WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:05.080 The following is a paid podcast. I Heeart Radio's hosting of this podcast constitutes 2 00:00:05.160 --> 00:00:10.119 neither an endorsement of the products offered or the ideas expressed. The following program 3 00:00:10.199 --> 00:00:16.440 is sponsored by Invite Health, who is solely responsible for its content. Welcome 4 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.719 to Invite Radio. You're about to receive responsible, life changing information on health 5 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:24.719 and nutrition. You'll hear from Invite professionals who are leaders and targeted and anti 6 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:30.079 aging nutrition. Get ready for tomorrow's nutritional science Today right here, right now, 7 00:00:32.079 --> 00:00:38.280 allowing Welcome to Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams, Scientific 8 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:43.719 director at Invite Health, and happy Saturday morning to everyone. I have a 9 00:00:43.799 --> 00:00:47.240 lot to cover today. I thought it would focus kind of on a food 10 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:54.600 based show because I talk so often about adherence to a Mediterranean style way of 11 00:00:54.640 --> 00:01:00.039 eating, and I think it's always very important to understand why it is that 12 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:06.079 the Mediterranean diet and I don't like that weird diet because I always look at 13 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:12.719 diet as being like somehow caloric restriction, where as in Mediterranean style eating, 14 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:19.319 that's a really a better way to describe this. So when we understand the 15 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.719 science behind the foods and the components of the foods that are contained within that 16 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:29.920 Mediterranean range or that variety. We can start to then put those pieces of 17 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:36.040 the puzzle together. And there are many fascinating studies that have been conducted on 18 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:41.879 the Mediterranean diet across all aspects of health. So when it comes to not 19 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:45.799 just cardiovascular health, and I think originally this is where a lot of the 20 00:01:45.920 --> 00:01:51.040 initial focus and attention was was, you know, if you eat these healthy 21 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.000 fruits and vegetables and good healthy fats, high fiber foods, this is going 22 00:01:55.079 --> 00:01:59.719 to help balance your cholesterol. Very beneficial for the blood vessels. But then 23 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:05.439 they are to kind of expand outwards and look at how it is that the 24 00:02:05.439 --> 00:02:13.439 Mediterranean style of eating was actually yielding much more cellular protection than they initially thought. 25 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:19.280 So even in the setting of cancer research, there has been a large 26 00:02:19.639 --> 00:02:25.240 body of research and evidence out there showing how beneficial this is. Same thing 27 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:30.639 when it comes to bone loss, which I always find incredibly fascinating when we 28 00:02:30.680 --> 00:02:37.159 start to understand that when we are adhering to this style of eating, how 29 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:45.680 beneficial that is to kind of prevent oxidative stress and inflammation that can create significant 30 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:50.759 bone turnover. And so looking at all of the different science and like, 31 00:02:50.800 --> 00:02:53.520 oh, hey, if I eat this way, it's great for my brain, 32 00:02:53.560 --> 00:02:55.159 it's great for my heart, it's really good for my bones, it's 33 00:02:55.159 --> 00:03:00.039 wonderful for my muscles, good for my mood, and it just makes sense. 34 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:06.879 So we have so many different formulations that fall into that category of being 35 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:09.759 very adherent to the Mediterranean style way of eating. So I thought, you 36 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:13.560 know what, I'm going to do a show or I highlight some of these 37 00:03:13.639 --> 00:03:16.960 different products for you. So I'm gonna get into all of that today Today 38 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:21.319 there are so many things going on in the world, as we all know 39 00:03:21.439 --> 00:03:28.560 every single day, but as you probably know something about me, I am 40 00:03:28.599 --> 00:03:34.599 a huge sports fan across all aspects. So today's a big day for Wimbledon. 41 00:03:34.680 --> 00:03:38.360 You have the women's final, tomorrow's the men's final. So for you 42 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:42.960 tennis junkies out there, this is your weekend to really take all of that 43 00:03:43.039 --> 00:03:47.199 in. I am a huge Tour de France fan, so today is stage 44 00:03:47.240 --> 00:03:51.080 fourteen. And actually just before I came on the air, I was watching 45 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:55.520 the Tour de France and there was a big crash, which is really it's 46 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.199 always such a shape because I mean these guys train and train and train, 47 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:02.919 and to France is such a long it's I mean, it's twenty one different 48 00:04:02.960 --> 00:04:08.879 stages, so it's three weeks long that these guys are out there biking. 49 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.479 So there was just a big pile up and so that's never a good thing. 50 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.960 But it just rained and so the roads were kind of slick, So 51 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:21.000 hopefully it all concludes safely for the rest of today for all of those riders. 52 00:04:21.000 --> 00:04:26.040 And there's so many American riders who are in the Tour de France, 53 00:04:26.079 --> 00:04:30.600 so it's always nice for me. I'm not into biking myself, but I 54 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:36.800 really do find watching these cycling races just so exciting and understanding the difference between, 55 00:04:36.839 --> 00:04:40.199 you know, who are the sprinters, who are the mountain climbers, 56 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:43.959 so it's always really fascinating. So I'm hooked on my Tour to France right 57 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.920 now, and I love to look at the beauty of just seeing them go 58 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:54.079 through different villages and the countryside and it's just so pretty. So if you 59 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:57.920 want a good way to decompress, check out the Tour de France, because 60 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.920 even if you're not into, you know, bicycling, it's just really nice 61 00:05:01.959 --> 00:05:06.079 just to see the scenery. So that's my tip for the day, and 62 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:11.759 then tomorrow have the big Indie race out of Toronto. So I have all 63 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.720 these things that are just action packed. And of course I am here in 64 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:20.560 South Florida dealing with the horrific temperatures that we've been dealing with. And I've 65 00:05:20.560 --> 00:05:26.079 been in South Florida for many years since I'm used to the heat of the 66 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:31.759 summer, but this is much different. This is like unbearably hot. It's 67 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:36.519 been like with our heat indexes well into you know, one hundred and five 68 00:05:36.680 --> 00:05:41.519 hundred and ten degrees. It's just uh and when you talk about that that 69 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.920 stickiness, and it's just it's very, very hot. So I don't know 70 00:05:44.959 --> 00:05:50.120 what's going on in the water. Temperatures around here are just it's it's prime, 71 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:55.360 let's just say, for for hurricanes. So hopefully we don't have to 72 00:05:55.399 --> 00:06:00.240 deal with anything like that. And another thing today in history, because because 73 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.560 I am from Detroit originally, I thought I would just mention that back in 74 00:06:04.680 --> 00:06:11.439 nineteen oh three Ford Motor Company, which they had just started in June of 75 00:06:11.560 --> 00:06:14.879 nineteen oh three, you know, and Henry Ford, this was his third 76 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:19.279 attempt as starting a automobile company. And so as I always say, three 77 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:21.920 times a charm. Well, I guess it worked out for him right. 