comes to cardiovascular disease. Wouldn’t it be nice if there was something that came from nature that would be supportive to that belly fat while also providing antioxidant benefits throughout the body that can help at that cellular level. Today, I’m going to talk about CLA, which is Conjugated Linoleic Acid. The way that CLA has been researched is really quite interesting because it’s been shown to be quite effective across the spectrum for targeting many different problems that can arise through the aging process and in the setting of chronic diseases, while also placing a lot of focus on healthy weight, especially on belly fat.†
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What is CLA?
What we know about Conjugated Linoleic Acid is that it’s basically a collective term used to designate different structures of Linoleic Acid. One thing we know about Linoleic Acid by itself is it can actually be pro-inflammatory, so actually driving up inflammation in the body. When it’s in its conjugated form, it actually does a significant amount of benefit when it comes to lowering inflammation.
The benefits of CLA
One of the big drivers for CLA in terms of public knowledge of it is because of the obesity pandemic that we are dealing with, not only here in America but throughout the world. There was a lot of early research where they wondered if a lack of CLA could actually be a driving force for greater fat deposits throughout the body and less of that leaner muscle mass.
A lot of the original studies that came out with that were looking specifically at the levels of CLA. There was an interesting study that they did in Norway many years ago looking at CLA supplementation and the subjects in that study actually lost up to 20% of their body fat in three months without even changing their diet.
Tune into the full podcast episode to learn more about these early studies.
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CLA plays a really important role in thermogenesis, or natural fat burning, which is why it’s been pushed to the forefront of being beneficial for those who are trying to shave off some of that excess belly fat. Now is this something that happens over night? No, certainly not. The other thing that I like people to recognize about CLA is that it actually yields a very powerful antioxidant property to it, which is why it’s been looked at in the setting of cardiovascular disease and looking at its benefit for targeting oxidation that can be very detrimental to the heart, as well as the blood vessels. There’s a lot of research out there looking at how dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid can reduce plasma lipoprotein levels, which refers to bad cholesterol levels. They found this when they were looking at disease states such as atherosclerosis and high cholesterol.
Learn more about the benefits and importance of CLA by tuning into the full podcast episode.
The Science Behind Cocoa For Overall Health – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 249
Cocoa is a plant-based, food-based antioxidant that has so many benefits when it comes to our health. Here’s what you need to know.
The Numerous Benefits of Aged Garlic – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 239
Garlic has many well-studied cardiovascular benefits, but it goes well beyond that. Aged Garlic has many benefits, including immune health.
Low DHEA Levels May Explain Chronic Inflammation – InVite Health Podcast, Episode 229
Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH.
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Inflammaging is a term that I really like to talk about because it’s so common. At the end of the day, what we’re really discussing is the chronic low-grade inflammation that leads to an accelerated aging process. We know many different things about chronic low-grade inflammation. Today, I want to discuss in more detail the pathogenesis of this and what we can be doing, especially in terms of one component that comes from our adrenal glands, and that is DHEA. DHEA controls so many aspects of our inflammatory response, as well as our immune system response.†
What is inflammaging?
Inflammaging is that chronic inflammation that leads to accelerated aging. What we know is that long-term chronic low-grade inflammation is a contributing factor to nearly every single chronic disease state out there, such as heart disease, diabetes, chronic kidney disease and Alzheimer’s disease. What we need to recognize is the pathogenesis and understand the difference between acute inflammation and chronic inflammation. Acute inflammation is welcomed. It’s the type of inflammation that is protecting us from injury and infection. Chronic inflammation, however, is damaging at a cellular level, which can lead to overall systemic function.†
How to help fight against inflammation
We know that having a diet that is packed with foods that are high in antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids are very beneficial when it comes to keeping our bodies in a lowered inflammatory status. This is why I so often refer to the Mediterranean diet. This is why you want to fill your plates with bright, colorful fruits and vegetables and have things like seeds and nuts as snacks as opposed to chips and crackers. All of these things can certainly help to keep the body in a state of much less inflammation. High-sugar foods and bad carbohydrates definitely can drive up that inflammation. You want to incorporate high-fatty fish such as salmon. That is certainly something that can help with easing inflammation because we’re getting greater inflammation of those omega-3 fatty acids.†
We also know that, as part of a basic supplementation routine, we want to have omega-3s on board, so fish oil, krill oil or flaxseed oil. We want to have high antioxidants in our daily supplementation routine coming from things such as a multivitamin that provides us with Vitamin C, Vitamin E and powerful carotenoids.†
The role of DHEA in inflammaging
DHEA, or dehydroepiandrosterone, is a hormone that is produced in the adrenal gland. It is the most abundant of all of our steroid hormones that are produced in our adrenal glands. In women, the majority of DHEA is going to be coming strictly from the adrenals. In men, they produce the majority from the adrenals, but they may get a small amount made from the testes as well.†
DHEA is really critical to our overall wellness for a variety of different reasons. DHEA is made from cholesterol and it is stimulated to be released by the body through what is known as ACTH, which is adrenocorticotropic hormone. That is coming from the pituitary gland.†
For more information about the various functions of DHEA, tune into the full podcast episode.
The aging process itself can disrupt the body’s hormonal balance. DHEA levels play a really critical role in all of this. By the time you’re 70 or 80 years old, your DHEA levels have fallen by 80 to 90% compared to where they were when you were in your 20s. Many studies have shown that low levels of DHEA sulfate in the body are linked with the pathophysiological changes in numerous age-associated diseases, such as cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, bone loss, low mood and sexual dysfunction.†
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DHEA has also been studied in a variety of different inflammatory disorders. When you have low DHEA, this can make a huge impact on the rate of inflammation within the body. So many different studies out there indicate how DHEA works in the body.†
A study done and published in 2011 in the Journal of Aging looked specifically at how DHEA supplementation could have an impact on certain markers for inflammation. This was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial where they found that DHEA supplementation helped to improve levels for these different markers that they were looking at, things like TNF alpha and IL-6. Also in this study, they found that those who were supplementing with DHEA actually had an improvement in their triglycerides, as well as in their blood glucose levels. That shows you the way that DHEA is impacting so many different systems in the body.†
Tune into the full podcast episode for additional research on the role of DHEA in the body.
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