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aging nutrition. Get ready for tomorrow's nutritional science today right here, right now. Hello, and welcome to the Invite Health Wellness Hour. I am doctor Amanda Williams, Scientific director at Invite Health. Happy Saturday morning to everyone. I have a lot of ground to cover on today's show, so many things that I need to zero in on, and so we'll just get right to it because I have many products that I put on special today. I was
thinking of summer. I know it's not the official kickoff to summer quite yet, the summer's right around the corner. I know it's starting to get warm up there in New York. Clearly, I'm in South Florida. So we have hit hurricane season, the official kickoff to hurricane season, and you can tell down here, it's starting to get at a little sticky. We're getting those famous afternoon thunderstorms that pop up, and so you get the rain,
and then with that comes the humidity. So it's not like it cools things off when it rains down here in the summer. It is just sticky and hot. But I shall not complain. I am the one that chose to move to Florida. But being from Michigan, I used to always look at June first as like the official start of summer, because summers are not that long obviously when you're in Michigan. So as soon as June first hit,
it was like game on. It is even if it was cold, it was like, you're still going to the lake, You're still going to the pool. You're you're taking advantage of this because you know that your days are limited. So I'm sure that there are folks up there in New York work that I'll look at it the same way as well. But today I have a lot of different formulations that I do want to zero in on and talk
about. There many different benefits. As I often like to say, I may be talking about a particular product for a specified reason, but there are so many side benefits that go along with these wonderful formulations. And it makes sense when you start to kind of peel back the layers and say, oh, okay, so this may be great for my joints, but hey, it's also really good for my heart health or for my brain. So that's
why I always enjoy talking about these different products. So I thought I would start off today with B vitamins, and I have our methyl B formulation on
special. Methyl B is a bioactive B vitamin complex. The reason why this is so important is we know that even though traditional doctors oftentimes like to be quite dismissive to supplementation and also just dismissive to vitamins minerals in general, even though they are in the human body, so they must mean something, right, But we know that when it comes to BE vitamins in particular, they
are so overlooked. I think that the common thought about B vitamins is that they are solely for energy, and while yes, B vitamins do help to encourage energy production and support the production of red blood cells, B vitamins are doing so much more, and in particular, thinking about the summer months, to me, a B complex such as the methyl B formulation is an excellent
choice. There is one thing that we do know. We know that in the summer we are actually more prone to have low levels of folic acid. So the sun itself can actually degrade the way that the body obtains and holds on to folate and this can lead to significant issues. So once again we to fault back to why or B vitamins important? Well, heck, they've been fortifying foods with B vitamins for quite some time now, so that tells you that we need to have these B vitamins. We know that some folks
have a difficult time when it comes to proper absorption of B vitamins. Now this can usually be you know, directly causitive to dietary intake, but we can also look at a genetic issue. That genetic issue is an mthf R mutation. So not to get heavy into the weeds as to what the heck is MTHFR, but it's about forty percent estimated of the population worldwide that actually
has this gene mutation. And what that actually means for you if you unfortunately have an MTHFR mutation is that your body has a very difficult time taking a synthetic form of folic acid and converting it into its active form, which is known as methyl folate. So how do we skirt around this, Well, we take methyl folate right from the start, So this is what the methyl B formulation is actually giving you, so hence the name methyl So you're getting
the methylated form of this. And this is important because when you start to look at how your B vitamins are key to proper immune function, to neurotransmitter synthesis, to the way that the body detoxifies each and every single day, to the way your cells are functioning and dividing. Clearly, we know that you know there are certain functions for each one of those B vitamins that lead to our overall health and wellness. But zeroing in on folate this is very
key. As I mentioned about of the population can have this very common gene variant. Now, if you're curious if you have this, you can certainly do our gene tests. We offer a whole variety of different genetic tests, one of which is the MTFR test. I have a lot of individuals who have done this test and then we get the results back and they go, oh, okay, well, this makes sense having elevations and homocystein for example,
which is an indication that we have vascular inflammation. So if we have concerns about ather sclerosis, for example, this can be linked to elevations and homocystein. Well, we know that the body requires folate in order to regulate homocystein, and so if we have this gene mutation, this can now lead to problems when it comes to regulation of this cardiac problem. So that's one aspect to it. But we also see the individuals who have problems when it
comes to mood. Maybe it's you're feeling anxious often, maybe you have you know, mild to moderate depression. It's amazing when you can correlate that MTHFR mutation with mood disorders. And so this has actually been fast tracked in the world of psychiatry that they actually now prescribe um. Once again, we have to kind of laugh when you see when doctors get on board with vitamins. When it's you know, when they when they believe in it, it's great