78 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:30.319 But in July July fifteenth of nineteen oh three is when he took his first 79 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:34.839 order for the Model A automobile. So I just thought thought it was very 80 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:39.240 fascinating. I said, it was a dentist out of Chicago that ordered this 81 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:45.240 vehicle. So I like things like this about history, especially when it can 82 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:47.439 tie back to, you know, where you're from. I know the New 83 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:53.839 Yorkers like to hear the history of New York and I'm very much into anything 84 00:06:53.879 --> 00:06:58.920 that's motown. And you know, with all of the car industry up there 85 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.720 in Michigan, I have so many family members that still work for whether it's 86 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:06.079 four or GM. So I always find it in treguing. But today, 87 00:07:06.399 --> 00:07:13.879 first time that an order was put in for the old Model A vehicle, 88 00:07:14.120 --> 00:07:18.680 So just interesting. It's a travel through history, one can say. Now 89 00:07:18.920 --> 00:07:25.680 let's get back to the science. Let's talk about the Mediterranean style way of 90 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:29.959 eating. Why is this so important? And because I know sometimes I feel 91 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:35.240 like I like I talk about it a lot, but I do this because 92 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:41.800 I feel in a way slighted that I went through medical school. You know, 93 00:07:41.800 --> 00:07:44.959 I did my four years of undergraduate. I have my two years that 94 00:07:45.079 --> 00:07:47.439 I did for my master's degree in public health, and then I did four 95 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:54.560 years of medical school, and we never zeroed in on the importance of diet 96 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:59.399 and why foods matter. And then I take a step back and I say, 97 00:07:59.399 --> 00:08:01.839 but you know, Pocratey said, let food be thy medicine. So 98 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:09.160 I find it very important that now that I understand this so much better and 99 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:13.000 it's my passion, then I share this with folks. And so if you 100 00:08:13.079 --> 00:08:16.199 hear me a lot of times talking about, you know, it's not just 101 00:08:16.279 --> 00:08:18.879 about this supplement. You also have to partner it with, you know, 102 00:08:18.959 --> 00:08:26.240 healthy lifestyle and stress management and healthy foods. It's because I see the difference 103 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:30.160 even in myself. I said to my husband the other day, I said, 104 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:33.240 oh, my goodness, I couldn't imagine like eating the way that I 105 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:37.279 used to eat, you know, twenty years ago. Goodness gracious, if 106 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:41.879 I was eating that same way now, I would not have any energy. 107 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:46.679 Likely, So I do. I adhere to a Mediterranean diet. I feel 108 00:08:46.720 --> 00:08:50.840 really good, I sleep good. Of course, I partner this up with 109 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.320 the supplements that I'm taking every day, and I partner it up with different 110 00:08:54.360 --> 00:09:00.399 mindfulness techniques because stress management, to me is really very important and that was 111 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.840 one of the key aspects that I was missing from my routine. But then 112 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:09.519 I went and I did a certification through the Center for Mind Body Medicine, 113 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:16.720 and I learned so much about how I really wasn't doing a good job with 114 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.600 how I manage daily stressors. So now I feel, you know, good 115 00:09:20.799 --> 00:09:26.159 on a regular basis, And that's a nice thing to be able to say 116 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.720 to really you know, say, you know, I feel energetic, I 117 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:35.159 feel healthy. This is It's what I think most people are seeking out from 118 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:39.399 Invite health, and that's what our goal is. Our goal is to help 119 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:43.320 you help yourself. So when it comes to the foods, we always have 120 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:46.879 to have that conversation. We have to talk about what are you eating and 121 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:52.120 if right now you're doing kind of all the wrong things, that's okay because 122 00:09:52.120 --> 00:09:56.639 you're not alone, because we know that the majority of Americans are not doing 123 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:03.159 the right things. But there's always that opportunity to make changes, and once 124 00:10:03.200 --> 00:10:07.559 you start to make those changes, you will start to see and feel the 125 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:11.639 difference. So looking at the Mediterranean diet, obviously we know that this is 126 00:10:11.679 --> 00:10:18.960 going to be packed with powerful plant polyphenols, all of those wonderful antioxidants that 127 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:22.000 we get from green leafy vegetables for example, as well as you know, 128 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:28.639 berries, seeds, nuts, seeds and nuts are actually really wonderful because they're 129 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:35.000 loaded down with healthy fats, fiber, protein, vitamins, minerals. So 130 00:10:35.200 --> 00:10:37.480 next time you're thinking what should I snack on during the day, a handful 131 00:10:37.519 --> 00:10:41.039 of nuts would be a very good idea. And is there a difference between 132 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.759 nuts, Of course there are. You know, there's certain studies that come 133 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:48.039 out that show, hey, you know, stick with walnuts. Other studies 134 00:10:48.039 --> 00:10:50.559 where it's you know, you know, almonds are very good for you, 135 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:56.039 pistachio. So at the end of the day, just zero in on making 136 00:10:56.120 --> 00:11:01.120 healthier choices. So instead of grabbing that bag of potato chips, get yourself 137 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:05.960 a handful of nuts. This is something that you can easily partner up with 138 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:11.080 some berries. It's summertime, it's easier to have access to fresh fruits and 139 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:15.320 vegetables. But we want to be able to get sufficient polyphenols. I talked 140 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:22.039 about the studies recently where they have shown that higher carotenoid intake. Remember, 141 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.840 the carotenoids are going to be coming from like green leafy vegetables for example, 142 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:31.960 as well as those orange, red, and yellow pigmented fruits and vegetables, 143 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:41.000 and higher serum blood levels of carotenoids are directly associated not just with protection for 144 00:11:41.080 --> 00:11:46.720 your eyes, but also when it came to the support for the cardiovascular system, 145 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:50.799 so we know that it's wonderful for your brain, also very good for 146 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.919 your heart. So this is why your foods really do matter. And we 147 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:03.240 know the longevity benefits of adhering to a Mediterranean style way of eating that there 148 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.960 has been so much focus on, well, which component is it? Is 149 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:11.200 it the extra virgin olive oil, What is actually providing the most support and 150 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:16.159 what it is? It's the comprehensive blend of all of these nutrients working synergistically 151 00:12:16.240 --> 00:12:22.159 together. And this is why we have so many formulations that mimic that Mediterranean 152 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:26.519 style way of eating. So we can look at formulas like the reds HX 153 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:33.840 or the greens HX, and we can zero in on how those fruit and 154 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:39.840 vegetable combinations, which are also partnered up by the way with powerful probiotics to 155 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:45.639 help to enhance our immune defenses, how this works in the body to create 156 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:52.360 that balance for cell energy, for cell protection, and so this is a 157 00:12:52.639 --> 00:12:58.639 wonderful way for us to get exposure to what the Mediterranean offers us through taking 158 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:05.159 a scoop of red ZHX or taking a scoop of the greens HX every single 159 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.639 day. And even if you're not doing it every day, even if you 160 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:09.639 take our red ZHX and you say, you know, I use it three 161 00:13:09.679 --> 00:13:13.559 times a week, it's better to do that than to not do that at 162 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.399 all. So I'm going to talk about these different formulations, talk about the 163 00:13:18.480 --> 00:13:22.639 science behind them, why it is so beneficial, how it can help to 164 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.879 enhance nitric oxide production. You know that that's important because that will help with 165 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:33.159 vasodilation, so for better optimal blood flow, for example. So I'm going 166 00:13:33.240 --> 00:13:37.159 to get into all of that, plus much much more on the flip side 167 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.519 of this break. You are listening to Invite Health Radio. I will be 168 00:13:41.919 --> 00:13:46.159 right back, and here's today's special. 