Tag: Antioxidants

Mushrooms to Prevent Aging

Node Smith, ND Mushrooms: Antioxidant Powerhouse A recent study is touting the anti-aging benefits of mushrooms. Mushrooms, a delicious food source, are extremely high in 2 antioxidants – ergothioneine and glutathione. Glutathione is a commonly known antioxidant that many people take as a daily supplement. The two antioxidants are known to prevent certain aging effects […]

Tips for Healthy Skin During the Winter Months

It’s Time for Fall, Y’all! And besides pumpkins, costumes, and hot apple cider, the harvest season also marks a retreat of the sun for most people. As the shorts and bathing suits are exchanged for sweaters and rain jackets, our skin is often neglected as it becomes drier outside (and inside in some cases), and […]

Coffee-Talk: Health Outcomes from Pre-Conception, Pregnancy and Beyond

Dr Sarah King, ND Caffeine Metabolism and Much More! Many of us crawl out of bed each morning and go straight for a cup o’ joe, infusing delicious caffeine into our bodies, like a car needing gasoline to start its engine. For others, a morning coffee is a ritual. Perhaps it’s the brew, the type […]

What Makes Superfoods Super?

Dr. Millie Lytle ND, MPH, CNS All living organisms are constantly exposed to stress derived from internal and external sources. Reactive species (RS) that come from oxygen are ROS and reactive species derived from nitrogen are RNS. Free radicals are generated from oxidative stress and play an important role in the development of organ damage […]

Oxidative Therapy: A Counter-Intuitive Approach to Healing

Dr. McClane Duncan, ND If you’re like me, you have a few antioxidant supplements in your medicine cabinet.  This is probably because you’ve been trained to think that oxidation in the body is bad, leading to rapid aging, inflammation, and increased all-cause mortality.  Is this actually true?  Is oxidation killing us and does supplementing with […]

Steeping Temperature and Time May Affect Antioxidants in Tea

As the second-most consumed beverage after water, tea is drunk by many people all over the world. In a study published in the Journal of Food Science, researchers found that the time and temperature at which tea is steeped can affect the antioxidant properties that differs across different types of teas. The study tested black, […]