um. But if not, then you know, I'm sure all of you out there listening if you've ever taught to your doctor and said, oh, I take you know a fish oil from Invite Health or I take you know, the methyl be. Oh, you don't need that um but there there's actually a prescription form of folate. It's called um deplin, and so they
give this to individuals who have more moderate to severe depression. And so we know that we have to have these key B vitamins in order for our heart to function properly, for our brain to function properly, to allow the body to detoxify each and every single day. So taking the methyl B formulation is
key because we know one thing. In the summer, folate levels have a tendency to decline, which is kind of the opposite of what you see with vitamin D. Vitamin D levels have a more inkling to go up during the summer months. And this isn't true for everyone. And I always like to state that because I'm down here in Florida and I can't tell you how many folks I've looked at their blood work and you know, maybe they're sun lovers. They're at the beach or at the pool on a regular basis, and
they're like, I know, I've got great vitamin D levels. And then I get their lab results back and I'm like yeah, not so much. So there's different factors. Once again, can be genetic how your body's processing vitamin D. But the other thing is if you're using sun screen. Vitamin D is an oil obviously, so if you jump in the pool, if you leave the beach, go home, jump in the shower, it's possible
that a lot of that vitamin D actually gets washed off. So it's not always true that oh, just sun alone will you keep you in healthy ranges. It may keep you from being technically deficient, but you can still be wandering around with insufficient vitamin D. We know that that leads to major issues.
Same thing with our B vitamins. So folate has this ability to decline in the summer, So we definitely want to make sure that we have a good intake of our B vitamins, especially during the summer and technically year round because we know their importance when it comes to the immune system. So we always want to make sure that we have an adequate supply of those B vitamins, so for daily detoxification, for energy production, for the way that the
body is wor working to regulate cardiac function. You know, there was a really fascinating study that was done many years ago and it was published in the Scientific Reports journal was out of Columbia University. But they were looking at B vitamins and the influence that B vitamins had to help combat air pollution. So I speak to you today for all of you who are there in New York, whether you're right there in the city or if you're on the outskirts,
we have to recognize that air pollution is an issue. I was even watching the weather this morning and they were talking about, you know, different quality of air throughout the country. And so we can't be naive to the fact that when we step outside, which is a good thing. We don't want to just hibernate in our homes, but when we step outside, we are exposing ourselves to many different extrinsic factors can impact our health in a potential negative
way. So what can we actually do about that, Well, we can. We're not going to change the air quality. We just have to face the reality on that. But what we can do is we can arm ourselves with the appropriate nutrients every day to help to offset that. And so this was the first clinical trial to actually evaluate whether B vitamins supplements could change both the biological and the physiological responses to air pollution exposure, which I think is
really a fascinating way to assess the power of BE vitamins. To think, huh okay, so I go outside, I breathe in the air. You know, there's all this exhaust fumes and things that come from factories, and
just taking B vitamins alone can help support my cardiovascular system. And that's what Columbia University really zeroed in on. This was their School of Public Health, and we know that from their rese search they estimate that you know, three point seven million premature deaths annually and this is on a worldwide basis because of air pollution. Think about the harmful effect that that creates. I've talked about
this in the setting of skin health. Did an amazing study years ago over in England and they looked at folks who were closer to the city center, so folks that lived real close to London, and then as they went out, they were looking at the rate of skin aging and they could see that those who were in the city their skin aged much faster, so when it
was because of the air pollution. So we know that it's not just the you know, topical impact that air pollution has, but it's also the internal effects and so understanding this, this is why Columbia School of Public Health really wanted to zero in on this and recognizing that when they took this group of visuals who were between the ages of eighteen and sixty years old, and they were all non smokers, but they gave them a B vitamin supplement and they
had them do this for four weeks, and then they had them you go out and be exposed to the air pollution out in the environment, and then they were assessing these different markers and they could clearly see the influence that those B vitamins were having in terms of the cardio protective measures. So this is something that I always encourage individuals who live in New York to make sure that you are taking your methyl B, especially during the summer, but for everyday
use. So we are aware of the different things that are in our environment and we may not have control over those, but you certainly do have control over what you choose to do every day to protect your body. So that's very key. So I'm going to talk about some more products that do need to squeeze in a quick break. So stick around with me. I will be right back. You're listening to Invite Health radio, and here's today's special.