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This is also very unique in its own way because we think 184 00:14:54.440 --> 00:15:01.840 about daily detoxification and so having the power of those different herbal extracts and things 185 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:09.039 like Clarella and Spirollina in this formulation really helps the liver kind of filter through 186 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:13.240 all of the crud that we get exposed to each and every single day. 187 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.879 So it can come from the air that we're breathing from different chemicals you know, 188 00:15:16.919 --> 00:15:20.240 that are laden on foods. But in any event, we want to 189 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:28.320 have the ability to remove these types of toxins, and so having that Greenshex 190 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:35.360 on board really helps at that cell level to generate energy but also to grab 191 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:41.080 on to those toxins and allow the body a better mechanism to remove those. 192 00:15:41.440 --> 00:15:45.480 So if we just look at the big picture and we say, okay, 193 00:15:45.799 --> 00:15:52.559 well, both the REDSHX and the Greenshex they're these combination powdered formulations, but 194 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:56.879 they contain fruit and vegetable extracts. So this is a great thing, especially 195 00:15:56.919 --> 00:16:00.679 if you're not one to take in a lot of fruits and vegetables. Now, 196 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:06.440 what makes our formulation so incredibly unique is the amount of fruits and vegetables 197 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:11.320 that are actually contained within these formulations. There are many other products that are 198 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:15.720 out there on the market, you know, that are are touted as being 199 00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:19.639 you know, wonderful replacements for you know, eating fruits and vegetables. I 200 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:23.000 mean, nothing's an actual replacement for eating a fruit and vegetable. You still 201 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:29.639 want to you know, eat whole foods. But we also recognize that we 202 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:33.000 can add in, we can supplement, hence the words supplementation. We can 203 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:40.159 supplement and we can gain even more support out of these different formulations. And 204 00:16:40.240 --> 00:16:42.480 so you look at our product and you say, wow, this really is 205 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:45.639 this is packed with you know, you name the fruit, you name the 206 00:16:45.720 --> 00:16:51.399 vegetable. It is likely in the Red's Chex and the greens Chex. There's 207 00:16:51.399 --> 00:16:52.480 some other things that are out there, as I mentioned, on the market 208 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.519 where maybe they have you know, seven or eight different things in the product. 209 00:16:57.039 --> 00:17:02.399 This is loaded with like forty different fruit and vegetable extracts on top of 210 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:07.000 getting that probiotic, so to enhance once again the immune defenses. And that's 211 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:14.279 key for year round immune health. So we should never overlook that a lot 212 00:17:14.359 --> 00:17:18.920 of times people want to zero in on their immune system function just when it's 213 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:21.920 you know, the weather starting to get a little junkie, so you think 214 00:17:21.960 --> 00:17:25.839 about it in the late fall and into the winter. But we should be 215 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:30.559 thinking about our immune system year round. So this is you know, just 216 00:17:30.799 --> 00:17:37.799 another benefit to you know, having a consistent routine where you are using the 217 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:42.319 greens HX or using the reds HX. And you know, I always go 218 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:48.599 back to a study that I remember coming across many years ago, and it 219 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:53.000 was published in the American College of Nutrition, so that particular journal, and 220 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:56.039 this was in two thousand and four, so we're talking almost twenty years ago, 221 00:17:56.480 --> 00:18:03.559 and they were reporting on the finds that we're done out of the University 222 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:08.920 of Texas where they did soil sampling, and they could find that the soil 223 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:17.839 quality in the United States had significantly dropped from the previous fifty years, and 224 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:25.079 so the nutrient density that we are obtaining from our whole food fruits and vegetables 225 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:29.240 is not what it wants used to be. Now, that's an important takeaway 226 00:18:29.279 --> 00:18:36.319 because this is why having the red's ahex or the greens chex adds that added 227 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:41.559 boost, because we're getting that higher amount of those polyphenales, we're getting a 228 00:18:41.640 --> 00:18:45.240 higher amount of those vitamins and minerals coming from those fruits that we know that 229 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:51.519 the soil perhaps is no longer rich in. And this is key because they 230 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:53.880 were able to zero in and say, well, wow, this area over 231 00:18:53.920 --> 00:18:59.279 here in the country, you know, it definitely has much lower B vitamin 232 00:18:59.359 --> 00:19:03.640 content than it did fifty years ago. And you start to look at this 233 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.599 and you say, oh, well, you know, maybe this is why 234 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:10.480 cardiovascular disease is on the rise, because we understand the importance of B vitamins 235 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:15.359 when it comes to heart protection. Maybe this is why mood disorders are on 236 00:19:15.400 --> 00:19:18.640 the rise because if we're not getting good enough exposure to things like magnesium and 237 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:25.920 B vitamins that help the body detoxify and support proper release of neurotransmitters. Maybe 238 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:29.519 this is why people feel a little bit more anxious now. So we want 239 00:19:29.519 --> 00:19:33.400 to be able to cover those gaps. And this is where supplementing with the 240 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:38.160 Red's achex or the greens ahex can be really, really helpful. So as 241 00:19:38.200 --> 00:19:41.880 you're taking this, you say, okay, so I'm getting you know, 242 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:45.359 forty different fruits and vegetables. I get this wonderful probiotic blend. I have 243 00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:52.119 the power of clarella and spirolina and elf alfa extract that are all contained in 244 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.319 the greens Chex. This is a really good way for me to get this 245 00:19:56.559 --> 00:20:00.599 higher exposure, to get all of those true benefit fits that go along with 246 00:20:00.680 --> 00:20:07.119 the Mediterranean style way of eating. And we understand that we want to have 247 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:12.319 a high exposure of antioxidants in our system each and every single day, because 248 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:19.079 if we are lacking adequate antioxidants, you can start to see where dysfunction occurs. 