WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.799 The following is a paid podcast. iHeartRadio's hosting of this podcast constitutes neither an 2 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:11.080 endorsement of the products offered or the ideas expressed. The following program is sponsored 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:17.719 by Invite Health, who is solely responsible for its content. Welcome to Invite 4 00:00:17.800 --> 00:00:21.960 Radio. You're about to receive responsible, life changing information on health and nutrition. 5 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:26.199 You'll hear from Invite professionals who are leaders and targeted and anti aging nutrition. 6 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:33.240 Get ready for tomorrow's Nutritional Science Today right here, right now. Hello, 7 00:00:33.399 --> 00:00:39.280 and welcome to Invite Health Radio. Happy Saturday morning to everyone. I 8 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:45.079 am doctor Amanda Williams, Scientific director at Invite Health, and it sounds like 9 00:00:45.159 --> 00:00:50.640 you're in for a decent day of weather up there in New York, which 10 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:54.000 is great. It's much better than what I'm dealing with here in South Florida. 11 00:00:54.600 --> 00:01:00.640 It is just windy and torrential downpour and it's just a it's just kind 12 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:03.480 of a hot mess down here. And it's really sad too, because this 13 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:07.000 is the time of year where they do the big annual boat parades the Hard 14 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:10.760 Rock Casino. They do a huge one, and I think this was going 15 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:15.280 to be like the fiftieth year or something of them doing it in the winter 16 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:21.599 Fest and they have like over one hundred boats that are in the parade, 17 00:01:21.680 --> 00:01:25.799 and it's so beautiful because you see all these big boats and they have like 18 00:01:25.879 --> 00:01:29.680 small boats as well too, and people on paddle boards and everybody's all decked 19 00:01:29.719 --> 00:01:33.799 out for the holidays and it's really really exciting. And I mean they have 20 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.680 different viewing areas and they sell tons of tickets and you know, people have 21 00:01:37.799 --> 00:01:41.519 big, huge parties and they had to cancel it. They can't even reschedule 22 00:01:41.560 --> 00:01:45.640 it because of permitting issues and you know, having to have all of the 23 00:01:45.719 --> 00:01:49.719 law enforcement involved. But yeah, so sad because it's like, what's the 24 00:01:49.760 --> 00:01:53.599 odds of that that we have such horrible weather down here in South Florida? 25 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.040 But oh well, what do you do about it? I certainly this is 26 00:01:57.040 --> 00:02:00.439 one of those areas where I always say, don't you know, sweat the 27 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:05.200 small stuff. And there are many times where there are things that are just 28 00:02:05.280 --> 00:02:08.919 completely out of our control, weather being one of those, and sometimes we 29 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:14.400 get ourselves just completely worked up. And during the holiday season, I focus 30 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:20.199 so much on stress and how you should you know, do different practices to 31 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.719 manage and mitigate stress throughout the holidays. Because we know that if we have 32 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:31.240 heightened amount of stress, this can actually have a really negative impact on our 33 00:02:31.240 --> 00:02:36.319 immune defenses. So you know, if you're feeling stressed out during the holidays, 34 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.439 definitely stop. I invite hell talk to one of our wonderful nutritional experts 35 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:44.000 and they can give you some insider tips as to what you can be doing 36 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.439 to kind of manage that much better, because at the end of the day, 37 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:53.080 when it comes to stress management, it's very important. I did a 38 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:58.439 podcast probably about a year ago now on the difference between stress and burnout, 39 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:04.560 and there is a distinct difference between having chronic stress and having that then lead 40 00:03:04.719 --> 00:03:07.599 into burnout. We never want that to happen, and we see this so 41 00:03:07.759 --> 00:03:13.400 frequently during the holidays where people just you might be excited because it's the holidays, 42 00:03:13.439 --> 00:03:16.520 but then you just feel kind of overwhelmed in the same sense. I 43 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:22.919 talked about a study that Ohio State University. Yes I'm mentioning Ohio State on 44 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.639 the air, but Ohio State they did a survey and they out of the 45 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:31.000 folks that they surveyed, they found that two thirds of those individuals said, 46 00:03:31.080 --> 00:03:35.199 yeah, during the holidays, I just completely go off the rails. I 47 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:39.560 stop eating healthy, I'm over indulging in bad things and adult beverages. I 48 00:03:39.599 --> 00:03:45.240 stop doing my exercise routine. My sleeps out of whack. This is not 49 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:50.599 good, folks, because this is what creates kind of that steamrolling effect, 50 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:54.000 where then we have this little drop in our immune defenses and the next thing 51 00:03:54.039 --> 00:03:58.000 you know, you're at a holiday party and somebody's you know, coughing or 52 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:00.960 sneezing, and you get sick. And so let's try and avoid that. 53 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:06.560 Let's manage our stress better. We have so many wonderful nutrients. Healthy aine 54 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:13.240 is such a great product to turn to. That is that powerful amino acid 55 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:16.759 that comes from green tea. Not only is it beneficial for helping the body 56 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:23.040 release additional gabba so it keeps us in that nice, calm mindset, but 57 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:27.079 it's also really wonderful for promoting healthy sleep. And I'm actually going to talk 58 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:31.360 about one of our formulations today because I get quite a few questions from folks 59 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:34.720 who who say, you know, I feel like I'm doing everything right. 60 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:39.199 I'm you know, eating good. I'm following for the most part, a 61 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:44.120 plant based diet, a Mediterranean style way of eating. But I just I 62 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.160 don't know, I just don't get good sleep. And there's a variety of 63 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:51.120 reasons as to why people don't get good quality sleep, but it's trying to 64 00:04:51.319 --> 00:04:57.759 determine, you know, what is that root cause I always say, when 65 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:01.639 you don't get a good, RESTful night sleep, we know the implications to 66 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:05.079 that. We know that you're going to wake up in the morning and you're 67 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:08.439 going to feel like you're dragging. You're not going to feel like you have 68 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:12.399 good energy, and this is going to affect everything. It can affect your 69 00:05:12.399 --> 00:05:16.199 blood pressure, your blood sugar levels, and then of course just how you're 70 00:05:16.240 --> 00:05:19.759 functioning each and every single day. You know, how effective are you at 71 00:05:19.839 --> 00:05:24.920 completing your task throughout the day because you just didn't get good sleep. And 72 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.720 if we're not getting good sleep, the cells of the body don't have the 73 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:34.079 ability to actually repair themselves. So we know that when it comes to Americans 74 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:39.680 and stress and coming off of your normal routine during the holidays, that's you 75 00:05:39.680 --> 00:05:43.800 know, been shown from that survey out of Ohio State. But we also 76 00:05:43.920 --> 00:05:47.560 know that when it comes to poor quality sleep, Americans are just really not 77 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:56.000 too great at getting good sleep. On the Sleep Health Organization, they actually 78 00:05:56.000 --> 00:06:01.160 did a nationwide survey, and it's estimated that I mean, I think it's 79 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:09.839 somewhere around ninety million Americans do not get the recommended amount of uninterrupted sleep. 