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also follow Invite on Facebook or Twitter for today's specials. Our number again is eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy and welcome back. I am doctor Amanda Williams here with you on a Saturday morning, and I'm excited because it's race week. I am a big indie car fan, so I'm not sure if any of you took in the Old Indie five hundred last weekend. Very exciting race, I tell you, right down to the wire with three starts,
and I was excited because Team Penskey came out with the win. I've been a Team Penskey fan for years because I'm from Michigan, so and what Roger Pensky has been able to accomplish within indie racing, but it's just it's really fascinating, and in this weekend is very exciting. I wish I could have been there, but I can't, so maybe next year. But they have the Detroit Grand Prix and what's fun about this one is it's finally back in the city, so very very cool. They're going to be racing on the
streets of Detroit, so I am super pumped up. I will be watching that. I know they have the qualifiers today and tomorrow is the race. So I love indie racing. I fell in love with Indie racing many years ago. I remember going out to the Michigan International Speedway, which is a big round track, and watching an indie race. Was the first time I had ever gone to any type of auto racing, and I was like, oh this, I've got the bug. I've got the bug for indie racing.
They're like little bees that just zip around. But I mean, just the skill and the talent of these drivers is just absolutely remarkable. But what they've done in downtown Detroit, I must tell you it's quite amazing. They raced in downtown Detroit like the late eighties into the early nineties, and then they moved out to bell Aisle, which is a little island just south of Detroit. So the Grand Prix has always been out at Bellisle, but they
finally this year they're eving it back into the city. So I'm sure it is hustling and bustling there. And for for any of you who have never been to Detroit, head on over there. Beautiful right there on the water, you look across you see Canada. It's just it's so nice. And unfortunately my Red Wings are not in the Stanley Cup, but the Panthers are, so Tonight's the first game of the Stanley Cup playoffs, so we'll see
how those Florida Panthers fair out. I think they got a good shot at it, but you know, you never know, You just never never know. But I will be definitely zeroing in on those two things. And of course you have the French Open. I think today is Raphael Nadal's birthday as a matter of fact, but he is not in the French Open. He is out with injury. But so you have all these different things they are
going on. Today is also the birthday of Charles Drew. He was died at a very early age, but he was the doctor American physician as well as a surgeon who was the one who developed the blood bank concept. He passed away in nineteen fifty, but I mean to think of, you know, what he actually was able to do with how they preserve blood and plasma things that we were, you know, doing today because of him. And it's just for me in a science minded thing, I just I always find
that fascinating. So but let's carry on. Let's carry on. Talked about the methy'll be very important, very very important. And I was just given a little insight too by Bruce who runs the show and does a fabulous job that the air quality in the subway maybe not up to stuff either. So so for all of you New Yorkers head over to invite health, get yourself your methy will be very very important. Now let's think about summertime. So
we know we need our B vitamin because folate levels go down. This is when I also like to talk about staying hydrated because oftentimes people take for granted how much fluid loss you can experience. Maybe you're not like profusely sweating, but you're still losing fluid. And I always see the shift down here in Florida's like come like April, when the humidity levels start to uptick a little
bit. This is when people, you know, maybe push it a little bit more than they realize, and because the temperature doesn't feel so hot, they don't realize that they're losing fluid. So you can kind of get yourself to this state of dehydration much quicker than you realize. And we already know that most Americans are, you know, walking around always in a state of
dehydration. So we want to stay hydrated throughout the summer. And one of my go to's for a summer supplement routine is taking the doctor Pressman Oranges HX. The Oranges HX. I always turn to this one. I say, if you're going to be out there this summer, you're going to be active, and you're thinking, oh, you know, I'll just stop and get
one of those sports drinks. No, No, have a little reminder in your brain that says, maybe not, maybe I should not go and get a sports drink, because I always just kind of describe them as they're just sugar water, you know, masked in the fact that they have some electrolytes in it, and we've got so many better options, including the Orange is HX. Your sports drink is never going to provide you with those key vitamins, minerals, powerful antioxidants, amino acids. It's just they don't. And
like I said, sometimes they have artificial colors in it. They you know, have artificial sugars in it. It's just no, no, no, And we know that those artificial colors they really do a walloping on your gut health, so we definitely want to avoid that. So if we're using the Oranges HX, not only is this is a powered formulation, so it's forcing you to add this into water, so we're going to be hydrating our body. But it has this wonderful blend of fruits and vegetables. So you think