249 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:25.960 And this is an area of medicine or an area of science that I 250 00:20:26.039 --> 00:20:30.640 don't think is zeroed in on enough that the importance of why are we born 251 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:34.319 with antioxidants? You know, why do we come into this world having you 252 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:37.880 vitamin C in our body? Why do we come into this world having coenzyme 253 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:45.240 Q ten already in our system? Because the body is equipped and designed to 254 00:20:45.480 --> 00:20:51.680 have these protective barriers. And if the epigenetic factors, and you think about 255 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:55.599 what is epigenetics, So we're looking at, you know, other environmental factors, 256 00:20:55.720 --> 00:21:02.240 extrinsically occurring things from the outside that affect the body and then alter normal 257 00:21:02.319 --> 00:21:07.519 gene function. So if we have genes that are regulating a particular process or 258 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:11.519 a pathway in the body and that is getting screwed up because we don't have 259 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:21.200 adequate antioxidants coming into our system and we are not generating enough natural or endogenous 260 00:21:21.319 --> 00:21:26.400 antioxidants, well, now we can start to piece all these things together so 261 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:33.160 we know that mitochondrial dysfunction, which means when you're the energy producer of the 262 00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:38.279 cell starts to wither away. That so much of this is driven because of 263 00:21:38.640 --> 00:21:48.200 inadequate antioxidant exposure. So taking formulations like the REDSHX and the Green's HX gives 264 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:53.359 the body that support that it is desiring that you're saying, please just give 265 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:57.559 me some antioxidants so I can handle this world that you've put me in. 266 00:21:57.960 --> 00:22:03.200 So this is why taking these formulations is so beneficial. Now here's another little 267 00:22:03.200 --> 00:22:07.599 fun fact. When it comes to taking products like the red ZHX, it's 268 00:22:07.599 --> 00:22:12.240 almost kind of like your own form of natural SPF. So we're in the 269 00:22:12.599 --> 00:22:17.440 heat of the summer, you start taking your red ZHX. It's helping with 270 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:22.480 your hydration because it's going to force you to drink water and all of those 271 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:29.559 powerful carotenoids that are contained in that give the body an internal mechanism to fight 272 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:33.599 off harmful V exposure coming from the sun. So when people are using the 273 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:37.079 red ZHX, they will oftentimes say, you know, I feel like my 274 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:41.559 skin has this lovely healthy glow to it. I feel like my skin is 275 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:48.279 more hydrated because it is it's supporting the cellular function from the inside out. 276 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:56.400 So to me, the red ZHX is kind of the summer go to along 277 00:22:56.440 --> 00:23:00.839 the orange X. I like that one too, But the red X is 278 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:06.880 a wonderful option because remember we're also getting that probiotic blend in that, so 279 00:23:06.920 --> 00:23:12.480 we know that the higher intake of those healthy bacteria are going to allow for 280 00:23:12.559 --> 00:23:19.359 better colonization of other healthy bacteria within the intestines, and all of this is 281 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:25.799 important. And then we have those fruit extracts and the vegetable extracts with all 282 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:33.000 the powerful polyphenols. But it also leads to a path of allowing for eural 283 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:37.880 life in a production. So what's eural life in a that's coming from pomegranate, 284 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:42.359 So when people eat pomegranates, it actually goes in and it works within 285 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:48.640 the gut microbiome. So it allows the bacteria, the healthy bacteria to create 286 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:53.839 this eural life in a which actually can then help our body lessen inflammation. 287 00:23:55.279 --> 00:24:00.200 So we're taking the redshex or the GREENSHAX. We're getting these powerful polyphenols that 288 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:03.839 help to facilitate that process, which is a great thing. So many times 289 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:10.240 people don't think about the REDSHX or the GREENSHX in those settings, but they 290 00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:17.680 really are very much so kind of an anti inflammatory supplement because getting that exposure 291 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:23.119 to all of those fruits and vegetables is doing so much to support daily cell 292 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:27.400 function. And of course, if you're using the greens and you get that 293 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:33.160 spirollina and you get that clarella, they in and of themselves are almost like 294 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:40.559 little superfoods because they're loaded down with key vitamins and minerals. Healthy fats are 295 00:24:40.599 --> 00:24:45.119 actually even contained in the clarella and the spirollina, so it really is very 296 00:24:45.160 --> 00:24:51.480 beneficial. And they've studied the way that the clarella and spirollina is working in 297 00:24:51.519 --> 00:24:56.440 the human body even outside of the setting of detoxication, because we know that 298 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:00.440 they do a wonderful job these little elgis just they pack a punch to be 299 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:03.559 able to grab onto things like heavy metals and you know, any of those 300 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:11.079 VOCs, those volatile organic compounds that we're exposed to. But we also recognize 301 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:15.640 that they do a wonderful job when it comes to immune system regulation. So 302 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.119 for those who have seasonal allergies, they may find hey, you know, 303 00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:23.400 I started using the greens HX and I see a huge difference. You know, 304 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:27.359 is it the probiotic that's in that formulation that's helping, or is it 305 00:25:27.400 --> 00:25:33.279 because I'm getting higher vitamin C which regulates histamine, or is it the spiroalina 306 00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:36.359 and the corella. Well, it's a combination of all of them. And 307 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:41.599 so this is why when we look at ideal supplementation and adherence to Mediterranean style 308 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:48.079 way of eating the reds and the greens is very comprehensive. And can you 309 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:51.039 do both together? Of course you can. My husband likes to do that. 310 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:53.359 Sometimes he'll take a scoop of the reds and then he combines that with 311 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:57.640 the scoop of the greens. So you can get very creative with these different 312 00:25:57.640 --> 00:26:03.119 formulations in terms of how you are taking them. They're also really good for 313 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.400 even younger folks who maybe you're a little bit picky the red zhex. We've 314 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:15.119 had great success with that particular product for those younger, untrained palettes that maybe 315 00:26:15.160 --> 00:26:19.440 are finicky when it comes to to certain you know, eating fruits and vegetables. 316 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:22.319 Maybe they're like, I don't want to eat fruits and vegetables. But 317 00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:25.000 then you give them the red ZHX. You can mix it in with something 318 00:26:25.039 --> 00:26:30.000 like an organic apple sauce, for example, and it's a wonderful way to 319 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:34.359 once again get these powerful antioxidants, these vitamins, minerals those probiotics into the 320 00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:41.480 system so that they can really do what we know the power of those fruits 321 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:45.680 and vegetables are actually providing for us. So it's just a it's a great, 322 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:52.519 great product. We look at all the multiple benefits, the improvement of 323 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:56.720 mood, the improvement of heart health, brain health. I mean, this 324 00:26:56.759 --> 00:27:00.000 is one of the big things that I always talk about with the meta trains 325 00:27:00.160 --> 00:27:03.799 and diet is you know, do you want to be in the skinny brain 326 00:27:03.839 --> 00:27:07.000 line or do you want to be in the fat brain line? And you 327 00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:11.799 know, much of this comes down to the you know, obtaining of good 328 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:17.079 healthy fats. So this is why when we talk about omega three fatty acids 329 00:27:17.119 --> 00:27:19.799 on this show, you hear Jerry Hikey talk about krill oil advanced, or 330 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:23.119 you hear me talk about fish oil. Why those are so important because it 331 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:27.680 helps to maintain brain volume. But another thing that we know helps to maintain 332 00:27:27.799 --> 00:27:33.799 brain volume, it are all of these polyphenols, all of those powerful antioxidants 333 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:41.000 that actually can fight off neural inflammation. And fight off free radicals that can 334 00:27:41.079 --> 00:27:47.279 do damage to our neurons, dinging them up, creating them to a state 335 00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:52.160 where they just don't function anymore. So then the brain starts to atrophy or 336 00:27:52.359 --> 00:27:56.559 shrink. So if we're taking red'SHAX or grains atax, we kind of 337 00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:03.119 are avoiding