80 00:06:10.480 --> 00:06:15.120 And that's a big problem. And you start to you can draw those connections 81 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.399 between poor quality sleep, and then you look at all the rate of chronic 82 00:06:18.480 --> 00:06:24.720 disease states that are on the rise in this country from diabetes, and of 83 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:29.279 course obesity goes hand in hand with that, but also with heart disease, 84 00:06:29.519 --> 00:06:33.439 non alcoholic fatty liver disease. All of these things can be interconnected, and 85 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:38.120 so sleep is really very important. So I'm going to talk about that today 86 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:42.240 in some detail, because I do think it's an area that we shouldn't overlook. 87 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:46.000 You know, you shouldn't say, well, I'm doing everything right except 88 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:50.879 my sleep. So we'll talk about that today. Just as a side note, 89 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:56.120 I always like to talk about, you know, different holidays and things 90 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:01.879 that are happening, and today is the National Chocolate Covered Anything Day, which 91 00:07:01.920 --> 00:07:06.240 I thought was kind of interesting, and I suppose it's how you approach this, 92 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.920 you know, if you like celebrating, you know, what's happening for 93 00:07:10.959 --> 00:07:15.639 today, what's the holiday of today? So the National Chocolate Covered anything day. 94 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:17.600 So it made me think about this and I thought, okay, well, 95 00:07:17.680 --> 00:07:20.120 so long as we're not doing like bad chocolate, you know, like 96 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.839 milk chocolates, which we know are not the best for us. But if 97 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.720 we head over to invite health and we get the coco HX, we get 98 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:32.720 those powerful flavonols from that cocoa, and we make ourselves a nice little hot 99 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:38.800 cocoa drink. Maybe you put a little uh peppermint extract into that and have 100 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:45.199 yourself a nice little holiday uh flavored drink, and you're getting all those powerful 101 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:49.759 antioxidants. We know the power of cocoa flavonols, and our coco X is 102 00:07:49.920 --> 00:07:56.279 incredibly potent. This is one of our most popular formulations for a variety of 103 00:07:56.279 --> 00:07:59.879 different reasons. Some people just gravitate to it because they like the taste of 104 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:05.639 it. For others, they really are into the medicinal benefits of this particular 105 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:11.800 product. And when you start to look at the way in which cocoa powder, 106 00:08:11.360 --> 00:08:16.040 and remember there are distinctions. We're not talking about baking powder that you 107 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:22.959 do for your holiday cookies. We're talking about the actual cocoa bean itself. 108 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:28.319 And then when you take out the antioxidants from that. So those powerful flavionols, 109 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:33.639 this is what potentiates the whole benefit that goes along with cocoa. And 110 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.000 I've talked about this before in the past, but they did that really large 111 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.559 study and it was published in the Journal of Nutrition looking at the impact that 112 00:08:43.120 --> 00:08:50.759 supplementation of coco flavonols had on multiple cardio metabolic markers in the blood, So 113 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:56.480 looking at measures for inflammation, things like sea reactive protein, seeing the improvement 114 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:03.559 in glucose levels and hemoglobein a one's see seeing improvements in your cholesterol. And 115 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:07.080 so when people hear this, they oftentimes get confused and I think, oh, 116 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:09.679 well, if I go out to the store and I just buy myself 117 00:09:09.720 --> 00:09:13.279 a milk chocolate bar, I'm going to get these benefits. Definitely not the 118 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:18.720 case, folks. So we have to be able to recognize the difference between 119 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:26.279 eating a candy bar or if we are supplementing with powerful cocoa flavonols, which 120 00:09:26.320 --> 00:09:31.840 is what the cocoa HX contains. And there was a study that came out 121 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:39.960 just in the past week looking at coco and how cocoa could be incredibly beneficial 122 00:09:41.080 --> 00:09:46.000 for individuals who have a low diet quality. This was published in the American 123 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:50.559 Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and they found that adding coco flavinols to the diet 124 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:56.240 could boost healthy cognition among older men and women. And they said, these 125 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.080 are in particular, these are men and women who just by you know, 126 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:05.320 looking at their dietary intake, do not get adequate nutrients coming in from their 127 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.840 diet. And this is not uncommon. Keep this in mind when you know, 128 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:16.480 look at sixty seventy percent of Americans get the majority, probably seventy percent 129 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:20.320 of their calories each day from ultra processed foods. Well, we know ultra 130 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:26.039 processed foods definitely are void of any decent nutrients. So it kind of makes 131 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:31.480 sense if your majority of your calories that you're eating every day come from these 132 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:37.279 nutrient void foods, then yes, you're going to have a low diet quality. 133 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:41.600 And this particular study, it was called the COSMOS study, so I 134 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:48.840 love the name of it, but it's the Coco supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, 135 00:10:48.399 --> 00:10:56.240 And they were comparing the effects of daily supplementation with a multivitamin along with 136 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:03.000 coco flavinols compared to the placebo group. And so they took these individuals and 137 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.720 then they had them do these cognitive tests, which was really very impressive. 138 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:11.120 So this wasn't just like, oh well, yeah, I took this cocoa 139 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:15.080 and I feel pretty good. It wasn't subjective. They were actually doing objective 140 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:20.440 testing and they could see a significant improvement. And there was over twenty thousand 141 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:28.720 individuals who were participating in this particular study, so it's a really large study. 142 00:11:28.759 --> 00:11:33.600 But they could see how the group that was supplementing with the daily multivitamin 143 00:11:33.639 --> 00:11:39.559 along with that coco extract had a significant improvement in their memory and their attention. 144 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.759 So during the holidays, like I mentioned, maybe you're feeling a little 145 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:46.279 bit scattered brain. Maybe you think, oh gosh, I have all these 146 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:50.919 things I have to do, still I still have to shop for different people. 147 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.759 Head over to Invite Health, get your coco HX, make yourself a 148 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:00.480 nice, healthy little drink, and then we have many different recips too, 149 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:03.879 so you can talk to one of our nutritional experts as to how you can, 150 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:09.120 you know, use the coco X, but we have many recipes available 151 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:13.159 for you to get very creative with using the COCOACHX. Maybe you want to 152 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:20.200 make your own little kind of macaroons with the coco X. So there's plenty 153 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.399 of ways that you can use this particular formulation, but it definitely packs a 154 00:12:24.480 --> 00:12:26.360 punch, and so when you're using it, you think, oh, well, 155 00:12:26.919 --> 00:12:31.879 heck, this is really great for my blood pressure, my blood vessels. 