about all those orange yellow pigmented fruits and vegetables. That's what's packed into the oranges HX. So you get all of these wonderful nutrients that are combined together. Plus you get this energy blend in it, which includes key nutrients like touring, which is our very important amino acid. Touring's heavily needed for your excitable tissues. So when we think about our muscles, when we think about our nervous system, so touring is great for cardiovascular health, great for neurological
health, certainly great for muscle health. So we have the touring in this. We have dimethyl glycine, so that's going to help to allow the body to make more glutoth ione. So we need more of that glutoth ione to fight all of those pollutants. That's our key endogenous antioxidant, so it helps with that liver detoxication. It's got this wonderful gen thing in it has a nostol to keep your brain nice and sharp, and so you can get out there, you can enjoy the summer sun. You can enjoy that heat,
but you're nourishing your cells all at the same time. And the taste of it, I must tell you, is wonderful. Now, it also has a registered trademark form a fiber in it called fibersal two. Now why is that important. Well, the reason why doctor Pressman has the fibersalt in this
particular product is to allow for that fiber to interact with our intestines. And we know that the intestines are key when it comes to our immune system for that gut brain connection, so to make us feel good, it's important for the gut liver connection, so for detoxication. So the fiber sal too is acting as this prebiotic fiber that helps to nourish the intestinal flora. So it's
helping your microbiome. So once again, your sports strengths, I don't care how great they market them, are never going to give you things to nourish your microbiome. If anything, they're giving you things that harm your microbiome and harm the intestinal lining if they have the artificial colors in it. But this is giving you all of these wonderful nutrients to help power up the cells to
help re energize the body. And of course, because we are going to be taking fluid in it's helping maintain our fluid balance, which is a wonderful thing. So you've got all of these different nutrients we're talking. You know, you think about the oranges, there's tangerine extract in this, there's peach extract, apricot extract, there's carrot root, pumpkin seed, we know, pumpkin seed. That's actually a really wonderful source of tripp to fan. So
this is always a little tip but I give to folks. Instead of like snacking on like potato chips during the day, get yourself some pumpkin seeds because not only are they a wonderful source of vitamins and minerals, but you're also getting that trip to fan. So it helps with appetite because it helps the body make more serotonin, which is our feel good neurotransmitter. But it also has a great amount of healthy fats in that a great amount of fiber.
It's just a very good choice. If you are looking for something to snack on, get yourself some pumpkin seeds during the summer, so you get all
of these different nutrients combined in the Oranges HX. So I work with a lot of not only just athletes, those who are you know, training on a regular basis for you know a lot of high school athletes, college athletes who are looking for ways to give their body the nutrients that it needs while working out, and so the Oranges HX is always part of this routine. Now, we've got many other nutrients that I will add in depending on someone's
you know, exercise routine. So if you're dealing with someone who is more of an endurance trainer, you know that we're going to definitely add in some extras. But the oranges HX. If you've got you know, kids who play soccer, you know, if they're out there, you know, running
up and down a field, orangeshax. Folks, this is a much better choice than any of those sports or energy drinks that they have out there, because this is a fruit and vegetable supplement that is enhanced with all of these powerful antioxidants and these sell energy promoting nutrients, And just think about that. It's like, oh, this is great. This is helping me feel more energy, but it's also helping my brain, it's helping my heart helping the
muscles recover. So it's just a it's a complete comprehensive formulation. And once again, we want to be able to fight off issues that can arise from the extrinsic factors that can kind of screw up our cellular function. So we talk about the air pollution, we talk about exposure from chemicals coming from foods. So having the oranges, which has this wonderful blend, really helps to skirt around all of those issues once again, and it helps you stay hydrated,
which is definitely key. So so that's on special. Along with the methyl B I also have the Hair Enhance on Special. Hair Enhance has been out for I guess about a year now. This is our most advanced formulation when it comes to hair growth. This is a factor that arises in both men and women. I have had so many individuals come to me and say, oh gosh, my hair is thinning, you know, or it just doesn't have the same luster that it used to have. And there's so many
factors. I always say, you have to target the root cause no pun intended, but technically there's your punt. There are so many things that can disrupt the balance of the health of your hair. So we can look at stress. Okay, I just looked at some statistics on stress, and it's somewhere around ninety percent of folks who work I have high levels of stress in
the And this was from the American Academy of Stress. They actually said that I think it was somewhere around sixty five percent of individuals said that they feel like they have such high stress that it really is affecting their day to day function, like they just feel like scatter brained all the time, like I don't know what I'm doing because I'm just so stressed out. And then another close to thirty percent said, you know, I do have a ton of
