Is caffeine good for your health?
Can you overdo it?
Understanding ow it effects the body will help you to decide to ignore caffeine or to lessen your intake.
Read: Caffeine
Are you feeling sluggish and tired lately?
You might be missing out on essential electrolytes that help your body run smoothly.
Dr. Berg Electrolyte Powder is a healthy, refreshing way to meet daily electrolyte requirements and keep your body functioning at its best.
It has 5% more Potassium than most electrolyte drinks. 1000 mg to be exact. And other vital minerals that help replenish electrolytes lost through sweat, exercise and other daily activities.
Unlike sugary sports drinks, Dr. Berg Electrolyte Powder is sweetened with stevia and made with a delicious raspberry and lemon flavor.
Mix a scoop into 16 ounces of water and enjoy with meals, during exercise, or while fasting.
How Mitochondrial Dysfunction Can Cause Low Energy and Degenerative Disease
The following information regarding the underlying issues related to degenerative diseases comes from Dr. Anthony Martin:
“Nearly every conversation or consultation I had with patients started with some variation of this question: “How’s your ENERGY on a scale of 1-10?”
“The answer to this question gave me good insight into what was happening with the patient. Most people are tired (and oddly enough) they don’t sleep well).
“When they do have energy, it doesn’t last. They’re dragging their feet most of the day, especially in the evening.
“Let’s face it, it is hard to have energy if your hormones, gut, immune system, or metabolic health are a mess.
“A few weeks ago, I was driving when the low tire pressure indicator on the dashboard of my truck lit up. I added some air to the tire and didn’t think twice about it. Then, about a week later, the low tire pressure indicator lit up again. When I got home I checked the tire and sure enough there was a tiny screw embedded in it. My tire had a slow leak. When you’re fatigued (or have lower energy) the same thing happens to a critical part of your cells. Your mitochondria have a slow leak.
WHY MITOCHONDRIA MATTER
“Your mitochondria are the batteries of your cells. If you’re struggling with energy, then your mitochondria are the problem. In life, you know that more isn’t always better. But, when it comes to your mitochondria…MORE is BETTER.
“If you have more batteries — you’ll have more energy. Also, you want BIGGER and HEAVIER mitochondria as well. In short, you want a lot of giant and healthy mitochondria.
“UNFORTUNATELY, that’s not the case for most people. Many suffer from MITOCHONDRIAL DYSFUNCTION. This means they have fewer mitochondria, and the ones they do have are smaller and inefficient. It’s why they’re tired. It’s why they’re dragging their feet all day. And it’s why their energy isn’t what it used to be. (It’s also why they have brain fog…and even pain!)
“You should know that mitochondrial dysfunction can lead to serious health problems like Type-2 Diabetes, Heart Disease, Dementia and Alzheimer’s, and cancer. Mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the first steps to most chronic diseases. This brings us to the million-dollar question…
WHY DO MITOCHONDRIA GO BAD?
“What causes them to break down, die off, or become less efficient?
“The same thing that leads to all diseases: Free Radical Damage, Leaky Gut Syndrome and High Circulating Insulin.
“We call them the 3 SEEDS of DISEASE because any of them will cause inflammation, and that inflammation will lead you down a path toward disease.
“What’s interesting is that for some chronic inflammation will lead to heart disease, for others Alzheimer’s or dementia and some other people are inclined to end up with an autoimmune disease or suffer with hormonal issues.
“You can reverse engineer it back to mitochondrial dysfunction caused by inflammation and the inflammation was caused by either, or all three – Free Radical Damage, Leaky Gut Syndrome, or High Circulating Insulin.
So, when I ask, “How’s your ENERGY on a scale of 1-10?” and they respond with some variation of “Not good” then I know one of the seeds of disease (or all of them) have been going on for long enough to cause inflammation and that has now caused mitochondrial dysfunction.
“When I talked with the patient about how to overcome their symptoms and fix the underlying problem, I start with gut health, metabolic health, and reversing free radical damage.