156 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:37.200 It's ironically very good for my blood sugar. Because remember we're dealing with 157 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.679 the cocoa flavanol. We're not talking about processed chocolate that has the milk, 158 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:46.000 fats and the sugars added into that. That's not what we're dealing with. 159 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:52.240 We're just taking the cocoa bean itself and extracting out those powerful flavanols. So 160 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.840 you can sit back during this holiday, you can sip on your cocoa. 161 00:12:56.879 --> 00:13:01.519 You know, it's beneficial for that whole HPA axis, which is your hypothalmis 162 00:13:01.559 --> 00:13:07.360 pituitary adrenal access, So it helps us better modulate our stress response, and 163 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.000 we just get overall health benefits. So whether you're concerned about memory, your 164 00:13:13.039 --> 00:13:18.399 attention, or you're concerned about your blood cholesterol levels, you know that utilizing 165 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:24.200 the Invite Health Coco HX is a wonderful way for us to achieve all of 166 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:28.960 these many benefits that go along with Coco Extracts, so definitely check that product 167 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:33.559 out. You can also go to our website invite health dot com and easily 168 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:37.000 find that formulation. So I do need to squeeze in a quick break. 169 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:39.360 When I get back, I'm going to talk a little bit more about sleep 170 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:46.360 and we have a really great formulation that zeros in on enhancing the body's ability 171 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:50.440 to decompress and promote healthier sleep quality. So I'll tell you about that. 172 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.759 On the flip side. You are listening to invite Health Radio, I will 173 00:13:54.759 --> 00:14:01.039 be right back. For twenty five years, Invite Health has been leading the 174 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.519 way in wellness with our extensive line of dietary supplements. With our brand new, 175 00:14:05.600 --> 00:14:09.799 state of the art website, we now offer new everyday low prices. 176 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:13.320 Save even more with our brand new subscription plan. Stay tuned to learn about 177 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:18.399 new and exciting offers and services. 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That's eight hundred six 183 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.879 three two zero five seven two, or go to invite heealth dot com. 184 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:48.799 Contact Invite Health today to learn more about getting healthy and staying healthy eight hundred 185 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:52.879 six three two zero five seven to two, or go to invite heealth dot 186 00:14:52.919 --> 00:15:03.960 com and welcome back to Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams, 187 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:09.039 and I'm going to talk about sleep. And we know that during the holidays 188 00:15:09.039 --> 00:15:13.399 sometimes people struggle with their sleep and then your immune system gets impacted by that, 189 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:16.519 and then the next thing you know, you have the cold or you 190 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:20.600 have the flu, and you're feeling miserable and you're not too happy. So 191 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:22.879 when it comes to your immune defenses, this is the time of year that 192 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:28.960 you definitely want to stop by Invite hell tak to one of our nutrition experts. 193 00:15:28.039 --> 00:15:33.120 Make sure that the routine that you're doing every day is the most comprehensive 194 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:39.000 for your specific needs, because at the end of the day, if you 195 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:45.120 have high amounts of stress, or if you have already a weakened immune system, 196 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.759 perhaps you have an autoimmune condition, you want to make sure that you're 197 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:52.960 taking the right nutrients, and we have so many formulations in our product line 198 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:58.440 that are geared towards really allowing the immune system to be much more responsive in 199 00:15:58.600 --> 00:16:03.919 the event that any little tiny foreign pathogen heads our way. So whether we're 200 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:08.279 looking at the Immunity multi Vitamin, which is so comprehensive, that's a Jerry 201 00:16:08.360 --> 00:16:15.519 Hickey formulated product. And you know, Jerry loves his nucleotide complex, so 202 00:16:15.960 --> 00:16:22.559 he made a multivitamin that contains nucleotide. So it's an excellent addition to our 203 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:26.240 product line. So we're very excited to have that, especially during cold and 204 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.919 flu season. And then it's also partnered up with the elderberry extracts, So 205 00:16:30.000 --> 00:16:34.000 the power of elderberry has been shown time and time again. So even if 206 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:40.039 you do get sick, if you're supplementing with elderberry extract it definitely can help 207 00:16:40.080 --> 00:16:44.559 to lessen the duration of the time that you're feeling under the weather. So 208 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.600 check that product out. But we have so many formulations. Of course, 209 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:53.279 probiotic HX hands down. You know, anytime that we include probiotic into our 210 00:16:53.360 --> 00:16:59.399 daily supplementation routine during cold and flu season, it's always going to be incredibly 211 00:16:59.440 --> 00:17:03.319 advantage, and of course when you're looking at probiotic HIX, you think of 212 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:07.440 all of the powerful benefits that go along with that. It has five different 213 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:14.319 clinically studied strains of bacteria along with the prebiotics, so it has that nice 214 00:17:14.319 --> 00:17:18.400 little food source for those little bacteria to feed off of, and then it 215 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:27.759 has those registered trademark forms of bacteria that really allow for a wonderful and enhance 216 00:17:29.119 --> 00:17:36.440 colonization of those bacteria into our intestines to promote a optimal immune system response. 217 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.759 So it's just it's so great. And the formulation, like the technology to 218 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:48.759 which we use it's called mactobac. So the way that we use the encapsulation 219 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:52.599 for our probiotic, and this is important because not all probiotics are made the 220 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:57.839 same. So the way that we use this is to allow those bacteria to 221 00:17:57.960 --> 00:18:03.480 make their way through that initial part of our digestive track, which is the 222 00:18:03.559 --> 00:18:07.240 stomach acids. Oftentimes, if you're just using just any random probiotic that you 223 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:11.960 find at you know, Duane Reads or whatnot, a lot of those bacteria 224 00:18:12.039 --> 00:18:17.039 are going to die off as soon as they hit the stomach acids. And 225 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:19.960 so the amount that actually makes its way into the intestines, which is where 226 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:26.599 the immune system is located, is quite minimal compared to maybe what you rent 227 00:18:26.599 --> 00:18:27.599 on the bottle. You know, maybe it said, oh, this has 228 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:33.680 you know, one hundred million or one hundred billion colony forming units. And 229 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:37.160 by the time it makes its way to your intestines, how much are you 230 00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:40.720 actually getting? So I'm not saying that it's bad, but are you actually 231 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:45.160 getting the full effect of that? So when you're using the Invite Health probiotic 232 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:49.279 checks, we use this very unique technology to assure that what's contained in that 233 00:18:49.319 --> 00:18:56.359 capsule, those five different strains of powerful clinically studied bacteria, actually make their 234 00:18:56.400 --> 00:19:02.119 way into your intestine so that they can go make a nice home and keep 235 00:19:02.160 --> 00:19:07.200 you healthy. So keep that in mind. So, so off to the 236 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.559 world of stress and sleep. Now, this is a very important topic. 