stress, but I feel like I'm managing it. Okay, So that's an alarming thing that we have to recognize. When we want to have wellness, we have to address stress. You can be taken as many supplements, you can try to eat healthy, but if you have stress that has gone unchecked that you are not doing your best to try to manage, you will have significant struggles because if your nervous system, if your sympathetic nervous system is on overdrive, and your body is in a sense lost the ability to use your
parasympathetic nervous system to pump those brakes. That's a big issue and so that we can see this in things like hair loss, for example. So I want to talk a little bit more about the hair enhanced formulation, but I'm looking at the clock. I do need to squeeze in a quick break. So stick around with me. You are listening to Invite Health Radio. We will be right back. And here's today's special. Buy two bottles of any
of today's featured items and get forty percent off with free shipping. Double up, that's four bottles, and also receive today's free gift. Here's the number and write it down because you could speak with an Invite nutritionist seventies a week. The number for Invite eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy. The number for Invite eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy. That's eight hundred four four
one seventeen seventy. Please visit our retail locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Nassau County and stop buy and visit with our nutritionists. We post infoend studies on our website Invite health dot com. When placing your order, type into promo code Radio. You can hit the live chat button for answers to your questions or listen to podcasts of our recent shows, all at invite health dot com. You can also follow Invite on Facebook or Twitter
for today specials. Our number again is eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy and welcome act to Invite Health Radio. I am doctor Amanda Williams. Remember our stores are open seven days a week, so any of the products that I'm talking about today, you can certainly make your way over to one of our stores and take advantage of the radio special. You can go to our
website or you can give us a call. And I always encourage folks take advantage of the fact that we offer this wonderful free service of you being able to speak with a nutritionist. We have such wonderful nutritionists on staff who have been with Invite Health for so many years and really understand, you know, what you are trying to achieve, you know, so sit down and talk to them and say, listen, I've got you know, some blood sugar
concerns or I've got arthritis. You know what products is going to be best for me? And this is always key. I always say, if you're going to be proactive in your own health, which is great, but you're going to really take that initiative to want to do the right things, then
you want to make sure that this is personalized to you. We have so many different formulations and they are all wonderful in their own right, but you have to make sure that you're taking the best suited supplements for your specific needs. And there's a lot of variation, so what may be excellent for one person may be okay for you, but there may be something that's even better for you. So this is why you want to speak with one of our
nutritionists. And you know, if you have recent blood work done, anything like that, bring that in. You can talk to doctor Claire for example, she's one of our naturopathic doctors. She's excellent, she's been with us for so many years, so well versed when it comes to those lifestyle modifications that people are trying to make as far as dietary changes as well as incorporated in a little bit more physical activity into your daily routine. So do take
advantage of going over and speaking to one of them. So back to the hair enhance, This is this really powerful combination of all of these nutrients to zero in on the causitive reasons for hair loss. So talked about the stress. Hormonal imbalance is a major thing for both men and women, and amazingly enough, it kind of hits on that same pathway. So when you think about male patter and baldness, female pattern baldness also occurs within the same hormonal
pathway. So what happens is you have testosterone and then we start to lose testosterone over towards what's known as DHT or dihydro testosterone, and so the more DHT we get, the worstening of the hair. So this is a problem on two fronts for men because xcess DHT is not only linked with hair loss, but it's also linked with enlargement of the prostate. So we always want to zero in on that. That's where saw palmetto comes into place. So
that's why this formulation has saw palmetto in it. So you've probably heard about sap palmetto extract being beneficial for prostate health. Definitely is and why because it's targeting that particular conversion pathway. So and the scientific research behind sapometto is incredibly impressive. So I have the saw palmetto in this formulation for that specified reason, for both the hormonal support for men and for women. But we want
to be able to look at any nutritional deficiencies. We want to see any of those causes of weak, brittle hair, and of course, at the end of the day, the goal is to promote hair growth. So in this formulation, not only do you get the SAP palmetto to address the hormonal component to that, you're also getting evno max and evnol max is a very unique form of vitamin E that has been studied for promoting hair growth. It actually helps to increase the hair strength. And so this unique form of vitamin
E is included into this formulation along with zinc and biotin. Most people think about biatin when they think about their hair, skin, and nails, so of course biatin is included in this formulation as well. Then we zero in with a powerful antioxidant that's naturally occurring in the body, and that's catalase. So what exactly does catalase do. Catalase is responsible for regulating hydrogen peroxide.
