Nutrition. Vitamins. You.
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Invite Health Podcast, Episode hosted by Jerry Hickey, Ph.
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What are we made of? That’s a really interesting question. Certain foods and nutrients are so essential for human life. There are all of these different elements that combine with carbon to make humans.†
Each element in our body is so important. We’re mostly water. About 62% of our body is water. It’s the major component in our blood, lymphatic tissue, cerebral spinal fluid, synovial joint fluid, skin and more. Every one of our cells is loaded with water.†
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We’re 16% protein. Protein makes us function. We use amino acids from protein to make neurotransmitters for the brain, digestive tract and muscles.We also use it to make hormones, enzymes and our DNA and chromosomes.†
Our bodies are 20 to 30% collagen, which is connective tissue. This is where a lot of the carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and oxygen that make up our body is found. Collagen holds you together. The peptides in collagen make your ligaments and tendons and hold your bones, joints and muscles together. Your skin is about 70% collagen. As you grow older, your body makes less collagen, so it’s important to get a source of high-quality, grass-fed collagen.†
Your body is about 16% fat. The brain is made out of complex fats called lipids. These fats come from fish oils and vegetables. In there, there are also minerals such as phosphorus and vitamins like choline.†
You’re 6% minerals. The number one mineral in your body is calcium, most of which is found in your bone. It is also used for nerve and muscle function. After calcium comes phosphorus, which is easy to get through vegetables and beans in your diet.†
The body also contains elements that are harmful to the body and do not belong there. Some of these include arsenic, mercury, lead, aluminum and titanium dioxide. These contaminants can impact your brain, intestines, respiratory system and more.†
Choosing high-quality foods is important. A good diet allows you to receive the nutrients you need, while hopefully avoiding harmful ones that can be consumed through animals raised with antibiotics or produce grown in nutrient-depleted soil.†
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In this episode, Jerry Hickey, Ph. discusses the main nutrients and elements that make up our body. He lists important minerals, vitamins and building blocks that the body needs to function and explains their function in the body.†
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Foods matter. Nutrients matter. Vitamins matter. Minerals matter. All of these things matter, which is why, as a country, we do so poorly when it comes to looking at different biochemical indicators for our overall health. The CDC does a very comprehensive nutritional report looking at 58 different biochemical indicators in the US population to give scientists an idea as to the overall basic health of the nation.
We already know this from a study that they did out of the University of North Carolina, where they were able to determine that only 12% of Americans are considered to be metabolically healthy. This is certainly an issue, when people don’t take their diet seriously, when people are not taking something as basic and simple as a multivitamin.†
Today, I want to talk about different nutritional deficiencies that are incredibly common throughout the United States. The deficiencies can lead to significant issues in our overall health, including our mental clarity and our energy status. We see that these deficiencies are very common in younger adults in the United States, which is really shameful, because they should be the ones that have the most energy, but because of poor dietary intake and the lack of taking something as simple as a multivitamin, we see a significant shift.†
We know that the percentage of Americans who are deficient in basic, essential vitamins and minerals like Vitamin D, Vitamin C and iron is really quite astonishing. So what can we be doing about that? How can we get Americans onto that health train where we make sure that we are taking in foods that actually have some substance to them? We need to avoid these filler foods, these highly-processed foods, that are just loaded down with bad fats and sugars. We need to be eating whole foods, foods that are actually going to yield us natural sources of these vitamins and minerals. When you look at micronutrient inadequacies within the United States, it is alarming.†
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We know that the lack of physical activity and not eating good foods create a direct causal effect to so many of the chronic disease states out there.
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What can we do to improve nutrient deficiencies?
We have to think about just the basics. We know we need to have vitamins and minerals because they are required for so many different functions in the body, including detoxification and immunity. If we don’t have vitamins and minerals, there’s a simple fix for that. Just incorporate in a multivitamin, multimineral formulation. If you go to our website, you will find a whole slew of different options when it comes to vitamins and minerals. We have our Core multivitamin, which is very, very comprehensive. We have the Men’s Multi and the Women’s Multi. We have the Performance Multi. We have our Multi Energy Powder. There’s a lot of different ways for you to get these essential vitamins and minerals into your system.†
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