those problems we're giving the brain. The Nutrians, of course, 338 00:28:03.119 --> 00:28:07.079 we want to partner this up with eating whole food, fruits and vegetables and 339 00:28:07.119 --> 00:28:11.079 getting those healthy fats in. So snacking on your seeds and your nuts, 340 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.759 making sure that you are incorporating in healthy fatty fish in your diet at least 341 00:28:15.759 --> 00:28:19.200 a couple of times a week would be a very good idea. You know. 342 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:22.160 Extra virgin olive oil, of course, try and find something that is 343 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:27.640 actually a good quality. There's so many bad extra version olive oils out there 344 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:33.279 on the market unfortunately, but yeah, it's not that difficult to find good 345 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:37.720 quality extra virgin olive oils. So these are the things that we want to 346 00:28:37.359 --> 00:28:41.559 think about every day when it comes to how do I get more onto that 347 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:47.240 Mediterranean style way of eating. So and it's not just limited to fruits and 348 00:28:47.319 --> 00:28:52.559 vegetables. There are many other components that fall into that Mediterranean style way of 349 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.359 eating. So I'm going to talk about some more products on the flip side 350 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:02.039 of this break because it is key to understand how these nutrients are working and 351 00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:07.279 why it would be beneficial to consider having them into your daily supplementation routine. 352 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.920 So stick around with me. I will be right back. You are listening 353 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:15.599 to Invite Health Radio, and here's today's special. Buy two bottles of any 354 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:18.720 of today's featured items and get forty percent off with free shipping. Double up, 355 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:22.319 that's four bottles, and also receive today's free gift. Here's the number 356 00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:26.680 and write it down because you could speak with an Invite nutritionist seventies a week. 357 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.240 The number for Invite eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy. 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I am doctor Amanda Williams managing the heat down 367 00:30:18.359 --> 00:30:23.440 here in South Florida. It has just been so sticky. And my husband 368 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:27.000 he goes out into the to the yard and he's tending to all of his 369 00:30:27.799 --> 00:30:32.880 fruit trees. And you know, it's not just the little pest that you 370 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:36.000 have to deal with because you know, he's not putting any pesticides on anything. 371 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:38.480 So he's out there, you know, having to pull little caterpillars off 372 00:30:38.519 --> 00:30:42.440 of you know, we have our night Jasmine which got attacked by these little 373 00:30:42.519 --> 00:30:48.000 moth caterpillars. And it was it was interesting because one night we went back, 374 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:51.960 they're like, oh my goodness, it smells so lovely back here because 375 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:55.440 the night Jasmine. And then like a week later we're like, what is 376 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:57.119 happening to this night Jasmine. You could see it starts, you know, 377 00:30:57.160 --> 00:31:00.960 you could see something's eating it um and the flowers we're going away, so 378 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:06.319 we're like, mm, what is this. Since then he discovered um that 379 00:31:06.480 --> 00:31:11.759 indeed it was the old pesky caterpillars. So he has since removed those. 380 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.759 He's relocated them to a different area. And but you know, with this 381 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:22.160 heat, it is really a challenge because you know, we have passion flowers, 382 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:26.119 we are palm trees. They're they're happy. They don't mind the it 383 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:29.519 being just humid and hot, and even though we're not really getting that much 384 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:33.599 rain down here, but you know, we have our avocado tree. I 385 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:37.000 mean, there's so many things. Uh. So he's dealing with that every 386 00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:40.319 day. And then we have, you know, our little cats that run 387 00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:44.200 around and even they are attuned to it. It's like they go out in 388 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:47.039 the morning and they're like, okay, we are ready to come back inside 389 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:51.720 because it is too hot out there. So it's funny how even pets they 390 00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:56.799 they modify their their life's based off of the weather as well. Um So 391 00:31:56.920 --> 00:32:01.880 talked about the red ZHX the greens as why they're so beneficial. Remember, 392 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:07.640 both of those contain not only that forty fruit and vegetable extract, but it 393 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:14.519 also contains that probiotic blend. So supporting the immune system. Something else that 394 00:32:14.960 --> 00:32:20.240 we always have to look at when you think Mediterranean are you know things like 395 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:28.640 olives, obviously just eating whole olives, onions, garlic, mushrooms. Now, 396 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.559 mushrooms. This is one for me. It took me a long time 397 00:32:31.599 --> 00:32:36.160 to become a fan of mushrooms, and I think I was just a very 398 00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:42.039 picky eater growing up. Now I love mushrooms, and thank Gosh, I 399 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:46.640 do because they are so healthy for you. And we actually have an eight 400 00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:52.240 mushroom blend called Mushroom HX. Now, oftentimes if you talk to someone to 401 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:57.000 invite health and you ask them about the mushroom HX, so sales for your 402 00:32:57.039 --> 00:33:01.319 immune system, because that's the primary focus of how mushrooms have been studied. 403 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:08.319 But we now know that mushrooms do much more than just support our immune system. 404 00:33:08.359 --> 00:33:15.759 We actually look at mushrooms now as a mechanism for anti aging. So 405 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:19.720 if you mentioned anti aging to me, I am all on board with that. 406 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:23.960 My goal in life is to die healthy. I remember when someone said 407 00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:25.920 that to me many years ago. They said, you know, my goal, 408 00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.079 Amanda, is to die healthy, And I thought, well, isn't 409 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:30.000 that strange, and then I was like, oh, no, that actually 410 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:35.480 makes sense. I want to be on that plan too. So for me, 411 00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:44.000 looking at the science of mushrooms and understanding how they are physiologically working in 412 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:50.440 the body, this different bioactivity that it creates is so incredibly fascinating. And 413 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:54.960 there was a really great study where they were looking at the data from fifteen 414 00:33:54.960 --> 00:34:00.880 thousand Americans across the country. It was not you think about how many Americans 415 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:05.440 are, but this is still this is a good size data pulling and they 416 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:09.920 assess these folks dietary intake over the course of twenty years and they found that 417 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:16.039 those who had a higher consumption of mushrooms and their diet had a close to 418 00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:22.960 twenty percent decrease risk in all cause mortality. So you think just having mushrooms 419 00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:28.079 dropped by risk of having all these different disease states by twenty percent. Well 420 00:34:28.119 --> 00:34:31.920 that's that's a pretty good reduction just eating mushrooms. Okay, sign me up 421 00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:35.840 for that. So once again, this is where we tie in, you 422 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:39.719 know, whole food along with supplementation. So we have our mushroom HX, 423 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:45.280 which has these eight different types of mushrooms in it, and you know, 424 00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:49.039 many of the mushrooms that are in here, people are familiar with when you 425 00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:55.480 hear you know, shitaki mushroom and core de SEPs mushroom and mataki mushrooms. 