So if the body is building up hydrogen peroxide, what do we know about hydrogen peroxide when we know that it has a bleaching effect, so you start to think about your hair turning gray, and we know stress can bring that on folks, because what does stress do. Stress lowers your antioxidants. So the more stressed you are, the less catalase you have, the less catalase you have, the more hydrogen peroxide winds, the more gray your hair gets.
So we have catalase in this to address that age related gray of the hair. And then there is the key nutrients, the methionine, the cystine, the argentine. All of those amino acids work synergistically together to strengthen the hair. The arginine does a wonderful job with helping to open up that hair shaft because it releases that nitric oxide, so the hair isn't being kind of impinged within the hair shaft itself. So we have this and then it's partnered
up with keratin and apple polyphenols. The reason the apple polyphenols are in this formulation is because the scientific research on adding in these apple fruit extracts shows how beneficial they are to enhancing the action of keratin. So it helps to allow keratin to be protected but at the same time it actually encourages greater keratin production,
so hence promote ocean of new hair growth. So the hair enhance, it's kind of one of those super supplements in the setting of it's hitting all of those main causitive reasons for why our hair starts to change throughout our lives. You have to look at other factors too, you know, is there an issue that's occurring because of a medication that you're on, Is there, you know, other factors like you're overcoloring your hair. I mean, there's
other things that we can look at. But as far as being able to target those main causes of hair loss, this really knocks it out of the park. So taking it in encapsulated form, the best way to use it is taking three capsules per day. I always encourage folks to use it in that setting so that you can see the results much faster. However, even if you're taking one campa day, you are still going to be building up
this lovely steady state of those nutrients to help support the hair. So hair enhance definitely something that I think is beneficial for all folks, and I think it's okay if people have that that vanity. Um say, I'm concerned because my hair is thinning out. Well, hey, let's let's take advantage of the fact that we've got this wonderful formulation that is really zeroing in on all of this. But also, you know, speak with one of the nutritions,
so we can identify if there's you know, other causative issues. You know, is there a thyroid dysfunction. We know folks who have both hyper and hypothyroid can have low quality hair. We know that diabetics have you know, significant issues in terms of the changing of their hair. And this happens to you know, be be because of the glycation that's occurring. So that
excess sugar does damage to to the hair shaft and the hair follicle. So anything that's driving up stress and inflammation in the body is just not good for any aspect of our health, including for the health of our hair. So now let's move on and let's keep thinking in the setting of summer and when it comes to getting out there, being active, doing some exercises, what
are some nutrients that we would want to add in. And let's just say you're listening and you're like, I'm not going to go out and exercise because that's not my thing. But maybe you're going to go and take a walk that's still a form of exercise, so we have or maybe you're doing yardwork. There's a lot of different ways that we can look at exercise. But just being physically, you know, moving of the body, this is basically what I'm zeroing in on. So we have so many different formulations. I
talked about the oranges HX excellent choice instead of using a sports drink. We have other nutrients that can really help the body when it comes to energy, muscle recovery, joint support, and this is where our active HX is incredibly helpful. So the active HX formulation is this real powerhouse of a key nutrient that the body needs and that is known as hmb so. HMB is hydroxy methyl butyrate. So this is formed naturally in the body when our body is
breaking down the amino acid loosing, so from loosing we make HMB. Well why is hmb so darn important? Well, we can recognize that hmb is helping to maintain a healthy body composition. It's helping to enhance the way that our muscles are energized, in the way our muscles can recover after excess energy expenditures. So one of the things that we know for sure, as many things we understand occur with aging, is that our natural reduction in our natural
store of HMB begins to decline as we get older. So there's always that concerned with age related muscle mass loss known as sarcopenion, which is why oftentimes she'll hear myself here here Jerry Hicky talk about the importance of the way protein isolate and vitamin D and even dhea how important those are to maintaining skeleton muscle as we get older, because we don't want to be losing muscle mass because if we lose muscle mass, we are weakening the underlying skeleton, so we
don't want to Muscle mass loss means weak bones, so we don't like this, so we want to be able to defend this off. So looking at HMB, it's like, okay, well, HMB just already in the body.