“Your mitochondria can bounce back. You just have to tackle the underlying cause.”
This is vitally important data from Dr. Anthony Martin.
If you recognize any of these issues in yourself, then we have some suggestions. Qgenics’ mission is to help more people have better health. We can help with ideas that will help correct the underlying issues of chronic inflammation, mitochondrial dysfunction and poor metabolic health.
Diet and lifestyle changes are very important. Cut refined sugar, high carbohydrate foods and ultra-processed foods from your diet. Eat more lean proteins and vegetables. If you are eating a lot of fruit (because you think it’s healthy) cut back to just eating the equivalent of a small handful of fruit a day. Also, increase your movement by doing some kind of exercise at least 5 days a week. Even a short walk around your block will help. Start out doing whatever you can and build up from there.
To help this process, we have developed a supplement called Metabolic Boost. It’s 100% natural and contains plant-based ingredients designed to reduce inflammation, boost mitochondrial function and correct metabolism.
Attacking these issues with lifestyle changes and
supplementation can help improve many health issues.
Click here to find out more about Metabolic Boost.
The 8 Nutritional Challenges Facing Athletes
GET EDUCATED AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR HEALTH
MCVitamins has been looking for supplements that work well for athletes and actually anyone who want to be fit. The below is what my research discovered
Read on……
Athletes face 8 nutritional challenges. Their bodies work harder and need good nutrition. What are the all-natural solutions?
Athletes want to enhance their performance. Nature provides us with the most effective and powerful choices.
The choice becomes clearer when you compare the long term muscle fitness and health building effects of whole food and nutritional supplements versus the well-documented health issues often associated with the artificial methods.
What is the needed nutrition that is the most proven and effective choice for enhancing performance – without breaking rules, laws, or endangering your body!
What are the Challenges?
The 8 challenges area as follow:
Core Nutrition
Muscle Building
Energy
Reaction Time
Hormone Balance
Recovery
Repair
Re-hydration
All these challenges must be met in order to enhance the ability to excel.
What are our recommendations? Athlete Challenges and why we recommend them.
Why is Optimum Metabolism so Important in Children?
Mitochondria, an integral part of diverse cellular functions, are susceptible to damage which leads to non-optimum metabolism.
Today, unknowingly, children are exposed to many toxins in their food and environment and the damage done to the mitochondria could explain particular behavior and health issues. For example, tests of baby food sold in the US revealed that 95 percent contain one or more toxic chemicals, including lead, arsenic, mercury, and cadmium. As children grow, they continue to be exposed to chemical preservatives and additives in the food they eat, and harmful chemicals in their environment.
Children are more susceptible to exposure to toxins than adults because the toxins potentially have a bigger impact on the pathways in their smaller bodies, and their bodies are actively developing.
A paper from 2017 describes how mitochondrial dysfunction is the root cause of many diseases that are bewildering in their variety and complexity. They include rare genetic disorders in children. (3)
Children must have optimum metabolism to correctly support the many biochemical reactions in their body that regulate the activity of the cardiovascular, neurological, reproductive, and detoxification systems.
Cellular metabolism plays a more dynamic role in the cells that previously thought. Nearly all of a cell’s genes are influenced by changes to nutrition they have access to.
There is now scientific evidence for the use of metabolism-based protocols to provide tailored nutrition to improve the health of children. (1)
Check out the Spectrum Care+ Protocol link on this page
Spectrum Care+ for the health of children with special needs.’
The Spectrum Care+ Protocol is designed to promote optimum metabolic, gut and neurological health in children with special needs.
When taken as directed, parents have reported improvements in cognition, social communication, behavior, digestion and sleep patterns.
Check out Spectrum Care+
What are the Benefits of Herbal Tea?
You might have thought that herbal tea might be a good alternative to regular tea due to the effects of too much caffeine. Are there other benefits to herbal tea?
Here are the benefits? Herbal Tea Benefits