426 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:00.719 But then there's other mushrooms that are in this such as naga and turkey tale 427 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:07.400 and lions maine that perhaps people haven't necessarily heard of, but we know that 428 00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:14.440 scientifically speaking, all of these eight individual mushrooms have all been studied and shown 429 00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:22.000 to help support the human body in so many aspects. And one of the 430 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:27.320 things that researchers have recently kind of stumbled upon is how is it that these 431 00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:31.760 mushrooms are working outside of just the immune support, because we already know powerful 432 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:39.679 immuno modulatory nutrients, but how are they working as anti aging? And it 433 00:35:39.719 --> 00:35:47.880 comes down to their antioxidants. So mushrooms have a high amount of ergothionine in 434 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:57.079 them, and ergothionine is a very potent antioxidant. We also recognize through research 435 00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:00.199 out of Penn State, Penn State, the Niitney Lions, they love their 436 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:06.159 mushrooms. They love to study mushrooms, which I'm all about. So you 437 00:36:06.199 --> 00:36:10.880 know, they are continuously putting out new information on mushrooms and you know, 438 00:36:10.880 --> 00:36:15.559 whether it's mushroom extracts or whole food mushrooms. And remember, this is what 439 00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:20.559 today's point is is, how do we how do we combine the two? 440 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:24.480 You know, how do we have a rainbow of color on our plate? 441 00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:30.559 Natural? Of course, folks, we're not talking about artificial colors, but 442 00:36:30.679 --> 00:36:34.719 how do we have a rainbow of colors on our plate? And then how 443 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:39.000 do we enhance that and take it up even to another higher level through adding 444 00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:44.400 in formulations like the reds X, the green's HX, the mushrooms HX. 445 00:36:44.920 --> 00:36:49.360 And this is where we look at these studies and we say, huh. 446 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.840 So these Penn State researchers, they're looking at mushrooms and they say they have 447 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:57.880 not only just a high amount of ergothioning in it, but also a really 448 00:36:57.960 --> 00:37:00.960 high amount of glutoth ione. So I know all of our invite health radio 449 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:05.559 listeners are they hear that and they go, huh glutothione. I know I've 450 00:37:05.599 --> 00:37:08.840 heard about this before. I know I've heard Jerry Hickey for years talk about 451 00:37:08.840 --> 00:37:13.519 the importance of glutoth ione, and I've heard a man to talk about glutothione. 452 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:15.039 So yeah, what is that again? And why is that important. 453 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:22.039 It's one of the bodies most important antioxidants. And when we think about liver 454 00:37:22.480 --> 00:37:29.039 health in particular, remember all of the things that your liver has to do 455 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:31.559 for you each and every single day, has to filter through all of the 456 00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:37.559 cred that we put into our system, and as well as things that are 457 00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:42.519 occurring and becoming toxic inside of the body. So you think about like hormone 458 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:50.000 metabolites for example. So having adequate glutothione really helps the liver go through those 459 00:37:50.039 --> 00:37:54.320 different phases of detoxification. So the researchers at Penn State, we're like, 460 00:37:54.440 --> 00:38:00.239 huh, well, maybe this is where we get these anti aging benefits from. 461 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:07.079 This is having this high concentration of ergothionine along with this wonderful amount of 462 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:12.320 glutathione. So this is a great thing. So, say we're eating mushrooms 463 00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.840 in our diet. This is a good thing because we know that the mushrooms 464 00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:21.599 themselves work in a sense as a prebiotic, so it helps to promote the 465 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.760 health of your gut microbiome. So hence this is where that immune support is 466 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:30.719 coming from. But then we also look at the actual active constituents contained in 467 00:38:30.760 --> 00:38:37.920 those mushroom extracts. So looking at the powerful antioxidants, this is where we 468 00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:44.199 get this heightened level for not just the immune system, but for actual cellular 469 00:38:44.440 --> 00:38:50.599 longevity. So to me, I look at the mushrooms HX as not just 470 00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:57.599 a product that we offer this wonderful eight mushroom blend for immune system support, 471 00:38:58.320 --> 00:39:00.159 and we have a lot of folks who will take our mushrooms HX in the 472 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:05.760 winter, for example. But I look at the mushrooms HX as being something 473 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:09.960 that can extend the lifespan of ourselves. And we can see this, we 474 00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:17.719 can see that protective level that's occurring within our cellular DNA. And so having 475 00:39:19.000 --> 00:39:24.599 a cap of mushrooms HX every day is an excellent way for us to once 476 00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:30.840 again heighten our body's ability to fight off all of the things that we are 477 00:39:30.960 --> 00:39:36.920 unfortunately exposed to on a regular basis. And so if we partner the tomb, 478 00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:38.679 we say, okay, well let me be more conscientious, let me 479 00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:45.280 start to have mushrooms in my diet, and let me know every day take 480 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:51.480 a capsule of mushrooms HX. It's a really good way for us to be 481 00:39:51.559 --> 00:39:55.480 in tuned with that Mediterranean style way of living and that's really what it comes 482 00:39:55.480 --> 00:40:00.519 down to. It's not just about you know, actual food. We have 483 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:05.599 to look at everything in totality. We have to look at the mindfulness component 484 00:40:05.639 --> 00:40:09.239 to this. I always say mindful eating is really key. That's one of 485 00:40:09.280 --> 00:40:14.719 the things that I learned when I did my training at the Center for Mind 486 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:19.480 Body Medicine. We got to the part of the course where they were like, 487 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.440 now we're going to move into mindful eating and I'm sitting there like, 488 00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:28.679 what are they talking about mindful eating? And they did these different activities. 489 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:32.960 It was amazing. I was like, oh, you know, I never 490 00:40:34.039 --> 00:40:37.880 realized I was pretty much mindless when it came to eating. I was eating 491 00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:44.800 healthy, but I was not mindful about eating. Now I am. And 492 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:50.159 when you are mindful about eating once again, we're getting better regulation of your 493 00:40:50.199 --> 00:40:55.199 sympathetic nervous system the parasympathetic nervous system, so that the foods that I'm taking 494 00:40:55.280 --> 00:41:04.559 in are actually going to be utilized in the appropriate way. And it's amazing 495 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.000 because you'll see a lot of folks who you know are eating on the run 496 00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:12.840 and you think, well, you know, your body's already stressed. You 497 00:41:12.840 --> 00:41:16.719 know, how is it that the intestines are going to be able to properly 498 00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:22.199 process those nutrients when you're already under this level of stress. So we have 499 00:41:22.280 --> 00:41:25.599 to be able to identify you. Now, where is it in our day 500 00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:31.079 that we can take five minutes, ten minutes ideally, but even five minutes, 501 00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:37.840 and we can focus in on the foods that we're eating, and just 502 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:40.840 in that five minutes of just being mindful, looking at your plate and saying, 503 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.760 okay, I have my mushrooms. Great, I have tomatoes, I 504 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:51.159 have onions, and maybe you make yourself a salad