Optimum Health & Nutrition with Ren Whiting

09/03/2022

Do you have trouble with histamine? Research shows that mast cell activation syndrome induces a hyperactive immune system, causing the release of histamine.

13/01/2022

In this article, you will discover 7 toxins we are all exposed to that weaken immunity and how to effectively detox them.

28/09/2021

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The Nobel prize winning chemist Linus Pauling discovered that white blood cells need very high doses of vitamin C in order to function effectively. In the late 1960’s, he developed the understanding of using high dose vitamin C to combat the common cold. This technique has worked effectively for many individuals; however, there is more to the story when it comes to vitamin C.

In the 1970’s, Dr. John Ely discovered the Glucose-Ascorbate-Antagonism (GAA) theory. Glucose and vitamin C (ascorbate) have a very similar chemical makeup. This theory proposes that elevated glucose levels compete and effectively restrict vitamin C from entering cells. Both glucose and vitamin C depend upon the pancreatic hormone insulin and its signaling effects in order to get into cells.

There is an important receptor called the Glut-1 receptor that activates in response to insulin to allow both glucose and vitamin C to enter the cell. However, glucose has a greater affinity for the insulin receptor. This means that the greater the content of circulating blood sugar the less vitamin C will enter the cell.

White blood cells have more insulin pumps than any other type of cell and may contain 20 times the amount of vitamin C as other cells. They also need 50 times more vitamin C inside the cell than in the blood plasma in order to handle the oxidative stress that occurs when they encounter a pathogenic substance.

When white blood cells encounter pathogenic bacteria and viruses they must ingest or phagocytize these organisms in order to neutralize them. The phagocytic index measures how effective a particular white blood cell is at destroying viruses, bacteria & cancer cells. Elevated blood sugar impairs this phagocytic index. In fact, a blood sugar of 120 reduces the phagocytic index by 75%.

24/09/2021

Have you heard of N-acetyl-cysteine? If you haven’t, you’re not alone.

Super-ingredients like collagen, matcha, and turmeric tend to get all the fame and attention in the wellness world. But as a functional medicine practitioner, NAC has been on my radar for a while.

Often called NAC, N-acetyl-cysteine is a plant antioxidant found in onions. It has been used as a drug since the 1960s and has been characterized as an antidote for poisonings by the World Health Organization for decades.

NAC is beneficial to the body because of it's antioxidant properties.
Antioxidants — a group of compounds that include other well-known supplements like vitamin C, vitamin E, and astaxanthin — have the important job of helping fight free radical damage and preventing oxidative stress in the body. This is an important job, as oxidative stress has been linked to a wide range of diseases and dysfunctions, including cellular damage and cancer.

It also increases the production of other antioxidants such as glutathione. Glutathione is known as the “master antioxidant” and has demonstrated an ability to fight oxidative stress, support immune health, and offer protection from heavy metals, making it one of the most important — if not the most important — antioxidant in the body.

NAC has also demonstrated strong anti-inflammatory properties; according to one study, published in Agents and Actions, it works by reducing the activity of inflammatory cytokines and macrophages.

NAC has been studied as a potential treatment for a wide range of conditions. The research is still very new and developing, but the results look very promising.

I’m always looking for natural compounds that could act as remedies for difficult-to-treat disorders or as a substitute for pharmaceutical drugs. NAC represents both — I'll be keeping a close eye on the science surrounding this powerful antioxidant!

17/03/2021

You literally are what you eat!

Did you know you are 35 days away from new skin cells? Cool!

16/03/2021

Long COVID is a real thing.

This week I am joined by Professor Shirley McIlvenny, a doctor originally from Northern Ireland but now on the Gold Coast of Australia who works at the National Institute of Integrative Medicine and has been both a Professor of Family Medicine and Education.

She is an expert in post covid, or long covid and how to recover naturally.

Dr Shirley has an excellent online programme to take you through the process of speeding up recovery from long covid with includes very informative webinars and an e-book.

When you sign up, please use the code PH10 as Dr Shirley will be giving you a 5% discount and donate 10% of your course fee to help fund out ‘Vitamin C Care Home Study’.

No-one has ever measured what elderly people in care homes actually need in the way of vitamin C. With almost half of all covid deaths in the first wave being in care homes we have to find out.

And don’t forget to join us tonight for our podcast, available from 7pm. Click here to start listening – http://ow.ly/lNDr50DSW2e

13/02/2021

Sugar has become the bane of our society and removing it from the diet can be difficult. Use these 7 tips to stop sugar cravings for good.

12/01/2021

Learn what is B12, how it works and how you can use it for improving your health. Find out why B12 defficiency is either missed or misdiagnosed.

29/11/2020

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29/11/2020

Nutrient deficiencies are almost always involved in chronic diseases. These 5 nutrients are critical to heal autoimmune disease.