We know it starts to decline as we get older. But if we supplement with HMB, will this help us restore lean muscle mass and even an individuals who are maybe overweight, And this is what all of the clinical trials have been able to show is through supplementation of HMB, you could see how this power nutrient was really helping to improve overall body composition and bring that muscle
strength back. And so for those who are getting older in age and you feel like your muscles are just not as strong as they used to be, and maybe you're like, well, yeah, that's because I don't work out. That's one thing, but we also have to recognize that there's a lot of things that are working against us as we get older, and so taking HMB is a really good way for us to kind of offset that and to
combat the effects of aging. Through the different clinical trials, there was one that it was an eight week trial and not only did they see an improvement in muscle strength, but what was really impressive was there was like a seven percent decrease in the percent body fat. And so that screams to me that when we can replenish things that the body is requiring for proper functionality, we bring those levels back to a healthy range, everything starts to work synergistically again.
And this is why the act of HX that we offer that contains that HMB is so beneficial not only for muscle energy and muscle strength, and to even enhance our underlying bones, so we're thinking about osteopenia or osteoporosis. It's just a really good addition to a supplementation routine. Now, is this something
that you have to take every day? No, certainly not, but I do find it advantageous to be taking at least three or four times out of the week, especially if you're over the age of fifty years old, where we know that your body's ability to make HMB naturally is starting to decline. It's kind of like collagen. You know that once we hit about fifty years old, our collagen stores are just kind of on a downward spiral. So we want to always be able to replenish these things, so one scoop of
that active HX. I always encourage taking that active HX maybe before you workout. It's an excellent pre workout. But let's just say you're not a gymgoer, you're not big into exercise, but you're just looking at taking HMB for just healthy body composition and for muscle strength. Then you know, taking that
any time throughout the day is certainly fine. Once again, you can speak with one of our nutritionists and they can help guide you along that process as to how you should take it and when you should take it, because once again, you want to personalize these different supplements to your specific needs so that
you get the most out of them. But one of the things that we do recognize is that through taking HMB, it really does help to create this stability once again when it comes to maintaining healthy muscle masks as we grow older, which is very, very important. So I have one more product that I do want to discuss with you, but I have to squeeze in one final break, so stick around with me. I will be right back just after this. And here's today's special. Buy two bottles of any of today's
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specials. Our number again is eight hundred four four one seventeen seventy and welcome back. I am doctor Amanda Williams. Happy Saturday morning to everyone talked about the Active HX. How beneficial that can be. It's a really nice partnering to take the Active Chex with that Orange is HX so does a great job. When it comes to maintaining muscle mass, this is something that we should all have a concern about. And you never want to hear the word frail.
Remember growing up and hearing that, oh, that person so frail. We don't want to avoid being frail. We want to maintain our energy, maintain our muscle mass, We want to stay active. These are all key So even if you're sitting there and you're like, well, you know, I'm more to the self admitted couch potato side, that's okay. You know, you can still take the active HX because we already know that HMB is naturally in the body, and we know that as we get older, the
body's ability to maintain those healthy levels of HMB begins to plummet. So active HX definitely a go to. And I also have on special today are flex Now. The flex is to me one of Jerry Hicky's magnificent formulations. I remember when he came out with this one and I was like, oh, this is a great one, you know, and it's always fun when you
think about product formula. Well, it's fun for me product formulation, and you know, looking at what doctor Pressman did through the years, looking at all of the wonderful formulations Jerry Hicky has put together and continues to and then you know, I'm involved with product formulation as well. So like the methyl B example, the hair enhanced those are products that I had formulated. So
it's really fun because you know, we're we're science savvy folks. So you know, Jerry and I will get on the phone with each other, and you know, we'll talk about you know, oh, did you hear about this new study? And can we go back and forth and talk about different things. And so when he came out with this product, I was like, Oh, Jerry, I like this one because it's really cool in terms of the way in which he combined these different nutrients, so it has hydrolyzed
collagen. So I just got done talking about HMB levels going down as we get older. So that's why the act of HX is important. But I also mentioned that collagen, the production of collagen in the human body continues to plummet pretty much from the time we're about twenty five years old. So by the time you're fifty, you're really struggling with this. And it's at that time that this is when people start to say, oh gosh, my knee hurts or all my hip hurts, and then you just chalk it up as
well, it's because I'm fifty. Yeah, I'm fifty. I've been you know, doing sports, or you know, it's just because I'm just getting older and that's why I have arthritis. Like, no, this is all linked to us not being more proactive to be able to put things back into the system that we know are clearly just going away. So it has hydrolyzed collagen, it's combined with kendroton, and it's a unique form of condroiton.