or something and you think 505 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:53.679 about that, You say, I wonder where these tomatoes are from. Did 506 00:41:53.679 --> 00:42:00.480 they come from a local farm? You think about that. Just that pause 507 00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:07.199 is enough to allow the entire digestive system to be more balanced. So, 508 00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:12.880 now all of the powerful carotenoids that are contained in those tomatoes, those vitamins 509 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:19.920 and minerals, the ergothionine, the glutothione that are in your mushrooms, you 510 00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:23.480 have onions, you're getting corsitant, So all of those are actually going to 511 00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:28.639 be able to make their way into the bloodstream. Now, if you're eating 512 00:42:28.679 --> 00:42:32.360 healthy foods but you're stressed out and you're eating on the go, the body's 513 00:42:32.480 --> 00:42:39.480 going to have a more difficult time obtaining those nutrients properly. So mindful eating 514 00:42:39.599 --> 00:42:45.639 folks very very important. And mushrooms HX also very important. And once again, 515 00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:51.400 this is one of those products where even if you're not taking it every 516 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.800 single day, maybe it's like your weekend routine. You're like, on the 517 00:42:53.840 --> 00:43:00.000 weekends is when I take my mushrooms HX. Remember, taking this at least 518 00:43:00.039 --> 00:43:05.840 a couple of times a week is much better than not taking it at all. 519 00:43:06.760 --> 00:43:12.119 And you know, they did a really fascinating extrapolation of data looking at 520 00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:17.840 longevity in the association of ergothionine. So remember this is that main antioxidant and 521 00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:23.039 mushrooms, and they looked at it across different countries and they said, okay, 522 00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:27.880 well here in the US, you know, what's the average ergothionine, 523 00:43:28.199 --> 00:43:31.679 you know, consumption of an American It's very very low. And then you 524 00:43:31.719 --> 00:43:36.800 know, now let's look at you know, France, let's look in Italy, 525 00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:43.280 and you could see the countries that had much higher intake of ergothionine from 526 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:51.480 their diet have much longer lifespans. So really very fascinating, and it's not 527 00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:54.840 just the ergothionine. Remember it's everything in totality that's partnered up with, you 528 00:43:54.880 --> 00:44:00.599 know, having better stress techniques, having better sleep cycles. All these things. 529 00:44:00.639 --> 00:44:05.159 At the end of the day, they compound and they lead to longer 530 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:08.440 life span. So I have a couple more products that I do want to 531 00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:13.079 highlight for you, but I'm looking at the clock. I've realized I do 532 00:44:13.199 --> 00:44:16.159 need to squeeze in a quick break. So stick around with me. You 533 00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:21.559 are listening to Invite Health Radio. We will be right back. And here's 534 00:44:21.599 --> 00:44:24.440 today's special. Buy two bottles of any of today's featured items and get forty 535 00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:28.960 percent off with free shipping. Double up, that's four bottles, and also 536 00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:31.440 receive today's free gift. Here's the number and write it down because you could 537 00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:36.360 speak with an Invite nutritionist seventies a week. The number for Invite eight hundred 538 00:44:36.559 --> 00:44:40.920 four four one seventeen seventy. The number for Invite eight hundred four four one 539 00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:47.239 seventeen seventy. That's eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy. Please visit our 540 00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:52.159 retail locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queen's Nasho County and stop, 541 00:44:52.199 --> 00:44:54.519 buy and visit with our nutritionists. We post end for and studies on 542 00:44:54.519 --> 00:44:59.280 our website invite health dot com. When placing your order, type in a 543 00:44:59.360 --> 00:45:02.239 promo code Radio, you can hit the live chat button for answers to your 544 00:45:02.320 --> 00:45:07.280 questions or listen to podcasts of our recent shows, all at invite health dot 545 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:10.079 com. You can also follow Invite on Facebook or Twitter for today specials. 546 00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:20.039 Our number again is eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy and welcome back to 547 00:45:20.079 --> 00:45:24.679 Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams. Happy Saturday morning to everyone, 548 00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:30.960 and hopefully talking about all of these foods are making you think I need 549 00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:34.840 to go out to the local farmers market and I need to stop by Invite 550 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:37.519 Health because remember, we want to supplement on top of what our diet is 551 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:43.039 already giving us, so we can supplement with our reds ajax, the greenshax, 552 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:45.679 the mushrooms ahax. For those of you who have that little bit of 553 00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:50.480 a sweet tooth, I can you know, well, I can understand that 554 00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:54.559 Coco, the Coco HX. I have that on Special today, and you 555 00:45:54.639 --> 00:46:00.199 think about the power once again of the flave and alls contained within cocoa bean. 556 00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:06.639 So Coco definitely we will categorize that in with our Mediterranean style way of 557 00:46:06.679 --> 00:46:12.480 eating. Now this is to be completely deciphered from milk chocolate bars. No, 558 00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:15.000 no, no. On the milk chocolate, yes yes, yes. 559 00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:20.960 On Coco chex or having a dark chocolate bar that's seventy percent or higher, 560 00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:22.800 that's very bitter. So a lot of times people are like, I struggle 561 00:46:22.840 --> 00:46:25.719 with that. I get that. I mean, I, you know, 562 00:46:25.800 --> 00:46:34.079 had to make the switch many years ago to really growing to like dark chocolate. 563 00:46:34.119 --> 00:46:36.679 Now, if you gave me milk chocolate, there's just no way I 564 00:46:36.679 --> 00:46:43.679 wouldn't eat it. Um, So I'm very accustomed to eating high percent coco 565 00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:47.199 in a chocolate bar now, so it's usually I'll eat seventy five percent, 566 00:46:47.280 --> 00:46:52.199 eighty percent. I've even done that eighty eight percent. That's very bitter. 567 00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:59.679 But nonetheless, we can include in Coco HX. We're still getting the power 568 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:07.000 of those flavanols, and the Cocohx that we offer is a very strong flavanol 569 00:47:07.440 --> 00:47:13.840 percent. And this is key because many years ago, when Jerry Hickey formulated 570 00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:20.480 this product, he understood obviously the science behind coco and how beneficial this is 571 00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:25.800 across all spectrums. It's not just beneficial for cardiovascular health, it's very beneficial 572 00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:30.719 for cognition, for memory, for mood. So all of these ways that 573 00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:36.159 taking a scoop of COCOHX can help to support you. And but he said, 574 00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:38.000 you know what, let me take this up a whole nother notch. 575 00:47:38.239 --> 00:47:45.400 Let me actually add in another powerful component to this product. So there's a 576 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:51.840 fruit and vegetable blend that's added in with the X. Now sometimes people hear 577 00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.280 that, they're like, I'm not sure do I want to have vegetables with 578 00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:59.079 my coco. But you're not going to. You can't taste those vegetable extracts. 