237 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:18.720 You know, As I mentioned in the previous segment, the Sleep Health Organization 238 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:26.640 has really kind of gone through and narrowed down you know why it is that 239 00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:32.240 Americans struggle so frequently with getting good quality sleep. Now, I'll be the 240 00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:37.960 first one to admit I sleep like a rock and it's I am happy about 241 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:41.680 that, obviously, but I've never had a problem with sleep, and I 242 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:47.279 when I talk to folks who do, I feel so bad for them because 243 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:52.240 you can see that struggle. My mom, she has, you know, 244 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:56.960 throughout the years, has had issues with getting good quality sleep. And it's 245 00:19:56.960 --> 00:19:59.720 for a variety of different reasons. Once again, I said, you have 246 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.599 to look different environmental factors, you know, that is it. The sleep 247 00:20:03.720 --> 00:20:07.920 hygiene is your you know, bedroom to bright do you have a television on, 248 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:11.359 as your cell phone going off next to your you know, nightstand, 249 00:20:11.799 --> 00:20:17.319 you know, every five minutes. So thinking about all these ways that sleep 250 00:20:17.359 --> 00:20:22.160 can get disrupted, and also the hormonal influences. So and it's not just 251 00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:26.599 you know, thinking about melatonin as that primary sleep hormone. If you have 252 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:33.039 thyroid dysfunction, if you have high stress, cortisol can influence your quality sleep, 253 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:37.039 and of course your sex hormones. So for men and women who are 254 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:44.200 going through and your pause and menopause, we can clearly see the impact that 255 00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:48.079 those fluctuating hormone levels can have on the quality of your sleep. So I 256 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:51.599 kind of go back to, you know, some of the struggles that my 257 00:20:51.640 --> 00:20:55.039 mother has had through the years with sleep, and now she's you know, 258 00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:59.720 in a much better spot because she's on a very regular routine. But I 259 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:03.200 realize, you know, many years ago, that she was not getting good 260 00:21:03.240 --> 00:21:04.400 sleep. And that's what she would say, I just wake up in the 261 00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:07.319 morning and I just I feel groggy. It takes me a while to really 262 00:21:07.319 --> 00:21:12.119 get going and kind of come to But for her, it was a you 263 00:21:12.160 --> 00:21:17.359 know, a couple of different things. One was clearly hormonal going through menopause, 264 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.119 but the other one was the racing mind. And this is what I 265 00:21:22.240 --> 00:21:26.279 talked to so many folks about, where they say, well, you know, 266 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.480 I'm very tired at night, but when I try and fall asleep, 267 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:34.599 it's like my mind is just continuously on overdrive and I'm thinking about all of 268 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:37.920 the things that I need to do tomorrow, all the things I didn't do 269 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:41.960 today, and I just can't get my mind to just kind of calm down. 270 00:21:42.480 --> 00:21:47.319 And this is a big problem. So when you're looking at sleep issues, 271 00:21:47.359 --> 00:21:51.400 we always have to determine, you know, is their underlying health issues 272 00:21:51.440 --> 00:21:56.359 that are driving this, Are their hormonal imbalances that are creating this problem, 273 00:21:56.920 --> 00:22:02.359 or is it you know, once again, hygiene. Are there different techniques 274 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.240 that we can do to improve upon our sleep? Is our diet creating a 275 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.720 lot of this problem for us, so trying to determine this is what's going 276 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:15.960 to actually lead you to the path to improving your sleep quality. But we 277 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:22.279 have a really unique formulation and this is called CNS Protocol three. Now, 278 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:30.799 what this product actually contains is a combination of key nutrients that have all been 279 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:37.599 studied and shown to be highly effective at once again targeting that HPA access, 280 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:45.240 which is your hypothalmis pituitary adrenal access. When things go haywire within that access 281 00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:49.880 loop, this is when you start to have problems because this is when you 282 00:22:49.880 --> 00:22:56.759 have a hard time managing your stress response, which in turn can then affect 283 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:02.920 your thyroid function. So hence our metallic can get affected, and then in 284 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:08.319 turn we can affect our sleep cycle. And so everything is interconnected, folks. 285 00:23:08.880 --> 00:23:15.119 So if we're using a product such as the CNS Protocol three, so 286 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:19.039 w CNS stands for Central Nervous Systems, so it's the Central Nervous System Protocol 287 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:30.519 three Roman Roman numeral three. And what this actually contains is touring glycine valerian 288 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:40.079 passion flower hops and has gabba anocetol, magnesium, calcium, so a lot 289 00:23:40.079 --> 00:23:41.480 of these nutrients that you've probably heard of, and you think, oh, 290 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.279 yeah, I've I've talked to a friend that uses Valerian root to help them 291 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:49.839 with sleep, or I have a friend or family member who always talks about 292 00:23:49.880 --> 00:23:56.599 passion flower as being their go to when it comes to stress relief. Why 293 00:23:56.759 --> 00:24:03.799 is that? Because these newts have been studied extensively to show how they can 294 00:24:03.960 --> 00:24:14.200 actually promote a healthy stress response and improve upon sleep quality. So when you're 295 00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:18.519 using CNS Protocol three and you take this, and you can take this during 296 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:21.920 the day, folks, because this is oftentimes a question that I get, 297 00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.880 is well, if I take it during the day, am I gonna like 298 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:26.920 want to fall asleep? No, because it's working within your normal circadian rhythm. 299 00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.079 So if you take it at night, obviously it's going to be at 300 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.119 that timing of the day where it's going to help promote that sleep quality. 301 00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:37.480 But if you take it in the afternoon because maybe in the afternoon you want 302 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.000 to pull your hair out because you're stressed out, this is fine as well. 303 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:48.640 And the combination of using these different nutrients together will allow the body to 304 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:55.839 stay in a much more calm and neutralized zone. And this is key because 305 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:59.720 when we think about the central nervous system, we start thinking about the sympathetic 306 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:06.559 oh overdrive and the lack of parasympathetic involvement in that. And I've talked about 307 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:11.880 this on this program before. So you have your sympathetic nervous system and then 308 00:25:11.920 --> 00:25:15.759 you have the para sympathetic. Well, we want those to work synergistically together. 309 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:22.799 The problem with most folks is that you were on a sympathetic overdrive at 310 00:25:22.839 --> 00:25:29.799 all times, so it's pedal to the metal with no break. We need 311 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:36.160 to have that breaking action. The breaking action is your parasympathetic nervous system. 