Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
When it comes to taking care of your health, it can be hard to know where to start. Tune into this episode to hear Amanda Williams, MPH offer recommendations for the basic nutrients you need to add to your daily routine today.
Osteoporosis is often called “the silent disease” because people cannot feel changes in their bone density. This is why it is so important to make sure you are getting nutrients that can support your overall bone health.
cruciferous vegetables
InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Amanda Williams, MPH
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One of my favorite sayings is, “Let food be thy medicine.” When we think about food-based nutrients and all of the different roles they play in terms of the modulation of metabolic pathways and detoxification, there is one class of foods that really provides a unique spectrum of these bioactive compounds. Today, I want to talk about cruciferous vegetables and the active components that are derived from them that do so much to support our health.†
Cruciferous vegetables include things like cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, arugula, kale, turnip and rutabaga. When they are prepared properly, these vegetables are very beneficial when it comes to active chemical constituents that are contained within them. If you’re eating them as a whole food, that’s a great thing because you’ll get the vitamins, minerals and fiber that are contained within them.†
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If we look at the extract of some of the bioactive components that are derived from cruciferous vegetables, this is where things get really interesting. We can look specifically at indole-3-carbinol and diindolylmethane (DIM). Indole-3-carbinol and DIM are both bioactive components and natural metabolites that come from cruciferous vegetables. They have been studied extensively when it comes to their benefits for the human body.†
Indole-3-carbinol and DIM are very impressive. They have been shown to help the body with hormone balance, inflammation and more.†
When we look at how these nutrients are really working, we can look at them having antioxidant components, so they’re going to be fending off oxidative stress and free radicals. We now recognize that they’re also working to deactivate certain inflammatory pathways, including NF-kB and PPAR.†
I want to talk about a study that shows the phytochemicals found in cruciferous vegetables and how they’re working when it comes to the body’s detoxification pathways. We know that having a proper antioxidant response is critical for our existence, especially in terms of the different phases of metabolic detoxification.†
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In this study, researchers wanted to analyze how indole-3-carbinol and DIM were working throughout these three different phases of detoxification. They found that these nutrients were working through NRF2 activation. This is a transcription factor. They were able to see how those two chemical constituents are actually helping with the pathways associated with phases one and two of detoxification. This is really an impressive feat for nutrients that are coming from foods such as cruciferous vegetables.†
In this episode, Amanda Williams, MPH discusses indole-3-carbinol and DIM, two powerful nutrients that come from cruciferous vegetables. She explains the important role these components play in detoxification, liver health and more and details studies that explain how they work within the body.†
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Maca is a powerful nutrient that offers support for the brain and GI tract, but it is most well known for helping men and women with sexual dysfunction. Learn more about this Peruvian superfood from Amanda Williams, MPH.
Your lifestyle choices can impact your triglyceride levels. This includes the foods you eat, your exercise habits and the medications you take. Tune into this podcast episode for more information on how to support healthy triglycerides.
triglycerides
InViteⓇ Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey, Ph.
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Triglycerides are a type of fat in your blood that you use for energy, but when they’re too high, they’re extremely dangerous. Testing your blood for triglycerides has turned out to be an important measure of your future heart health and future heart risk.†
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We call triglycerides lipids because they’re not totally fat. There’s some protein in there, as well as some other components. When you overeat, your body converts any calories that you’re not using right away for energy into triglycerides. These triglycerides are stored as fat and they are released by hormones in between meals so you have a constant source of energy.†
If you regularly eat more calories than you need to burn for energy, especially from high carbohydrate sugary foods, you likely have high triglycerides. This is called hypertriglyceridemia. This can be destructive to your heart, brain, pancreas and liver.†
Triglycerides are also closely linked to sugar levels in the body. When you eat an excessive amount of sugary foods like pasta, white bread and potatoes, you can only store so much of it as glycogen, which is the storage form of sugar. When the glycogen storage sites get full, then you start to convert the excess sugar into triglycerides. This is then stored as fat on the belly. This is how triglycerides are related to both sugar and diabetes.†
Triglycerides are a greasy fat, but not all will be stored as fat. If the triglyceride level in your blood goes high, this can lead to heart disease and it’s strongly connected with cardiovascular events such as strokes and heart attacks.†
A study in the journal Scientific Reports looked at almost 3000 patients over a period of many years. Over those years, the researchers recorded 114 heart attacks and 185 strokes. The factors that they found were connected to a first heart attack included being 75 years old or older, elevated blood sugar, low good cholesterol and elevated diastolic blood pressure. The risk factors for a first stroke included being 75 years of age or older, atrial fibrillation, a poor kidney filtration rate, elevated bad cholesterol and high triglycerides. Triglycerides were strongly connected with an increased risk of having your first stroke.†
When triglycerides are present in excess, they can be stored as fat, which may lead to obesity and all the health conditions that accompany it, such as your blood sugar, blood pressure and inflammation going up. Over time, high triglycerides can contribute to hardening of the arteries, which is the biggest killer on the planet.†
In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. explains what triglycerides are and why they are both helpful and harmful to the body. He details studies on how they contribute to obesity, heart disease and other chronic disease states. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this episode, coming soon!†
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