579 00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:05.440 So the hour of the coco flavanols is such that you are really just 580 00:48:05.559 --> 00:48:10.320 you know, tasting just that like chocolate. And so remember it's not milk 581 00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:16.280 chocolate. So we have the COCOHX and we look at all of the cardiometabolic 582 00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:21.760 benefits to go along with this, for blood sugar regulation, for management of 583 00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:25.360 cholesterol. And this is always a nice way to kind of, you know, 584 00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:30.800 step into that lane of how can I get creative with something that's sweet 585 00:48:30.880 --> 00:48:36.800 and healthy. COCOHX is definitely the go to in our product line. And 586 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:45.280 I remember looking at a study that was assessing multiple clinical research trials on coco 587 00:48:45.360 --> 00:48:52.239 flavanols, and in this meta analysis as they oftentimes refer to them as this 588 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:57.920 was in the Journal of Nutrition, looking at the cardiometabolic benefits to me kind 589 00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:02.320 of sealed the deal on understand why it is that we tout coco, not 590 00:49:02.440 --> 00:49:09.559 milk chocolate, but coco as being such a powerhouse for human cellular health because 591 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:17.119 these flavanols, these antioxidants are doing so much to not only fight free radicals 592 00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:24.119 in the body, but also to improve the function of things like your insulin. 593 00:49:24.800 --> 00:49:30.079 And you wouldn't usually think, oh, coco and blood sugar, but 594 00:49:30.239 --> 00:49:36.400 yes, the cocohx helps folks when it comes to not having those peaks and 595 00:49:36.519 --> 00:49:39.079 valleys when it comes to your blood sugar. We don't want to be on 596 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:45.519 a rollercoaster when it comes to your blood sugar. This is not ideal. 597 00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:50.599 It's not something we should be striving for. And this is where the COCOHX 598 00:49:50.639 --> 00:49:52.800 can help create that balance because it goes in and it says, hey, 599 00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:57.440 insulin, you need to wake up because the blood sugar is on the rise 600 00:49:57.559 --> 00:50:00.599 and we need to respond to that. So it's really quite fascinating when we 601 00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:07.360 see how it is that the coco is actually working. Now another study that 602 00:50:07.480 --> 00:50:12.000 was conducted, this was in the Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology in two thousand and 603 00:50:12.079 --> 00:50:17.559 six, and once again this is an interesting study because they already were recognizing 604 00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:22.840 that when people were having exposure to high coco flavanols, they were getting these 605 00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:28.480 improvements on all of these different cardio metabolic markers. Their blood pressure improved, 606 00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:34.639 for example, their blood cholesterol levels were improving. But they said, well, 607 00:50:34.760 --> 00:50:37.960 let's look and see if this can actually benefit outside of just the basic 608 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:44.920 cardiovascular system. Can this help the cerebral vascular system. And the way that 609 00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:47.679 they set the study up is of course one of my favorite things. They 610 00:50:47.679 --> 00:50:54.039 did functional MRIs. So they gave these individuals who were in this study coco 611 00:50:54.119 --> 00:51:00.559 flavanols and then they did a brain image and they could see that after consumption 612 00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:07.119 of the coco flavanols, like what you're getting in the COCOHX, they can 613 00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:10.840 see areas in the brain that we're lighting up, areas that are important for 614 00:51:12.199 --> 00:51:19.559 memory, for focus, attention, for mood. And this is why when 615 00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:24.480 people are consuming cocox once again, they start to have this overall sense of 616 00:51:24.519 --> 00:51:30.880 well being and it makes sense when you start to understand functionally what it is 617 00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:35.920 that these nutrients are actually doing once they make their way into our system, 618 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:39.599 into the bloodstream, how they're working. I have individuals who said, you 619 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:43.480 know, Ma, and I had some skeletal muscle you know pain, and 620 00:51:44.239 --> 00:51:47.000 I was drinking my cocohx like I do every day, and next thing I 621 00:51:47.039 --> 00:51:52.639 knew my muscles were less achy. Well, we understand through the science that 622 00:51:52.079 --> 00:52:00.159 the coco can really support the myocytes. So those are the cells of your 623 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:06.480 muscles. So this is why looking at the Mediterranean style way of eating and 624 00:52:06.559 --> 00:52:08.079 we say, well, okay, if we want something sweet, we can 625 00:52:08.119 --> 00:52:13.000 go with you know, fresh berries, but we can also look at coco 626 00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:19.360 and the coco flav and alls contained in cocohx is a wonderful way for me 627 00:52:19.440 --> 00:52:22.639 to achieve this. Now, I have two more products that I have on 628 00:52:22.760 --> 00:52:28.840 special for today. One is the Beats HX, and to me, Beats 629 00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:35.239 kind of makes sense. We have this partnered up with the tart cherry extract. 630 00:52:35.360 --> 00:52:38.920 The tart cherry extract is coming from Traverse City, Michigan, from my 631 00:52:39.039 --> 00:52:45.840 home state, and I always like talking about that because I know exactly where 632 00:52:45.239 --> 00:52:51.320 these these cherries are coming from and these are cherries that have been studied in 633 00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:55.719 human clinical trials. So that's why we use this form of cherry extract in 634 00:52:55.960 --> 00:53:01.360 our beats Chex product. So it's actually called cherry pure. So it's been 635 00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:09.039 studied in athletic studies for performance, for muscle recovery in the setting of arthritis. 636 00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:15.159 The cherry pur has been studied in those settings, and we partner that 637 00:53:15.559 --> 00:53:20.039 with the beat root extract. You know, the beat root definitely very beneficial 638 00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:25.639 when it comes to cardiovascular function because it helps with that nitric oxide release once 639 00:53:25.719 --> 00:53:31.159 again, so we think Mediterranean will think, yeah, beats and cherry. 640 00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:37.719 So we have the Beats HX and then finally I have the grape seed extract 641 00:53:37.159 --> 00:53:44.960 on special I cannot say enough about the OPCs that are contained in grape seed 642 00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:50.719 extract. That's the oleego merit proanthocynodins. Our grape seed extract that we use 643 00:53:51.000 --> 00:53:57.000 is called Endenna. This is a registered trademark form of grape seed extract. 644 00:53:57.400 --> 00:54:01.119 It has been studied in human clinical try else once again to show it has 645 00:54:01.199 --> 00:54:07.119 this high absorption rate, so it can actually potentiate a benefit for you when 646 00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:12.960 it comes to your circulatory health. So we have many individuals who maybe deal 647 00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:22.039 with problems such as chronic venus insufficiency, high blood pressure, peripheral artery disease, 648 00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:25.480 hemorrhoids, and they start to use the grape seed extract and they're like, 649 00:54:25.599 --> 00:54:31.079 oh wow. And the reason why our grape seed extract stands alone is 650 00:54:31.159 --> 00:54:37.480 because the power of the science behind this form that we are using. Not 651 00:54:37.559 --> 00:54:40.719 all grape seed extracts are created the same. And hence this is why we 652 00:54:40.840 --> 00:54:47.239 use the endenna form, because the endenna form is the most powerful form of 653 00:54:47.280 --> 00:54:53.079 those OPCs that you can actually supplement with, and we want you to yield 654 00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:59.239 those benefits. We want you to be able to take a grape seed formulation 655 00:54:59.599 --> 00:55:04.960 that's go going to help to support your blood pressure and your overall vascular health. 656 00:55:05.719 --> 00:55:09.079 And we know that for many individuals who are dealing even with some hormone 657 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:14.880 imbalances, they start taking that grape seed extract and they get that wonderful sense 658 00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:17.800 of well being back in their system. So I went over a lot of 659 00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:22.360 different things today just to kind of recap for you what's on special. I 660 00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:29.199 have the cocohex, have the grape seed extract, have the Beats Achex, 661 00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:34.840 the red Zchex, the greens Hx, as well as the Mushrooms Achex. 662 00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:37.519 Do make sure that you stop by one of our store locations. You can 663 00:55:37.519 --> 00:55:42.440 speak with one of our nutritionists. That is a free service. If you 664 00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:45.440 happen to have questions for me, certainly reach out to me A Williams at 665 00:55:45.519 --> 00:55:50.960 invitehealth dot com and I certainly wish you all a happy and healthy one in 666 00:55:51.039 --> 00:56:17.920 until we speak again, be well, and here's today's special. 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