312 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:41.200 So this is kind of goes back to acute stress, chronic stress burnout. 313 00:25:41.920 --> 00:25:45.720 So when we get to that point where we have chronic stress, chronic stress 314 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:51.160 and we lose that brake pedal, we can't press on that brake, then 315 00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:53.039 we're going to you know, build up to the point that we hit burnout. 316 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:57.680 That's very difficult to come back from. So when we're aware of these 317 00:25:57.680 --> 00:26:00.160 things and we say, okay, well, I know I have a lot 318 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.240 of stress. I know that my job is stressful, I know that my 319 00:26:03.319 --> 00:26:07.359 home life is stressful. I know that my commute to work is stressful, 320 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.599 whatever it may be. If we can recognize that, and we don't just 321 00:26:11.720 --> 00:26:15.000 accept it as normal, we say, yeah, I can see how this 322 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:18.480 is affecting me. It affects my diet, you know, maybe I then, 323 00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:22.640 you know, go and do emotional eating, you know, self soothing 324 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:27.640 with bad foods. Maybe you recognize it because you are one of those folks 325 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:32.680 where you're trying to fall asleep at night and all of these things are running 326 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:34.559 through your mind, all the things that you need to do that you didn't 327 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:40.119 do well enough, whatever the case may be. If you know these things, 328 00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:47.160 then you are one of those individuals where CNS Protocol number three would be 329 00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:52.480 absolutely ideal for you. We know the balance of calcium and magnesium and why 330 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:59.160 that's so important for getting good quality sleep. Also for folks who have restless 331 00:26:59.200 --> 00:27:04.559 legs. We know that restless leg syndrome is one of those areas of concerns 332 00:27:04.880 --> 00:27:11.000 when it comes to disrupted sleep quality. And when I was in medical school, 333 00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:14.039 I remember restless legs was just coming out. It wasn't even in the 334 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:18.480 medical books when I was in medical school, but they were just really starting 335 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:21.640 to talk about it, and we're all like, what in the world is 336 00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:26.880 restless legs. But now I foundationally understand you know, when we have these 337 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.599 imbalances, and if we have an iron deficiency, which is very common too. 338 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:33.519 By the way, if you have low iron stores, this can be 339 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:37.920 a precipitating factor for restless legs. So if you find that this is your 340 00:27:38.000 --> 00:27:42.160 problem, definitely go and get some blood work done, look at your iron 341 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:47.039 stores, look at your ferretine level, because if it is an iron issue, 342 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:48.440 you want to make sure that you're heading over to invite health and you 343 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:53.640 get our iron plus. So that product can be very helpful for folks who 344 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:57.720 are having problems with sleep. And it's always interesting when I talk to individuals 345 00:27:57.759 --> 00:28:02.559 about that, they say, really iron for sleep, Yes, iron, 346 00:28:02.720 --> 00:28:08.839 calcium, magnesium, your B vitamins are very important for the promotion of healthy 347 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:15.160 sleep cycles. And then adding in these other nutrients, having those amino acids, 348 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:21.440 having glycine and touring, and then also recognizing that taking a product like 349 00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:27.279 this that contains touring, contains the amino acid glycine, these side benefits that 350 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.960 go along with that is incredibly impressive. So I'm gonna talk a little bit 351 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:38.200 about why glycine, why touring are so beneficial, not just for promotion of 352 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:44.559 kind of reducing that stress, but also for promoting good sleep quality. But 353 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:48.920 the other many things that those two amino acids are doing. But I do 354 00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:52.160 need to squeeze in a quick break, so stick around with me. I 355 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:57.720 will be right back. You are listening to Invite Health Radio. Maintain muscle 356 00:28:57.759 --> 00:29:03.839 mascid. Fuel your body with Invite Health's brand new Plant Protein powder. Looking 357 00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:07.680 to stay lean and strong. This vegan plant protein powder packs a punch with 358 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:12.880 twenty grams of protein per serving. Flax and chia seeds, along with pumpkin 359 00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:18.720 and rice proteins, help energize the body and fuel the muscles. Take an 360 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:23.319 extra ten percent off Invites plant Protein by calling now eight hundred six three two 361 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:29.799 zero five seven two. 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So when you're thinking way protein isolate or our plant 396 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.640 protein powder, that's a blend of different amino acids. But then we can 397 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:32.440 look at each individual amino acid and start to recognize how they're working. Like 398 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:38.440 rginine, for example, we know rgenine very beneficial for healthy blood pressure. 399 00:32:38.680 --> 00:32:45.559 Why because rgenine works to release nitric oxide in the body. So the more 400 00:32:45.640 --> 00:32:50.359 nitric oxide, the more vasodilation, hence better blood flow. So that's a 401 00:32:50.359 --> 00:32:54.599 great thing. But let's look at the CNS Protocol three product, because that 402 00:32:54.680 --> 00:33:01.240 contains two very powerful amino acids, one being glycine, the other being toring. 403 00:33:01.880 --> 00:33:07.839 So glycine is a essential amino acid, and we know that it has 404 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:15.000 these really strong calming properties to it, and so when people supplement with glycine, 405 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:20.920 they have this really nice, balanced sense of calm which is not making 406 00:33:20.960 --> 00:33:25.640 you feel tired or lethargic. It's just nice calm, and that's what a 407 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:30.799 lot of folks need, especially during the holidays. So it promotes relaxation. 408 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:37.440 It can really enhance sleep quality without causing that daytime drowsiness, which is why 409 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.960 I said you can use this product during the day. If you have a 410 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:45.400 lot of stress during the day, it is fine to use CNS Protocol three 411 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:51.039 during the afternoon. That's completely fine. We also know that one of the 412 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:57.279 side benefits that goes along with glycine is it helps with glucose metabolism, so 413 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:02.279 blood sugar balance, and it's also key for our connective tissue, so we 414 00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:07.799 have all of these different benefits. We start to look at all of the 415 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:14.480 ways in which glycine has been studied in the Oxidative Medicinal Cell Longevity Journal. 