There's three different forms of Condroiton. Has what's known as dermatin saul fate in this which is wonderful because it has an excellent absorption rate, really helps to enhance the cartilage support within the joints. And then this is also partnered with bromelaine. That's one of my favorite fun supplements to discuss because bromelaine is so unique coming from the stem of the pineapple. It is a proteolytic enzyme. It does a just a great job. I always describe it like the old
arcade game pac Man. So if you think about look the inflammation, low levels of inflammation in your body, the bromelaine goes through and kind of like gobbles up that inflammation, which is a great thing because if you have a lot of inflammation occurring within your joint spaces, we want to get rid of that. So this is where bromelaine comes into play with this particular formulation. Then it has manganese and copper in this So it's a very unique blend.
And you look at the you know, specific role of each of these individual nutrients, and you look at the importance of dermatin sulfate. It's key when it comes to, like I said, the cartilage support, and we understand that dermatin sulfate is really doing so much when it comes to the way our
body can fight off things like osteoarthritis. In the Therapeutics Advanced musculo Skeletal Disease Journal, like that's a lot to say, rights, that's a long journal name, they talk about the use of dermot and sulfate, which is kendratten
but this unique form of kendratting in the treatment of osteoarthritis. And so they went through and they were analyzing all of these different clinical research trials and finding that the absorption rate of this powerful form of kendraten was really helping to re
establish these structural components within the joint. So if you are one of those individuals where you get up in the morning and you're like, oh gosh, it takes me in good, you know, five ten minutes before the knee loosens up, before my hip loosens up, or maybe you go out and you know, take a walk around the park and you get back and you sit down and then you're like, oh, gosh, I went to stand up, you know, half an hour later and I feel really stiff.
This is the product for you because this is targeting all of those main structural components, but the physiological symptoms that you're feeling, so that that stiffness, the pain, the inflammation. This is zeroing in on all of this. But what's fascinating with this formulation is it's actually working to repair, so it's
not masking anything. So it's not like, here, I'm just going to take an end set, I'm going to go down to you know, Dwayne Reeds and I'm just going to take a you know, ibprofen, because that's not fixing anything. That's masking your discomfort or your pain temporarily. But this is actually going in and fixing. So you're getting that hydrolyzed collagen to help re establish natural collagen. You're getting this powerful kendrouten, you're getting that bromelain
to target the inflammation. And of course, when you think about, you know, how the combo of these different nutrients candrouten with manganese has been studied
for degenerative joint diseases. There was a double blind, placebo controlled trial that was done over twenty years ago and they found in military This was in the Military Medicine Journal, but they took navy divers and they were giving them the condroting combined with the manganese, and then they were assessing all of these different physical performances, not only the swimming but also with run times, and they
found that this combination therapy was really supporting their improvement when it came to knee osteoarthritis. So you have these individuals that have been, you know, pushing their bodies for the better part of their career and they're like, wow, yeah, yeah, I've got major knee pain here. So giving them this combo of condraiting with manganese led to significant improvement. And it wasn't just like
I said, masking the pain. They were actually getting structural improvement. So we see where this powerful mineral manganese is really a massive component to not only bones, but also within the structure of the joint itself. So having the copper having the manganese on board is a enhancement to the flex HX. Manganese is an essential mineral and it's very important for not only immune function, regulation of blood sugar helps with sell energy production, very very beneficial obviously for bone
health and for joint health. And so having this partnered up with that copper, and we know that the copper's key when it comes to bone metabolism. So a lot of times when we think about bone health, you're thinking vitamin D, you're thinking calcium, and we overlook the role in the influence that these other minerals, manganese copper can be playing in terms of that support hoard of reabsorption of bone as well as the structural components within the joint itself.
So it really is hands down one of these formulations that kind of just hits it out at the park. Once again, it's kind of when we look at the hair and hands has all of the moving parts to address hair loss. Well, the flex HX has all of those moving parts to address the concerns with you know, knee pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, elbow
pain, you name it. This is very targeted and when you're taking it, you also realize like, oh wow, this is going to help support not only my joints, but it's also helping to support the underlying skeleton as well. And you know clearly looking at bromelain, I mean years ago they
did the study where they compared Bromelaine's effectiveness to diclofenac. Diclofenac is a very powerful end set that's actually prescribed for pain, and they found that giving individual weel who had ostu arthritis either the brom lane or the diclofen the folks in the brome lane category did really good without those harsh side effects that come along with diclofenac. So it's just a very comprehensive formulation if you have those concerns
when it comes to joint health. Adding that flex Achex definitely a great choice. Of course, that's on special today along with the Active HX, along with the oranges ahex, the met will Be and the hair Enhance, so all of those are on special. You can go into one of our store locations today tomorrow and take advantage of those radio specials. You can give us
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