416 00:34:14.559 --> 00:34:20.679 That's a mouthful there, but this particular amino acid has been looked at for 417 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:24.360 all of the different ways that it can benefit us when we are taking it 418 00:34:24.480 --> 00:34:32.000 via supplementation, So we're looking at cardiovascular disease states, different inflammatory diseases, 419 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:37.239 including arthritis. Obviously, for those who are dealing with diabetes or pre diabetes, 420 00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:43.599 glycine can be incredibly supportive and of course we know that it's going to 421 00:34:43.679 --> 00:34:50.440 help us with relaxation and for the promotion of healthy sleep cycles. So hands 422 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:57.119 down, glycine definitely we can categorize that into the winter category. And there 423 00:34:57.199 --> 00:35:01.639 was a fascinating study that was done in Canada and it was actually published in 424 00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:07.679 the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology looking at glycine supplementation and how it can 425 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:15.119 reduce oxidative stress, reducing free radicals folks in patients who had metabolic syndrome at 426 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:22.559 the same time, one of the fascinating finds through this study was how much 427 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:29.000 the glycine actually improved the blood pressure readings of these individuals. So they entered 428 00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:34.079 into this study. They have metabolic syndrome, so they have elevated glucose, 429 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:38.599 they have insulin resistance, they have high triglystrides, they have high LDLs, 430 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:45.320 which is the low density lipoprotein. They have of course, problems with their 431 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:49.320 blood pressure. So they thought, well, if we give them glycine, 432 00:35:49.320 --> 00:35:52.360 maybe this will help with the blood sugar because we know this is one of 433 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.079 the actions of glycine. And indeed they could see this. They could see 434 00:35:55.079 --> 00:36:01.239 an improvement in blood glucose, but they also found that their blood pressure had 435 00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:07.920 significantly improved as well. So once again, supplementation with a product such as 436 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:12.440 CNS Protocol three can yield you many side benefits that you didn't even know you 437 00:36:12.440 --> 00:36:15.920 were gonna get. So that's a wonderful, wonderful thing. And then we 438 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:23.880 turn to the amino acid touring. Touring to me is it's so underrated because 439 00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:30.440 it's such a key player in facilitating so many different functions in the body. 440 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:36.400 We look at touring kind of as an anti aging amino acid. We know 441 00:36:36.760 --> 00:36:43.719 that touring is so important for our excitable tissues. So when we think about 442 00:36:43.840 --> 00:36:47.719 heart and the brain, and we can see how touring has been shown to 443 00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:53.199 improve different disorders when it comes to heart disease, when it comes to cognitive 444 00:36:53.440 --> 00:37:00.400 decline including dementia, and touring is found in nearly all of tissues, and 445 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.840 we know that it is incredibly important once again for those excitable tissues. So 446 00:37:05.840 --> 00:37:08.559 we kind of go back to that central nervous system and then we're thinking sympathetic 447 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:15.280 and parasympathetic and why touring can be so helpful, and so we look at 448 00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:19.119 CNS protocol we say, ah, well, this is why that touring is 449 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:24.039 in this because it can help with cognitive performance. So if we're feeling stressed 450 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:29.320 out we have brain fog, we know that the touring can be incredibly helpful 451 00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:34.480 for that. At the same time, we know touring has very powerful anti 452 00:37:34.599 --> 00:37:39.280 inflammatory properties to it, so if we're dealing with neuroinflammation in the brain, 453 00:37:39.480 --> 00:37:45.039 which can be creating problems with our stressed response or with our sleep quality. 454 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:47.960 So we once again we look at this and we say, oh, well, 455 00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:52.239 all of this makes a whole lot more sense. Now when I look 456 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:57.800 at the CNS Protocol three and I see the partnering of these different nutrients, 457 00:37:57.800 --> 00:38:00.800 I can see why the valerian is in this. And Valarian's been shown, 458 00:38:01.039 --> 00:38:06.000 you know, time and time again. It's been used as a herbal medicinal 459 00:38:06.239 --> 00:38:13.239 sleep aid for hundreds of years. And in the Journal of Evidence Based and 460 00:38:13.400 --> 00:38:20.239 Integrative Medicine they did a meta analysis where they went and they looked at multiple 461 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:27.639 clinical studies that were utilizing valerian root for sleep problems, for treating sleep issues, 462 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:32.440 and they could see from the over sixty different studies that they assessed that 463 00:38:32.519 --> 00:38:40.800 indeed, valerian root really led to very strong health benefits when it came to 464 00:38:42.000 --> 00:38:47.199 improvement on sleep quality. So definitely a product that I encourage you to check 465 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:52.360 out that is the CNS Protocol three. And like I said, maybe you 466 00:38:52.519 --> 00:39:00.079 find yourself in that category where at night you're trying to just unwind and relax 467 00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:01.440 and you're like, gosh, what is wrong with me? Why can't I 468 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:08.239 just relax? Taking the CNS Protocol three in the evening would be incredibly beneficial 469 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:14.480 to promote that relaxation. You're getting that magnesium, you get that calcium of 470 00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:19.400 course you get the passion flower and the valerian and the clysine, the tourine 471 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:24.199 and the gabba, all of these nutrients that are working synergistically together to really 472 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:30.320 allow you to get a much better night's sleep. And if you're using it 473 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:35.119 during the day to help offset some of the negative effects of daily stress. 474 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:40.360 And we know stress is definitely not our friend. So so check that product 475 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:45.719 out CNS Protocol three. We don't talk about that one often, but it 476 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:47.960 is a product that I turned to quite often, and I think that is 477 00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:52.159 because of the fact that so many individuals reach out to us who are struggling 478 00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:58.119 with getting good quality sleep, and you are not alone. Clearly, we 479 00:39:58.159 --> 00:40:04.119 can look and we can see the the statistics. The epidemiology of bad sleep 480 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.079 in the United States is very high. So we just have to do better. 481 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:12.960 And it's a multi pronged approach. You know, understanding you know what's 482 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:17.840 going on with maybe some hormonal issues, what's going on with nutrient deficiencies. 483 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:22.960 All of these things, you know, can make a difference. Vitamin D 484 00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:28.639 is another area. You know, if someone has insufficient vitamin D levels, 485 00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:34.039 this can affect your sleep. You know, we understand vitamin D is so 486 00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:39.519 critical to so many aspects of daily function. It's not just bone health. 487 00:40:39.599 --> 00:40:44.320 I mean, we have to understand that vitamin D outside of the immune system, 488 00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:50.599 outside of bone health, is so incredibly important. A study just this 489 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:54.920 week came out was published in the Journal of Medicine talking about how low vitamin 490 00:40:55.000 --> 00:41:04.760 D levels was associated with a increase in inflammation in inflammatory bowel disease. So 491 00:41:05.159 --> 00:41:10.719 they could see this very high prevalence of individuals who have inflammatory bowel disease and 492 00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:20.599 having a concurrent insufficient vitamin D level, so whether they were truly deficient or 493 00:41:20.639 --> 00:41:24.760 if it was just a insufficient level. So having your vitamin D level tested. 494 00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:30.679 I stress this all the time because I get people who will ask me 495 00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:34.119 this, well, how much should I supplement with? I'm going to take 496 00:41:34.159 --> 00:41:37.559 the Invite Health Vitamin D three, the three thousand I use. Should I 497 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.920 take one capsule? Should I take two? And I always say I wish 498 00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:45.079 I had you know, a magic you know ball that I could crystal ball 499 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:50.119 I could look into and tell you. But unless we know what your serum 500 00:41:50.199 --> 00:41:53.079 vitamin D level is, where is your starting point? Because there's so many 501 00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:58.840 factors that can affect what your vitamin D level is. It has nothing to 502 00:41:58.840 --> 00:42:00.840 do with your age, It has no nothing to do with your height or 503 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:07.920 your weight. There are so many other issues that can arise. Magnesium status 504 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:14.199 can impact the way vitamin D is absorbed. Different medications that perhaps you are 505 00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:20.480 taking can impact your vitamin D absorption. There are genetic reasons you can have 506 00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:25.800 a genetic mutation that impacts the way vitamin D is absorbed. But in any 507 00:42:27.000 --> 00:42:31.559 event, we know that it is playing a powerful role because it's technically a 508 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:37.360 hormone, so it's playing a powerful role in all aspects of how we function 509 00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.719 every day, not only for our immune defenses and for the health of bone 510 00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:46.000 density, but for cognition, for memory, for our sleep cycle, for 511 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:52.519 our metabolism, for blood sugar regulation, and of course for inflammation. So 512 00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:54.599 in this study, this is what they're looking at. They're looking at individuals 513 00:42:54.599 --> 00:43:00.880 who have Crohn's disease alternative colitis, and they're already at a great risk for 514 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:06.840 malabsorption from their foods because of the chronic inflammation and those microvilli, the little 515 00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:10.760 finger like projections in the intestines are just getting just beat down, so it 516 00:43:10.760 --> 00:43:19.599 makes it very difficult to absorb those nutrients and vitamin D insufficiency was a direct 517 00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:24.519 causal link to the severity of inflammation. So once they could get these individuals 518 00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:31.360 onto vitamin D supplementation and start to drive those levels back into a healthy range, 519 00:43:31.400 --> 00:43:37.760 they started to see improvement in not only the inflammatory markers that they were 520 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:45.079 testing, but in the symptomatic improvement in these individuals. So never overlook the 521 00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:46.679 importance of vitamin D. That's my take home message. And we have many 522 00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:52.599 vitamin D formulations for you to choose from. We have our liquid Vitamin D 523 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:57.519 and then we have our vitamin D capsules, So definitely stop by one of 524 00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.199 our stores or go to our website invite health dot com check out all of 525 00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:05.320 our vitamin D options. I have a few more things that I want to 526 00:44:05.320 --> 00:44:08.440 cover, but I do need to squeeze in one last break, so stick 527 00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:12.920 around with me. You are listening to Invite Health Radio and I will be 528 00:44:13.320 --> 00:44:16.719 right back. It is cold and flu season again. Is your immune system 529 00:44:16.800 --> 00:44:22.360 ready? Invite Health is here to help with our immunity. 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So I will be watching not the 545 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:50.119 boat parade tonight because it was canceled. And actually there was a boat parade 546 00:45:50.280 --> 00:45:52.079 last night that I was going to go to and that got canceled because of 547 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:55.320 the weather. And then the big boat parade today, the winter Fest by 548 00:45:55.400 --> 00:46:00.920 hard Rock that one. It's so sad too. So I will not be 549 00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:06.000 out and about today because the weather's just supposed to get apparently increasingly worse throughout 550 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:09.960 the day. So it's a good day to be indoors. But the bowl 551 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:14.960 games are starting off, so I'm super excited. So I think there's about 552 00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:19.079 four or five college bowl games that are on today, so I will be 553 00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:23.400 watching some football. I've been having my little football withdrawals the last week with 554 00:46:24.119 --> 00:46:29.119 no college football. And then of course I'm going back and forth all the 555 00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:31.239 time, like I really want to go to the Rose Bowl, but I'm 556 00:46:31.239 --> 00:46:37.280 not going to. Last year I went out to Phoenix for the Fiesta Bowl, 557 00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:42.480 only to be sadly disappointed when Michigan lost. But I would love to 558 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:45.440 go to the Rose Bowl, just because I would love to go to Pasadena 559 00:46:45.719 --> 00:46:47.760 and see the Rose Parade. It's not even so much. I hate to 560 00:46:47.760 --> 00:46:52.280 admit that it's not even so much about the game. It is my dream. 561 00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:54.599 It's on my bucket list, let's just put it that way. I 562 00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:58.519 want to see the Rose Pary. I've been watching it since I was a 563 00:46:58.519 --> 00:47:04.960 little girl, and I'm just obsessed with just the story behind the Rose Parade 564 00:47:05.039 --> 00:47:07.760 and how they make the floats, and just the time and dedication. It's 565 00:47:07.800 --> 00:47:13.400 such a unique parade. So I would love to be able to do that. 566 00:47:13.639 --> 00:47:16.159 But it's not gonna happen this year unless I change my mind. But 567 00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:20.960 I don't think. I don't think that's gonna happen. So vitamin D talking 568 00:47:21.000 --> 00:47:23.920 about the importance of that. Remember, vitamin D has receptor sites found throughout 569 00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:28.960 the body, which is why it's so darn important. We should never over 570 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:36.519 look why supplementation each day of vitamin D is so key. I mean myself, 571 00:47:36.559 --> 00:47:39.679 I use five thousand. I use a vitamin D every day to maintain 572 00:47:39.760 --> 00:47:45.880 healthy levels. If I were to take a thousand I use I could you 573 00:47:45.880 --> 00:47:47.800 know my levels will drop? I'll be down in that, you know, 574 00:47:47.880 --> 00:47:52.280 close to that insufficient range. I don't want to be there. I want 575 00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:58.599 my vitamin D levels to always be in a nice healthy spot. And people 576 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:00.559 oftentimes will ask me, well, what is considered like a good vitamin D 577 00:48:00.679 --> 00:48:06.440 level, and you want it to be at least fifty and that's fifty nanograms 578 00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:13.480 per milli later ideally seventy five, but at minimum fifty. So these are 579 00:48:13.639 --> 00:48:15.599 some of the things that we should always be thinking about. So if you 580 00:48:15.639 --> 00:48:20.559 go in and you have your annual blood test done, do ask your doctor 581 00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:23.199 to test your vitamin D and they will probably look at you and say, 582 00:48:23.239 --> 00:48:28.000 well, that's unnecessary, and you just say, well, maybe unnecessary for 583 00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:32.480 you, but it's necessary for me and it's my body, so just please 584 00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:37.199 test my vitamin D level. These are always key things. So I want 585 00:48:37.239 --> 00:48:40.679 to talk about grape seed extract. Our grape seed extract is so unique. 586 00:48:42.360 --> 00:48:45.480 I remember when I first came on board at Invite Health and I was going 587 00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:49.719 through all the different products and having conversations with Jerry Hickey at the time, 588 00:48:50.480 --> 00:48:53.400 and when I came across the grape seed extract and the product line, I 589 00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:59.000 was like, Wow, this is an incredibly high amount of OPCs, the 590 00:48:59.199 --> 00:49:04.800 ollegomeric pro anthocynodens compared to what I have been, you know, exposed to 591 00:49:04.880 --> 00:49:08.039 in the past in different you know, companies and different products, and I 592 00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:12.840 thought, wow, this is really really high, and then I realized, 593 00:49:12.880 --> 00:49:15.960 oh, hey, this is a registered trademark form. It's called Enovida. 594 00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:25.440 So the Invite Health grape seed extract is such a wonderful source of powerful polyphenols 595 00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:31.920 that are derived from the grape itself, and when you look at the scientific 596 00:49:32.039 --> 00:49:39.440 research done on novida, it's so incredibly impressive. When Novita was studied in 597 00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:45.840 terms of managing and maintaining healthy blood pressure, they found it to be incredibly 598 00:49:46.400 --> 00:49:53.480 effective. There are multiple clinical research trials that have been conducted with the Novita 599 00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:59.840 which is used in Invite Health grape seed extract, to show how it not 600 00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:04.239 only helps with the regulation of blood pressure, but how it also helps to 601 00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:09.280 really tamper down oxidative stress. When you're looking at your antioxidant capacity in the 602 00:50:09.280 --> 00:50:15.320 blood, and when they supplemented individuals with this grape seed extract, you could 603 00:50:15.360 --> 00:50:22.320 see the almost instantaneous way in which your antioxidant levels started to go up. 604 00:50:22.760 --> 00:50:25.480 And that's very important because if we're dealing with stress, if we have environmental 605 00:50:25.519 --> 00:50:30.559 pollutants that we're trying to, you know, fend ourselves from, having a 606 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:36.760 powerful grape seed extract is very good idea. And we know that grape seed 607 00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:42.440 extract does many different things for us. When you look at the systemic benefits. 608 00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:46.000 Not only is it you know, circulatory health and the support of the 609 00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:50.760 endothelial cells. Those are the lining of your blood vessels, so it helps 610 00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:55.559 to protect those, but it also lowers inflammation throughout the cardiovascular system. We 611 00:50:55.639 --> 00:51:01.639 don't want to have inflamed vessels. Not a good idea. But we also 612 00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:07.559 can see how beneficial that the grape seed extract is when it comes to brain 613 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:15.039 connectivity and for the functionality of our memory and attention. So when you're using 614 00:51:15.519 --> 00:51:21.639 the Enoveta grape seed extract from Invite Health, you are going to get all 615 00:51:21.760 --> 00:51:29.639 of these wonderful powerful effects of those OPCs, and it is shown in head 616 00:51:29.679 --> 00:51:37.199 to head clinical trials to be upwards of ten times more powerful and absorbable than 617 00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:40.360 a standard grape seed extract. So I always talk about, you know, 618 00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:45.119 our quality, why that matters, that Invite Health, why we follow the 619 00:51:45.159 --> 00:51:49.199 scientific research, why we're not just using just a standard, run of the 620 00:51:49.239 --> 00:51:53.679 mill grape seed extract. Why we're actually sourcing and using this particular form is 621 00:51:53.719 --> 00:51:59.239 because we want you to yield those benefits. We know the science, we've 622 00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:02.480 seen the clinical outcomes, but we want you to be able to have those 623 00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:12.519 same benefits and to have a polyphenol that has over ninety five percent of those 624 00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:21.199 pro anthocynodins contained in that and they remain viable is very important. So definitely 625 00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:25.000 check out our grape seed extract. We have so many formulations that are geared 626 00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:30.039 towards circulatory support, whether you're looking at our veins HX or our NATO kindas. 627 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:35.320 This is another one of my favorites. I have so many individuals who 628 00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:39.880 have struggled with different circulatory issues. Maybe they have peripheral artery disease or chronic 629 00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:49.000 venus insufficiency, and they feel that heaviness that achy in their legs that's usually 630 00:52:49.039 --> 00:52:52.719 in the calf area. Maybe you're walking around and you just kind of feel 631 00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:57.199 like your legs feel real heavy. That's an indication if you haven't been diagnosed, 632 00:52:58.199 --> 00:53:01.679 that there's a circulatory issue going going on. And so taking a formulation 633 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:07.440 such as natokinase plus in combination with using that grape seed extract can be a 634 00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:15.239 really lovely one two punch to facilitate a repair mechanism. And we know that 635 00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:21.599 natokinase is a very nice way for us to regulate fibrinogen. If we have 636 00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:27.280 access fibrinogen that builds up in our system, this can lead to kind of 637 00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:31.480 a stickiness of the blood. So if we have vessels that are already kind 638 00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:37.280 of beat up and they're shrinking down, which means we're not getting good blood 639 00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:42.559 flow through them, and then we complicate things by having sticky blood trying to 640 00:53:42.599 --> 00:53:45.960 run through those vessels, that's a real issue. So we want to be 641 00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:52.719 able to have those vessels start to repair themselves, improve the blood flow through 642 00:53:52.760 --> 00:53:59.760 those vessels, and not have stickiness of the blood itself. So combining the 643 00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:07.239 at okinase along with the GrapeSEED extract is a go to that I use for 644 00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:13.159 so many individuals who are dealing with circulatory issues, and even in an acute 645 00:54:13.159 --> 00:54:17.800 situation for example, maybe you you know, have a sprained ankle. Oftentimes 646 00:54:17.840 --> 00:54:25.000 I'll turn to these formulations for kind of accelerating that healing process. The veins 647 00:54:25.159 --> 00:54:30.679 Chex is also an excellent choice. Veins Achex I turn to quite often for 648 00:54:30.719 --> 00:54:36.119 individuals who deal with hemorrhoids. This is very effective. That horse chestnut that's 649 00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:42.599 contained in the veins hx does a superb job at helping folks who are dealing 650 00:54:43.039 --> 00:54:47.960 with chronic hemorrhoid issues. If you are having an acute situation with your hemorrhoids, 651 00:54:49.360 --> 00:54:52.800 I would advise taking two tablets twice a day for at least five days 652 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:58.440 of that veins achex, so two tabs twice a day five days, and 653 00:54:58.519 --> 00:55:04.840 then scale back and do two tabs moving forward. That's very important because you 654 00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:09.079 don't want to have kind of that waxing and waning When it comes to hemorrhoids 655 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:15.199 supplementation. So veins Achex is hands down my number one go to when folks 656 00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:19.280 come to us and say, Hey, I'm dealing with hemorrhoids, what should 657 00:55:19.320 --> 00:55:23.199 I be taking? So veinschx with the horse chestnut with that vitamin C contained, 658 00:55:23.199 --> 00:55:28.840 and that can really make a big difference for those who have been dealing 659 00:55:28.920 --> 00:55:32.960 with chronic hemorrhoid issues. And then for the blood flow issues, I will 660 00:55:34.039 --> 00:55:39.679 generally turn to the natokinase plus formulation along with the power of that Enovita grape 661 00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:45.880 seed extract that we offer. And nantokinase has been studied extensively in the setting 662 00:55:45.960 --> 00:55:51.719 of chronic venus insufficiency. In the way in which the NATO is actually working 663 00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:55.519 is incredibly impressive, So if you happen to have questions about how you should 664 00:55:55.599 --> 00:56:00.280 use those formulations, you can definitely reach out to me A Williams at invitehealth 665 00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:05.000 dot com. 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